February Spring in Oregon

Sorry to rub it in the faces of those living elsewhere, but this week has been beautiful here on the Oregon Coast. Sunny and warm with temps near 60. The flowering trees are flowering. The roadsides are dotted with daffodils and crocus.

I pruned my one remaining fruit tree, built two new raised bed boxes, tilled and put in the new raspberry bed and strawberry bed and fenced them from the deer and chickens. I put compost down in the blue berry patch.

Last year we got a late start on the garden, but this year I’m ready for it. Today I’ll be adding compost and soil to all the other beds. That’s one thing about having horses and chickens; one never runs out of compost. I’m compiling compost for next year. It looks to be a good compost crop since it is once again covered in the manure shed, which you may recall I named the manure shed, The Daily Astorian.”

The cool thing is that I was driving somewhere yesterday and out in the middle of nowhere and there was a blue Daily A delivery box in the middle of the road. I pulled over and picked it up. Soon it will become part of the manure shed.