Planting Ponds?!?

Yesterday was another cloudy, cool, rainy-type day around Snowflake Farms. Hubby and our 13-year old daughter placed our last two 90-gallon ponds from our home to their new spots at the farm. They dug out the new "planting spots," placed the prefab "ponds" in their new homes, leveled them, filled them with fresh water and placed a whole bunch of water plants in each. They also landscaped around each one. The hummingbird feeder was relocated by the middle pond...that little 'ole hummingbird didn't take long to find it, either!

They also planted broccoli at the edge of the northernmost strawberry bed and a gallon ice cream bucket-full of glads behind the middle pond.

While they were doing all this, I was out on the mower, dodging those ground rats (gophers?) and ticks. The middle section of the field is back to manageable height but really needs raking!

For the past many times I've been out to the farm I have been working on weeding at least a teensy bit. The long row of baby lilacs are about 1/2 weeded and the flower bed behind the middle pond is partially done (mostly due to hubby's rototilling to put in the glads.)

I also mowed raspberry lane and our ATV/access path around the field's perimeter. The raspberries are coming along fine for the most part. While mowing the area by the bee yard, I noticed that besides wild raspberry canes, we have a whole bunch of wild strawberries! The bees were not active in the cold and gloom of the day and I only saw a sentinel or two come out briefly. I was so chilled that I had both a sweater and a coat and eventually succombed and put gloves on!!

Sure would be handy to have a tractor on the farm, no matter the color (brand.) We've had lots of fun gaining experiences doing things the real old-fashioned way, though.