The buckwheat is already flowering so we have to cut them down. It is better to cut it close to earth rather than pulling the root.

Tiffany and Odelia planted buckwheat today in the portion of garden where we are not growing anything this year. Finally we got rid of most weed and hopefully the buckwheat will suppress the weed this year.

We planted the butternut squash, pumpkin, zucchini and cucmber.

We plant the tomatoes today and Tiffany plant some carrot seeds in between the tomatoes. We also plant the garlic in the bed of lettuce and spinach.

We plant 5 lb of potatoes today in 1 bed. We will plant beans along with it.

We have planned our strawberries and onions. Strawberries we are planting is type Kent. Onions are red onions and spanish onions. We still need to clear more bed for other veggies. We use spruce 2x6x8 as border but it is expensive so we are searching for scrap lumber or use 1x6x8 if we can find some.

The baby chicks arrived last Friday (May 18th). 12 of them altogether from 4 different breeds. They are all brown egg layers. Kay made a coop out of cardboard of 12 inches high. We also bought a 1-gallon waterer, feeder and Purina chick starter for them too. I have hooked up a heat lamp to privde the required 90F temperature. The kids love holding and touching the chicks. We have to clean the waterer everyday and add new wood shavings. We are waiting to build a compost bin to hold the soiled shavings.

Finally we finished planting the fruit trees. We bought 4 apple trees and 2 pear trees from Siloam Orchard in Uxbridge. It was pretty tiring digging the holes to 2’W and 2’D. But the kids enjoy finding worms hidde in the dirt. After planting, I made some tree gaurds from hardware cloth and placed it around the root. Now I need to get some wood chips for mulching. I could have used the free hay on my farm but mice likes hiding in hay. Well, now we need to wait 3 years for our first apples and pears. Hopefully we can cope with all the pests and birds that will compete with us.