Election day off from work

kefir operation:


11/1
kefir "grains"

busy preserving and whathaveyou

basket of ripe romas i think its the third full one

Garlic is in!

garlic was all planted yesterday and then today I watered it and mulched with straw bales

tomato canning

ended up with two and a half gallons of canned roma tomatoes (ten quarts)

just a quick update from your two busiest farmers

chimney sweep before winter

misty mountain top

harvest and snow

very local dinner last night...except the multi-grain pasta.. but everything was from the garden except onion and garlic, from the farmer's market.

busy busy bees

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aphids! they have dominated a few corn plants, but nothing we can't use to our advantage for next year's crop. plus we have dried a bunch of our sweet corn

5 Gal. of lemon pickles, a dehydrator and firewood

chainsaw maintance

more drying and the internal debate over a dehydrator in the high desert.

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BBQ with friends and a full Hop harvest

also chopped down all the mammoth sunflowers. we are drying five or so heads for seed. it is a little immature but we'll see. we needed to make room for the squash and beans. they were being overcast by the overcrowded giants.


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pickle blog #3. ...plus FINALLY a new ceiling fan!

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SAT: dill pickles; about nine quarts altogether ..two or three with some of our sliced jalapenos.

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SUN: fan and moving around all the drying herbs...including basil, dill, and the squash slices. Salted they should be a good snack, like a chip but healthier.

needing to be harvested and dried: sage, oregano , more basil, chives (although most of these are in containers.)

tomorrow: hop harvest, drying somewhere, nae anywhere.

coming soon...summer squash bread for the freezer! also roasted chiles and probably more corn, jalapenos, tomatillos and possibly a watermelon or two. complete with hollow sound and yellow spot. just a few more harvests to try 'n' keep up with. this tuesday off to the farmers market to get toes and backs/ necks from tom.

experimental squash drying and a pizza!!

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drying summer squash and basil for the spice rack. annie took a few pictures of us below our mammoths. pizza for dinner!
the farmer's market is moving into it's permanent location at the rail yard tomorrow and i'm gonna go to get some chicken frames from tom at Pollo Real and some dill flowers for pickling tomorrow! look forward to the pickle blog #3. coming soon. i think we harvested something like thirty to forty med-large lemon cucumbers earlier. placed in bread bags in the fridge until tomorrow afternoon wi
th some (hopefully) farm fresh dill. (on the growing list for next year.)