summer progress

Time flies when you're having fun.  This summer has been a lot of fun on the farm, and it has certainly flown by quickly.  Goats have been growing up, veggies have been popping up, and we have been soaking it up.  All the weeds have been growing, popping and soaking as well.  They just won't stop as a matter of fact.  But we are not here to talk about them, we are here to see the good stuff.  So, here it is

Cabbages have been getting big and tasty looking.  Of all the crops, I'm having the biggest issue with pests on the cabbages.  Mostly rabbits nibbling here and there.  I should have planted more carrots to deter them, but oh well.  Tess has been chasing them out of the garden every day, but those pesky rabbits pick some odd hours to be snacking. 

Here is the second round of beans coming up.  We'll do some dry storage in the fall when the kids come back to school.  I think we will have some great projects for food storage and preserving this year.  I can't wait for our homemade salsas, pickles, and dry beans.

The hoop house is coming along nicely as well.  The tomato plants are getting a little more wild than I usually prefer but things have been busy this year and I have had to make certain priority lists that don't always include the most manicured crops.  You know when you get really busy with life and then you keep putting off haircuts for your kids.  Then one day, you look at your boy across the dinner table and do a double take because you just saw the mini twin of John Lennon (see Benjamin below). It's kind of like that.

 Well, it's been great so far this summer and can't wait to see you all again when school starts.  We'll have lots to do and share, I'm sure.