Farm Update: Midsummer
Since our last update in June, we've sweltered through the week long heatwave and caught up on weeding the garden. Next to save the pumpkin patch! We thought we'd share some of the garden's summer splendor.In the Garden:
One of our Broccoli varieties did not care for the heat. It bolted with the 96 F days with 100% humidity |
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Thankfully our other Broccoli variety, the fractal Romanesco variety that we're looking forward to, is just starting to head and didn't bolt! |
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The cabbages are starting to form heads |
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We've got over 250 Tomato plants with 8 different varieties |
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We saw the first tomatoes, the Velvet Red cherry variety, starting to turn red! |
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The Sheboygan Tomatoes are getting huge! |
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Any else like Fried Green Tomatoes? |
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Pumpkins and tomatoes further up the hill |
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One of the Musque de Provance, or Cinderella pumkpin. |
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A Cream Saskatchewan Watermelon, about the size of a softball |
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Melons are coming along great, with some small fruit and some large already set and growing. |
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Green Beans, Summer Squash, and Cucumbers. Our Summer Squash have been hit with a Squash Vine Borer infestation, we did a little plant surgery on them to excise the buggers, and are hoping they'll pull through! |
In the Pasture:
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Our laying hens are loving the recent rain and fresh pasture. |
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The Turkeys are getting big! Our male, whom we've named Tom Bombadil, has taken special interest in one of the females...And we've thought about keeping a breeding pair. Any name suggestions for his special lady?
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We've moved Rosie back on top of the hill, next to the pigs and laying hens. She seems much happier so close to the pigs. We'll be artificially inseminating her in August, for a calf in May! |
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We've got several trumpet vines that are taking over! |
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Berries! Sorry shareholders, these are only going make it as far as my pie! |
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Apple tree filled with fruit |
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