July is a crazily busy time on the farm, but we seem to be keeping on top of things. There are cucumbers, peppers, tomatoes, garlic, onions, shallots, potatoes, and herbs to harvest. There are the remnants of the spring garden to clear and till in preparation for the fall garden. And, as always, there are weeds to contend with.
In addition, Hubby (God bless him) decided that we should re-stain the cabins right now.
No problem. Just call Superwoman! Oh, she's busy? Ok. I guess I'll do it.
The first veggie harvest was in last week. Here we have cucumbers, tomatoes, potatoes, and three kinds of beets.
Yes, because of the new garden fence (thanks, again, Honey!), we have more than three beets this year!
It's hard to tell in this photo, but the cooler is full to overflowing with beets and I only harvested about half of them! I've already put up seven jars of pickled beets, had a meal or two with fresh beets and am in the process of putting up some boiled beets so that Hubby can have borscht any time he likes in the coming months. I'm sorry for those of you who may have wanted to purchase some of our lovely beets, but, after five years of waiting, we're keeping them all to ourselves.
However, if you need cucumbers, call me!
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