Rough Week

That's Katie with the last hanger to go on the truck! It's been a rough week at wit's end, we had torrential rain at the beginning of the week, that is always hard to work in. The greenhouse is like a giant drum that amplifies the pelting sounds. Plants still looking good, the sun came out just in time to avoid stretching. The mega pansy hangers went to their spring home in Manchester NH at Anheuser Busch . I know they will be very happy there! They are in a cold pocket so they don't change the hangers out for the summer until June.

Shipping has begun and not a moment too soon, there are a bunch of zinnia seedlings waiting patiently for their potting. I like to try for a sunny stretch when they get planted so they can take right off and not stretch. The vines are all planted too. We had a cold night on Wednesday and some of the tips of the dahlias took a hit despite being covered. That hurts but they had to be outside to make way for more tender seedling transplants.

Tragedy struck in the chicken coop on Wednesday night also, we thought all the girls were closed in but 2 of the wiley RI reds never came in to roost. Amelia heard a blood curdling cry in the night and sure enough one is missing and the second one has a big tear at the base of her comb. She was milling around under the forsythia dazed and confused. I put her in the coop and fed her some moist mash and she did seem a bit better by bedtime last night. That combined with Tiny, our hen pecked underchicken who also requires special feeding, has lent drama to the formerly soothing existence of the backyard chickens. Ah the trials of agriculture! That's Tiny on the left and poor Henrietta with a head ache on the right.