Tuesday April 26, 2011

April was a month filled with lots of activity.  

It seems the month  passed us by.  Due to the high 

volume of rainfall here in Kentucky. 

The plants have been growing by leaps and bounds. 

I am starting to think there is gold in my soil.

Mike and I went to the farm and could not

believe the growth of all the plants.  

The rasberries  that we stuck in the ground 

don't even look like they were transplanted.

The Iris rhizomes I put in the ground last November are

getting ready to bloom.  This I did not expect, I
assumed they wouldn't bloom until next year.

Luckily I picked a spot down by the
creek and they are on a slight slope.
This is extremely important in clay soil.
The puddling of water is a problem here.
I placed the Iris rhizomes in a single row of
about 20 feet. Along side them the garlic was
put in and they seem to be growing quite nice
next to each other.
My new Amish friends brought me back onion
seedlings so I put in 60 seedlings so far, these
I placed right next to the garlic. 

My family also went on a Missions trip in April
to Central America.  There were lots of last minute
preparations to do for this trip.  Our departure date
was April 13 and we would be traveling to Nicaragua
and Honduras for 8 days.  We went over there to see
how we were going to help people learn to grow food.
A farming project in Israel, Nicaragua.

If you would like to learn more we have a blog you
can visit, The Bonete Farm Project Mission.
http://bonetefarmprojectmission.blogspot.com/

Now that we are home we will get back to 

the farm.