Alistair's Outrage

Motivated by the gorgeous spring weather, we had a very productive day on the farm.  In addition to collecting and boiling maple sap, we cleaned out the asparagus and sunflower patches, pruned the apple and pear trees, and planted spinach seeds in our largest (and only thawed) outdoor planter.

Inside we potted up our baby eggplants and then planted a variety of tomato seeds, rhubarb, lettuce, herbs and three types of both cabbage and kale.

Onions

Crimson peppers

The day went like clockwork except for one minor mishap when Pecky Becky unfortunately tried to mate Alistair.  I was alerted to the crime in progress by Seamus screaming.  I raced the 10 meters towards them in time to hear Alistair wail, "Pecky Becky Turkey NO HUGGIE!" and then his shocked and outraged yell as Pecky Becky attempted to climb on top of him anyway.  A quick swat to the beak and Pecky Becky was on her way to turkey "time out" with Alistair calling after her, "No thank you!  NO HUGGIE!"  

At least life is never boring around here and before we know it we will be back to eating our own fresh greens!