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.

Spring is here

Spring is Here

I am so pleased to see Spring.

I love to see all the new plants 

coming up through the soil.

We were at the farm this week as
the weather was nice, in the 50's.

The peas were breaking through the
ground making themselves known.

Flower farming is something I have
been looking into this past year.
We are going to begin with Iris
flowers since I have them in abundance.
When we lived in New Jersey I was always
propagating the Iris plants.  I ended up with
hundreds of these precious flowers.  If your a
new follower you can always check out my
old blog The Jersey Homesteader.
http://jerseyhomesteader.blogspot.com/

This week at the farm I contiuned with planting

the Iris rhizomes.

Planting Peas

Monday December 6, 2010

Winter Activities

Garlic

Garlic
Thursday December 2, 2010

Today was so beautiful I spent the
day outside. After I got everything
settled I headed out to the farm.

I spent about 2 hours planting garlic.
I am only using a shovel.
The work is going slow, but quite
enjoyable.
I put in 41 bulbs today.

There is a little water in the dry
creek as you come into the property.
I was still able to walk over it.
I was glad about that. We have
had a good amount of rain since
last week.

Digging in the soil
Wednesday November 23, 2010

The first planting has begun.
Yesterday we planted blueberry bushes,
iris rhizomes, and rhubarb roots.




I have to say the digging wasn't as easy
as New Jersey soil. This is much harder
soil to work in.
Mike and I spent half
the day planting.

We feel that we have begun.

The Beginning

The Beginning
Monday July 19, 2010

Faith Lane Farm

Faith Lane Farm where did this name come
from?
When we drove up to the property it
was referred to as Shay Lane. Due to this
property being farmed, the road to the
property was formed. At the closing they
told us the name of the lane, Faith Lane.
I knew then that this was God's hand.

The crazy part is we drove to Kentucky
for our 25th anniversary. Who would
know we would buy property. My family
has listened to me talk about having a farm
probably my whole life.

Who would know the little red hair girl
from Goodland, Kans would move to
New Jersey to meet her prince.

There will come a day, when the
two would follow their dreams and
start a farm.


Trust in the Lord and He will give
you the desires of your heart.