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Sunday, September 30th

Fall Flavors



Last spring, I harassed Nate a little bit about how much I love pumpkins, and how he won't grow them for me. Oh sure, he grows yummy little sugar pie pumpkins, but I wanted a jack-o-lantern, fresh from the farm. So imagine my surprise when about two months ago I asked Nate what the little green globe squash were and he informed me that they were pumpkins, BIG pumpkins! They are not GIANT pumpkins, which would interfere with his careful breeding projects. However they are field pumpkins that he needed for a breeding cross. Oh the surprises you get when you're a farm wife! So I have my jack-o-lantern already picked out, and hopefully Kurt's daughters and my nieces and nephew will all be able to pick out a pumpkin from the patch soon. The powdery mildew is splotching the vines, and will eventually kill the plant. Then with a light frost it will be time to harvest!
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Channa on 09.30.07 @ 10:04 PM PST [more...]

Friday, September 21st

Checking on the bees



I wanted to get some cider pressed, so my oldest daughter and I went down to the farm last weekend. The apple and plum harvest was quite small compared to last year: we only managed to get two gallons of cider, so dad is going to have to resort to store-bought cider to fill the remainder of his five gallon carboy. But, we had a good time, and looked in on the bees while we were there.

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Here Channa has taken the cover off the super, and she is starting to lever up one of the bee frames.
Kurt on 09.21.07 @ 09:03 AM PST [more...]

Sunday, September 9th

Giving Way to Harvest Time



Summer's giving way to harvest time and our countertop is filled with goodies. In this picture there are melons, pears, tomatoes, peppers, zucchinis, summer squash, shallots, basil, lemon cucumbers, and eggplants, all from the garden. At this time of year, we eat like kings!
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Channa on 09.09.07 @ 07:06 PM PST [more...]

Saturday, September 1st

Little people!



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Last weekend we invited some friends of ours from the Childrens Liturgy community of St Francis down to the farm. To our surprise, most everyone was able to come and camp in the north pasture. We hung out in the cool of the cedars for much of the afternoon, picked blackberries when we felt like it, visited the pig, and did other farm-like activities with children ranged in age from less than 1 year old to about 8 years old.
Kurt on 09.01.07 @ 07:17 AM PST [more...]