Spring has sprung today - The Accidental Smallholder

Posted: Thursday 24 February, 2011

by Rosemary at 9:54pm in Anything goes 1 comment Comments closed

It's been lovely here today - I don't know what the temperature was but it was warm and sunny with a light breeze.

John put up some hooks in the feed store for me, so I spent a happy hour sorting out ropes and halters and harness neatly on the wall. You can never have too many hooks in a tack room.

I took Bugsy out for a walk along the golf course. Although he was on the halter, he had his bridle on and he seems much happier with the bit. He also had his roller on. After several months of a semi-feral existence, we're taking one step at a time until we get to where we were in the autumn of last year, then we can start to move forward. He was very good today, responding well to voice commands to whoa, walk and trot.

After lunch, I put some bedding plants in pots and arranged them at the back door along with some pots of herbs that survived the winter. I also sowed a few tomatoes, some marigolds and some summer cabbage. Tonight, I'm soaking sweet pea seeds which I'll sow tomorrow - I love scented plants and flowers. If it's a decent day tomorrow, I'm going to put the garlic and elephant garlic in - first planting in the new vegetable garden, very exciting!