As we all know, we've had an EXTREME drought this summer. Our growing season wasn't all that it started off to be, but we still did well considering the extreme heat which resulted in difficult pollenating, but we still managed a good harvest. We are still getting tomatoes, peppers, eggplant and okra. We put in a fall garden as well, with green beans, beets, cabbage, turnips, cauliflower and broccoli. We canned lots of salsa, green beans, tomatoes, beets, pickles of all sorts, and froze beet tops, Swiss chard, corn, Chinese cabbage, yellow squash, zucchini, patty pan squash and okra.
We had alot of Watermelons, some weighing in over 36 pounds! The tiger melons were new this year. A very interesting fruit similar to cantaloupe or honey dew, but smaller very fragrant.
We have also planted turnips in some of our pastures to help with our winter grazing as there is a hay shortage this year.
The pears are starting to turn sweet on our trees. They are smaller this year, but plentiful. Our goats have ended their milking season early due to the drought, but they'll be back to work mid January. The cows are close to having their babies, so we'll be back on track shortly. For the next few days or so we'll get to have some much needed time off.
We had alot of Watermelons, some weighing in over 36 pounds! The tiger melons were new this year. A very interesting fruit similar to cantaloupe or honey dew, but smaller very fragrant.
We have also planted turnips in some of our pastures to help with our winter grazing as there is a hay shortage this year.
The pears are starting to turn sweet on our trees. They are smaller this year, but plentiful. Our goats have ended their milking season early due to the drought, but they'll be back to work mid January. The cows are close to having their babies, so we'll be back on track shortly. For the next few days or so we'll get to have some much needed time off.