Spring! What's happening at the farm...

Hopefully Spring has finally arrived. Jerry has the worm bin almost ready for the worms to live in. This should be interesting. At the very least it drives the kids crazy and that makes it worthwhile all by itself. Worms are supposed to make the very best fertilizer for your garden. We used an old bathtub that Jerry got from his dad to make the bin.
The hogs go to freezer camp in a couple of weeks. I am excited to have the sausage and bacon for breakfast. Jerry doesn't think we got a very good feed conversion rate with them. We will have to wait until they are weighed at the butcher to know for sure.
In the garden 700 onions are planted. We also planted a row of snap peas. The seeds we started indoors of tomato, cabbage, and broccoli have not done so well. We will have to build a new set up next year. With the proper kind of lights and the right distance from the seeds. I will probably use some of the tomatoes anyway, but still buy some more plants. I want to plant 100 tomatoes, broccoli, and other vegetables. This should really cut our food bill. We have some more grape vines and a plum, pear and two almond trees on their way for the orchard. I hope we get some fruit this year. The strawberry bed is planted with 150 strawberry plants. They are growing and looking good. The garlic I planted in the fall is growing as well. I am looking forward to planting my herb bed. I plan to plant Italian Parsley, Cilantro, Basil, Rosemary, Oregano, Thyme, and several others. Jerry built me a solar dehydrator so I can dry the herbs for use this coming fall and winter.
The other big project on the "farm" is the bees. We are just waiting for the time to pick up the bees. We have the boxes all ready for them. We will attend the Big Bee Buzz this weekend to learn more about bees. Jerry built a "bee vacuum" to catch swarms. This should really be interesting.
New chicks are supposed to arrive in April. The hens in the Hen House are laying eggs. I always seem to have more than enough eggs. Turkeys are also supposed to arrive sometime later next month.
Spring is a very busy time for us "wannabe farmers". Real farming is a lot more work than virtual farming, just so you know.