Spring fever

Today we were busy with all kinds of outdoor jobs. It is so nice to have the weather finally straighten around and be able to work outside. Yesterday we dug out the moldboard plow and filled in the washouts from the snow melt. While we had it out I convinced my dad to plow an even larger area for one of my gardens and now we have more than double the size garden on one farm that we used too. After putting the plow away again I tilled part of my other garden and planted Black Seeded Simpson Lettuce, Ruby Red Leaf Lettuce, a gourmet mesclun mix, and Nantes Carrots. Today I built a low tunnel to cover them in case of cold temps. We spent half the day pulling dead trees out of a windbreak. After many chain breaks, I am glad that job is done. The parts for the corn planter arrived today, just six days after we ordered them. Thank goodness it didn't take ten days like they said. So we spent a couple hours this afternoon putting the planter back together with all the new parts and I think it is about ready to go. My oldest son Evan who just turned five helped me plant some large red cherry tomato seeds in pots. He is so excited to help in the garden that I tilled up a little piece of ground for him to plant himself. All of this work really gives a person spring fever!