My Country Life - Massive Carrots + Strawberries and Garden Prep

[nikolina]

Good evening everyone! After a lazy day yesterday, today was quite busy and productive. I am happy that I got to finish the task I gave myself as tomorrow is Sunday so that means a day off. I think I will dedicate tomorrow to organizing, decluttering and backing up my laptop. But before that, let me share some photos from today.

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Carrots

Look at these massive carrots! There is one very small area where we had these so we pulled them out as we are preparing the land for planting that will happen soon. I was so surprised to see these big carrots and had to take some photos to share. :)

Here is a glove as a reference

You never know what you're going to find under the surface lol

Strawberry Clean Up

This was my main task today. Strawberries really needed some good clean. They always stay at the same spot, under this black cover so we don't need to plant them again or re-plant them every year. They just need some help getting free from grass and dried up leaves. I cannot wait to pick some fresh, sweet strawberries! Hopefully, there will be many as I have spent hours today doing my best to clean it up.

Here's a before photo

A closer look at the before state, it's quite messy as you can tell

And this is what it looks like after

I definitely underestimated the amount of time I needed to finish this task so I have to show off a little bit more lol

Other photos from today

Companions

I could finally catch all four of the cats at the same place, same time

If you have seen my posts these past few days, you have already seen this cat - here she is again, sleeping as usual

Some eggs to collect

Soon to bloom

Garden work can be hard, tiring, time consuming and it takes a lot of dedication and consistency but I also find it calming and therapeutic. Focusing on the work in silence and in the fresh air, seeing the progress you've made, watching the fruits and veggies grow every day and finally picking them, enjoying the fresh, healthy products of your work is a real blessing.

Thank you for checking out this post and I wish you all a lovely weekend! I hope you can find a good way to distract yourself during these times. Stay SAFU! :D

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Some of my previous posts:

My Country Life - An Uneventful, Chill Day

My Country Life - Beautiful, Spring Like Day

My Country Life - Spring Cleaning and Seeds Prep

"Q. With all the craziness in the world how do you maintain your sanity?" - My Response

Everything Is Cool In The Countryside

Sublime Sunday - Embrace The Randomness

Photos Filters And Effects Contest #createthatlook - My Entry

Comments

[rado07]

Good post

[jacobpeacock]

I hope you get a lot of strawberries! Also those carrots are the largest that I have ever seen!

[nikolina]

Thank you!

Haha, here you can see one I shared two years ago. I guess they like to surprise us every now and then. :D

[jacobpeacock]

Wow that is another big one!