Are the Cats on Strike or Something?

We have had a first around here...mice in the house! I thought it was just one, because there was very little evidence. But so far we have caught four! Ewwwwwwwwwwww! With as many cats as we have around here, I am very surprised! I do wonder if cleaning out the flower beds around the house had stirred them up. Either that or the cats have gone on strike...napping in the spring sunshine.

Yesterday we planted two apple trees, a Winesap and a Mcintosh. They are fabulous! We also planted two raspberry bushes. The raspberries are three years old, so I think we'll have a few berries this year. Of course, it will be several years before the apple trees produce, but my parents have an apple tree that put out a bumper crop last season so we'll have pleanty in the meantime.

I also planted some Jewel Weed seeds yesterday. I have never dealt with a seed that had to be kept in the fridge before. Jewel Weed grows wild, but I have never found any. It makes a wonderful poison ivy treatment. I bought a bar of Jewel Weed soap that I swear by, and would love to get some growing and make some of our own. I have read that it can easily take over an area. And that it can be hard to get started. It seems it is one of those feast or famine things...either too much or not enough. Hopefully it will be a success.

The cold frame is done. The greenhouse will be done later today. I'll post pictures soon! I am waiting on my onion plants and potato sets to be delivered. Darn it. I think I have already said it, but I am not going to order from catalogues again unless I absolutely cannot get it local. Makes for a bit of frustration when the dirt is ready and your stuff isn't here yet! I know, there is pleanty of time. I just keep thinking back to last spring when we ended up getting a ton of rain and the soil stayed saturated.

Enjoy your Sunday!