April 24th I found three chickens sitting in a row.

April 24th an attempt to take 12 cuttings of 3 different colored Azaleas.

April 24th I went wild raspberry/blackberry (will determine the variety when it is ripe) hunting and managed to plant around 46 containers, hoping for roots to take!

April 24th mix of cuttings from 4 in 1 apple, pear, cherry, and peach to more berry plants.

April 24th Aquaponics table. Pac choy and red russian kale are flowering and will us seed for next year! Thinking of taking out the dino kales in favor of a couple basil varieties.

April 24th added another blueberry to the orchard. One is doing great, another okay, and the third is barely hanging in. Much to learned about fruit bush maintenance and orchard care still.

April 25th the outer row in the spiral garden; spinach has done great this year even though only half of the seed germinated. The squash and zucchini sprouts are coming up as the spinach bolts. Two gifted squash are in the far end of the row, thriving!

April 25th the next row in the spiral, on the outside edge still, is our three sisters mound. The Cherokee Corn is coming up inch by inch, waiting for the Cherokee Pole Beans to be planted as the corn reachs 6 inches tall.

April 25th view of the peas reach up the trellis finally and a dino kale flowering out, hoping to get plenty of good seed for fall!

April 25th view of the last outside touching row in the spiral, planted with Royal Burgundy Bush Beans, with a winter savory on the corner closest to the view.

April 25th view of the next row, first inside the spiral, which is planted with Provider Bush Beans. A thriving oregano is at the of the row, started from seed last year!

April 25th view of the newly started rosemary corner preceding a row of red russian, dino, and redbor kale. The corner of the following row and the row itself is rainbow chard, just starting to get of harvestable size.

April 25th view of the center bed inside the spiral garden's center. Catnips are thriving, Turkish Oregano is coming back strong, while the Sage recovered from winter, and cilantro flowers for next year's seed stock. Dill has been seeded and transplanted to come up over the next few weeks as the cilantro finishes.

April 25th view of the cucumbers with carrot seeded infront of them and onions on the edge. Volunteer cilantro, basil, and cherry tomato are in the right 1/4 of the bed.

April 25th view of the peppers, tomatoes, beets, and lettuce.

April 25h view of the center raised bed, the strawberries are thriving and two new transplants, tristan variety, pink blooms, are enjoying the space too.

April 25th right half of the center bed, bunching onions blooming this 2nd year, while four tomato start to root.

Spring pictures of the farmstead, although temperature wise it feels like summer already. Pictures of the orchard are needed still, along with the newly started tea and medicine garden. More to come when time and weather permit. :)

April 12th view of the Spiral Garden and to be fenced in expansion behind.

The aquaponics system has made it through the winter with plenty of lessons learned. The freezing temperatures caused at least 50% of the water to be lost on two occasions. Both of which caused the system's bacteria to crash. in the processes two koi were lost, live on spirits of Montezuma and Calico. The dino, lacinato, kale in the front right bed are the stunted result of winter's experiences. The newly planted kale are starting to take root. The back half of the right bed has volunteer cilantro coming in with tristan strawberries blooming behind to the left and a matts wild cherry starting to stretch behind to the right. The left bed has two pac choy which are doing wonderfully! The red russian kale behind the back choy was transplanted at 1/4 its current size from the soil of the spiral garden when peas were planted. This table combined with the spinach in the spiral garden has kept up with our diet's demand for leafy greens!

April 13th the chickens are all looking quite happy!

April 13th view of the mounds and newly planted purple sweet potato row.

April 13th - Three sisters mound at the bottom with the oregano flourishing on the corner. The spinach row had about 40% germination, but has kept us well fed still.

April 13th - Rosemary, Jericho Romaine, Red Russian Kale, Dino Kale, Redbor Kale, Rainbow Chard, and Ruby Red Chard growing well in the left pictured row. The right row has dino kale from winter left to flower for seed, with home made bamboo trellis stretching the length of the row. The peas are mostly a foot tall at this point, just refusing to stretch vertically.

April 13th view of the center of the Spiral Garden. The left and bottom rows and leafy greens from lettuce to kale and chard. The center mound is full of cilantro, which is bolting, sage, catnip, dill, marigold, and turkish oregano. The outermost row is the three sisters mound, still germinating.

April 13th view of the raised beds, most of them. Spinach in the left bed, leading to Matts Wild Cherry Tomato, two Cherokee Purple Tomato, then three San Marzano Tomato. A section of detroit red beets are sprouting before a good portion of Jericho Romaine Lettuce and cilantro finish off the bed. The Tribute Everbearing Strawberries are coming back again, slowly stretching across the bed. We added two Tristan Strawberries, pink/magenta blooms, to help out and add variety. The Evergreen Bunching Onions are on their second year and are blooming. Next year they should make a solid line across the bed to keep the strawberries contained. Behind the onions not pictured are four San Marzano Tomato transplants doing well. The back 4x4 bed has Garlic in it again, but they seem to be struggling this year. A soil sample is needed and amendments for these beds to really preform to their true biodynamic potential.

Tilled April 12th. Soon to be fenced in and a purple sweet potato row is going along the back. Planted pumpkins, star and moon watermelon, sugar baby watermelon, delicious melon, zucchini, yellow squash, and birdhouse gourds.

Of course, the updating gets away from us at the same time each year. Not many pictures to show currently, but I will try to get a solid update in before the month is out.