Keeping Our Fingers Crossed For Rain Tonight---

 It has been a very dry spring in our area.  The most water the plants have been receiving are from watering to keep the frost off the last couple weeks.  We had one "freeze warning" this week, but the temperature never dropped low enough to be a threat, just some light frost.  Thankfully.  My tomato and pepper plants are still tucked safely in the greenhouse.  I'm just not ready to take that chance with them yet.  I'm hoping to put those in the ground the end of next week. 
The first row of radishes was picked last weekend, it always amazes me how quickly radishes are ready to harvest.  Yesterday was "garden day", a lot of tilling was done and several more rows were planted:  green beans, sweet corn, more lettuce, spinach and kohlrabi.  Now if we can just get some rain on them tonight, hopefully they will get a good start.
NEW WINDOWS!  Yesterday was also the day the new upstairs windows were installed-they sure look nice and now match the new downstairs windows we put in last fall.  When you have an old 1800's farmhouse there is always something you are wanting to update, last year we replaced the downstairs windows - which I think may have even been original windows, the old wood windows with the wavy individual square panes all put together.  The upstairs windows were at least one piece glass, but you could still feel the "weather" coming thru them.  We decided to "hire out" the upstairs windows, because I really don't like heights and the wonderful people at "Window World" made it very cost-effective for us.
The next spring project will be to replace the garage roof - that one will be all on my husband.  It's so satisfying when a "to-do" list project is completed.
The meat chickens are growing rapidly - as is typical for them - they are the last ones to go in the barn for the night, enjoying the last moments of daylight to be out scratching in the grass and finding a few last bites to eat.  They are fun to watch as they discover what it is to scratch around outside in the dirt/grass.  They should be ready for butcher in 2-3 weeks.  It will be time to total up what we've got in them $ wise for this spring.  We wait then to run another batch through in the fall - I don't like to raise them when temps are extreme (hot or cold) or when it is bug season.  We've found here in Indiana one round in spring and one in fall works well for us.  When there are just 2-3 of us butchering, we prefer to run about 50 through in a batch.
Next week is the start of Farmers Market season in our area.  We're excited to participate for the first time, hoping we've thought of everything we'll need for it.  We'll be doing a trial set up at home this weekend to see what it is going to look like.  I'll try to post some pictures.  
Hope this finds all of you enjoying the start of some nice spring weather and time to get outside and "play" in the dirt.  Happy Gardening!