We have had quite a bit of rain these last months which has been awesome for the gardens. In fact, they are flourishing!
The cowpeas are turning dark...
The corn cobs are growing...
We've got squash coming out the wazoo (wink)...
The cantaloupes are getting bigger...
The watermelons are starting to peek through all the vines...
And the tomatoes are getting bigger and bigger...
Not shown are tiny cucumbers about an inch long, tiny lima beans forming in their pods, and green beans and okra ready for the picking.
We've canned squash; readied and frozen squash slices for frying; and will be making squash relish as soon as I get a couple of ingredients for it.
We've also harvested potatoes, green beans, some onions and garlic, and okra.
Tonight we will go out to the garden, harvest what is ready and make dinner with whatever we find. Should be fun! And, yummy!
We've also made jelly. The last batch was a Sour Cherry Wildflower Jelly made with leftover sour cherry juice from our cherries and fresh-picked wildflowers from the field.
We had some for breakfast this morning on homemade biscuits. Mmmmm!
While the rains have nourished the gardens a terrible storm the other night destroyed our driveway from the bridge up to the house.
We need to have a drain pipe put in that goes in front of the barn and runs from one ditch to another to deter water from running down the driveway...
Debris washed up and over the bridge...
The runoff washed all the rocks from the drive around the barn down to here and off into the grass...
All the brush in the peninsula is laying flat including our black raspberry bushes. There was also a pile of wood from the old bridge that is completely gone now...
What a mess...
A fellow came by this morning to help us come up with a solution for the drainage problem. We decided a pond at the foot of the hill by the barn with a drain pipe running from the pond (for overflow during a storm) under the drive and into a ditch that goes to the creek would probably solve the problem. And, he would build up our driveway with a crown in the center so any excess water could run off the sides of the road rather than straight down it washing away the rocks and gravel. The problem with the solution is the cost of having all that done. I guess that will be on the back burner for now.
It's always something here on the farm (wink!).
Here is this mornings' view of the barn and mountains...
Early morning on the farm - so pretty!
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1 comment:
Wow, such a beautiful view! I can't wait to have a large garden again.
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