Bounty

It's August..and that means we have tons of fresh veggies here on the farm! We have a jungle of tomato plants, a viney, leafy tangle of cantaloupe, watermelon, and squash and loads of different types of peppers among other veggies. There are also some sunflowers (one of my personal favorites) in the garden which are blooming and turned out to be a really beautiful variety. Can you believe I counted 20 cantaloupe on the vine!? We have yet to try one, but I picked one that was ready the other day and we should be eating it (and many more) for breakfast soon. If you remember, I posted about a watermelon that appeared to be ready but was unripe when I cut it open. I cut open two of the watermelon today and they were both ready! I was happy to see it.

Tomatoes galore!

Mom even wheeled a cart full of veggies down the hallway at her school today, delivering veggies to teachers who enjoy them!! If you would like some veggies, know where I live, and want to come visit, you should come now while the garden is plentiful and enjoy them on your kitchen table too.

These shelves and another hold tomatoes waiting to be eaten...

Peppers, peppers, peppers...these are all from one picking

Here's to more bounty from the garden! 

The Farmer's Daughter

Farm Life

This week has been an unusual and exciting week on the farm (and elsewhere) and it is only getting more exciting as the week rolls on. First of all..last weekend...

On Saturday I attended a family reunion with my parents (and Nova!). It was my Mom's side of the family and I only knew about 25% of the people there. Maybe not even that many. I'd never really been to a family reunion before but it was a good experience. Lots of good food, people to talk to, a very beautiful setting (a family farm) and comfortably cool weather. I don't want to ramble on about the reunion so I'll just show you a photo so you can get an idea of most of the people that came.

Sunday was a relaxing day, my beau and I explored the woods on his ATV, went swimming and picked the first watermelon off the vine in the garden. I was very excited about this watermelon. It's a small variety watermelon, my Mom calls it "ice-box watermelon". We checked the signs online so we could be sure it was ripe and it seemed to meet the qualifications but when I went to cut it open the next day...it was still white inside, it was very unripe still. I hope we have better luck with the next one.

Monday was another exciting day because my Dad brought home the dog he had been intending to adopt. He picked her out last week and she went through all the vaccinations, spaying and rest after her spaying surgery before she could come home with him. She is an Australian Cattle Dog, also known as a Red Heeler. Her name will be Wiley because of her resemblance to a coyote. Hopefully, like Miss Ellaneous did, I will be able to dedicate a post to her with photos and funny stories about her soon! You would think Miss Ellaneous and I coordinated adopting dogs together.

On Monday I also hung out with my good friend from high school who is getting married in 3 days!! I have a feeling it is going to be a very big event! I'm a little bit nervous about her wedding and the festivities coming up for her but I'm sure everything will run smoothly. After I pick my hair style for sure and finish my MOH toast..I'll be ready to stand by her side.

I made these really cute coasters out of old t-shirts at the bride's house

I better go get ready for the day!
Until Next Time...
The Farmer's Daughter

Some Gardening Advice Needed

So it's been a good week here. I was able to relax and enjoy time with friends. Ya'll were all there last night so I don't feel the need to share about that night, which was super fun by the way.

Short post today: Here's the tomato plants that Captain Something Fun is growing that I promised a picture of. Can you find them?

-Granny Eyre

PS. I'm heading back to camp today so posts may be sparse for the next couple of weeks again.