Welcome to our lives!

Now begins our third season in farming and we are always developing who we are as farmers and what we grow. We recently put in 25 Asian pear trees, 10 cherry trees, and got four chickens. So, it has been a busy spring!

Along with starting seeds under lights in our house, we have been trying to repair the greenhouse that we lost in the wind storm. You wouldn't think that we would get hurricane strength winds in Ohio, but sure enough we did! Seventeen poles were ripped out of the ground, along with the plastic being ripped off of it. After much digging, pulling, planning and a lot of concrete, we think that we have it settled in there. We were planning on having lilies early by planting them in the greenhouse, but since we just got it together, they will be right on time with the ones outside. This means we will have lilies galore, so if you're interested definitely let us know.

This winter was spent keeping warm by the wood burning stove and preparing for the next farm season. A lot of reading and planning ahead, with the goal of being more organized this year than last. Eventually we will get the hang of this organization thing. We also built ourselves a lean-to onto the back of the garage so that we could park our tractor underneath out of the elements and give us some more storage space.

So, all in all, we have got a lot going on here already! We are always welcome to visitors, just let us know when you would like to come out and see us. We want to spark as much interest in our urban farm as we can, with the goal of teaching kids that their food doesn't just come from a grocery store! It would be good for them to come out and get their hands dirty a little bit.