march happenings

christine, maday, and brittani.

sunday was a photo shoot for senior pictures.

jesse did not want his photo taken.

so i had him sit on his dad's bike.

still, this won't work. i will have to use an older

photo for senior pics. our good friends,

the lopez family have a daughter, brittani,

graduating alongside jesse this year.

they are both home schooled. we have an

umbrella school and they will walk for graduation.

my oldest daughter, rachel and i were both taking photos.

we took brittani around the farm and drove around

leiper's fork to get some shots in nature, my favourite kind.

rachel's beautiful capture.

one of my captures of a beautiful girl.

we took lots and lots of pictures.

it was a beautiful day.

today is monday.

now it's another day to get things done.

first up order seeds for veggie garden.

i found a great resource in clemson state u.

they have an extensive amount of heirloom seeds

that have been proven growers over the last 30+ years.

chopee orka, chantenay red core carrot, stowell's evergreen corn,

bee balm, summer savory, cangreen lima beans, etc...

have all been ordered...yipee!

still there is so much research and reading to do.

this magazine has been inspirational and helpful.

when i was down visiting meems @ hoeandshovel.blogspot.com/ in florida.

i found these interesting watering tools at her local nusery. they are called

plant nanny's. i have been using them since i got back and

i have to say i like them. they are terra cotta and you put them into a plant and

use an old wine bottle filled with water to keep your plant watered for days.

another thing on list to do

is find a solution to my cushions

being eaten one by one by a pillow

hungry chesapeake bay retriever

named "bronte' jane" aka "the destroyer."

that is actually a polite nome de plume.

she has many aliases.

i found these decorative hooks and the cushions have a

small ribbon handle on the side.

hopefully she won't feel the need to

bother these hanging cushions.

we'll just get them down when we need

to sit on them.

since we have been here at dash home farm...

we have been trying to attract birds

of all sorts. bluebirds, finches, martins, owls...and more.

we have a bat house on the barn.

kestrels are next on the list to try to attract.

photo from the web

these birds are in the falcon family.

they are the size of a jay.

their prey are rodents and insects and of course small birds.

photo from the web



we thought that out over the open back

acerage would be the best place to put up

the box for nesting.

so this morning dh and jesse head out to put up the box.

jesse climbed the 28 ft ladder.

yikes i can't i don't like heights.

the under canopy of the tree line is so

magical...there is life in abundance there.

birds and creatures make the best of fallen trees.

moss are blooming like little green flowers.

greenery is popping up everywhere.

anybody know what this is?

first caterpillar spotting so far.

well the new kestrel box is hung...now we just have

to be patient and wait for one of them to discover it.

great job men.

thanks jesse and dh. there is always much to do in march.

happy springtime plans to you.