She Went to the Farmer's Market! May 2, 2009

What a beautiful day!  It was supposed to rain, it threatened for a good part of the day, but never did.  This morning the weather was great, the Farmer's Market was a buzz with people and vendors, and we had a lovely time walking around taking it all in and getting some long overdue items.  The season is still early, so there were mainly folks selling meat, baked goods and seedlings.  I was able to pick up some ground beef and maple syrup, which I've been out of for about a month, and a treat of swiss chard!  We ate the chard for dinner tonight and it was such a lovely fore shadowing of great food to come.

                        The market was quite busy!

Chickens and Children!!

                                                           The Market has Live entertainment.  The Music was lovely.

Upon returning home Husband and I had a few moments while the baby slept, and Mini played with her Grammy, to clean up our front porch and bring the seedlings out for some real sun and fresh air.  This is the start of the hardening off process, to get the plants ready for their big move to the ground.

 I like the weird perspective of this picture.

We almost finished the transplanting, as well.  I need a couple more 6 packs and some soil and I can be done!  The eggplant germinated this year, it didn't last year, and it made it to the first stage of transplanting.  I'm hoping to see it thrive in the new pots and bear many eggplant!  I love eggplant, it's just so yummy.

Note about what I did for the eggplant to get it to germinate:  I used seed starting soil that was very light and airy, then placed a clear plastic dome lid on top and place the tray on a seed starting heating mat.  The combo of extra heat from the mat along with moisture from the dome, and resulting condensation, made for a very happy environment for the eggplant this year.

I have Rosa Bianca, Little Finger, and Black Beauty

I also had some exciting things happen around here that I wasn't as involved in.  Husband and Bub (my dad, and it's not a "blog name", it's actually what I call my dad, and have since I was in my late teens), put the screen door on the front door!  I've been wanting this for a long time (I bought the door last summer), but never seem to find the time and have all the tools necessary.  But today, the guys really pulled through, so I have a screen door, which means fresh air circulating.  Bub and I put the screen door on the french doors on the back of the house, too!  It's like a dream come true.  Mini wanted to watch, and put her boots on in anticipation of going through the new door.

Tomorrow there will be another Chicken update on Jane and her eggs.  Monday the ducks will arrive!  I have a knitting project I'll share soon, and a woodworking project sometime this week...see you back here often, I hope!

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[Christopher Ouellette]

You are so great