In my last blog post, it was just a title and two pictures... a bit unfinished if you will. Now that I finally have time to sit down and actually have some time to myself, I am going to explain the reason I chose to post those. My day had started off kind of weird. I was just kind of going through the motions. Not really wanting to be at the Howdy Farm. Not wanting to do much of anything. Once I was there and decided to rebuild the stairs (yes, yet again) so I went on to get the tools I needed to do the job. When I walked up to the wheel barrel, I noticed not one, but TWO butterflies coming out of their cocoon. I instantly came out of my funk and was amazed. It was truly just the coolest thing to me and I wanted to share that on here.
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So it's the beginning of November which means it's supposed to be consistently cold, right? Well, wrong. The past few weeks The Howdy Farm has gone through all four seasons. Last week the farm experienced nearly freezing temperatures along with rain and wind. Then at the beginning of this week the high one day was 87 degrees. It's extremely confusing and not just for humans. Plants are dependent on the weather and live day to day. So if it is freezing one day and starts warming up, the plants will think that spring is coming and start to bud.... which can be detrimental to their existence. Although the weather has been such a whirlwind, my Kohlrabi and the radishes are growing great. The weeds are also growing just as well as you can see :-)
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Samantha Ray SpillerA little bit about myself... I am a senior, B.S. horticulture major minoring in geology. I aspire to run my own landscaping company someday. Success to me is not measured in achievements, but the happiness you maintain while doing them. Archives
December 2019
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