This Weekend's market and a trip to the fiddle patch

From the country...

Millie's first trip to the fiddle patch,

Leopard and Bull Frogs in a bucket,

Stuck in the tree,

the avid fishermen,

the end result.

This weekend is the first spring/summer market at the Evergreen Brick Work's farmers market and we have been busy down at the fiddle patch harvesting fiddle heads, dandelion greens, stinging nettle and garlic mustard. The new Evergreen Brick Work's website just launched recently and it features a place where the vendors can put a profile of their farm and a tab where you can list what you have available for the upcoming market. I have been working on our profile and I think it looks pretty neat- check it out!

On the farm we have been scurrying about planting onions, lettuces, pea shoots, seeding countless seeds and on and on. We have also been tending to our new brood of chicks, ducklings and baby quail. The incubator has been running non-stop for a while now hatching out this years batch of poultry (photos to come). I have been to the public school showing/educating the kindergarten classes and the grade 1 class about the hatching process and I brought along my cardboard box of chicks. As soon as the top comes off- the children just dive for them- it is so great to watch these little people get as excited about chicks as I do. The planter gardens at the school is what's on for next week.

Farm life has really taken hold right now- so much to do and not enough daylight hours. Our backs/knees are sore and fingernails are compounded with soil. The spring peepers are back, each night they lull us into some much needed sleep and the black flies are starting to make their presence...May is here!

Easter Weekend

From the country...

Babies, tea and pie- a winning combination

First pick of pea shoots, arugula and assorted greens

To-die-for lemon meringue pie

Easter weekend:

- countless games of ninjas on the farmstead with the bow and arrows.
-the BEST lemon meringue pie and brownies washed down with gallons of teas.
-braised lamb, ham steaks, roasted root vegetables, first fresh salad from the greenhouse (with a sour cherry vinaigrette), and mashed potatoes with chervil.    
-gorging on dandelion greens
-visits with family and friends
-chocolate egg hunts and 2 new baby bunnies
-smack talking around the kitchen table and lots of laughs
-tree planting, salad green harvesting and chicken catching.
-the yearly chicken rental pick up from this gal and her family.
-researching new breeds of chickens for various purposes.
-walking, riding bikes and making home movies.
-wild foraging for dandelion greens and wild leeks.
-watching and discussing the happenings of this show.

How was your weekend?