So, I’ve mentioned before that our garden is pretty darn big, right?\u00a0 As I recall, the plan was for 100′ rows – and they were overshot a bit.\u00a0 We started out with a good 6′ path between each of the eight (I think) rows, plus three rows of corn.\u00a0 It’s big, and there’s a lot of green out there – quite a lot of which are weeds.\u00a0 However, for as weedy as that garden is, it’s pretty productive too!<\/p>\n
The potatoes seem to be coming in well, we’ve dug up a few taters to check on them.\u00a0 The brussel sprouts, broccoli, cauliflower, carrots,\u00a0peas, and onions\u00a0are doing poorly.\u00a0 Okra is growing well, we should begin harvesting in a week or two.\u00a0 We put down 40 Roma tomato plants, and if only half of them produce we should be overrun.\u00a0 It’s looking as though they will all produce.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude09\u00a0 The cherry tomatoes are coming ripe, a few each day – that’s a bit disappointing because\u00a0there’s just not enough to actually do anything with (other than eat them while still warm from the sun).\u00a0 The cucumbers are doing fairly well, green beans and wax beans are starting to produce – we’re quite happy with those!\u00a0 Now, the squash and zucchini – we can grow the heck out of them.\u00a0 We’ve cooked, baked, frozen, given away, and donated quite a lot of them, and they still keep on coming.\u00a0 I’m thinking in probably a week or so though, they’ll be done producing.\u00a0 Our green peppers are rather small, but overall not bad.\u00a0\u00a0I’m really looking forward to some butternut squash, and corn.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
Doing anything outside at this time of year is so taxing, the heat is relentless.\u00a0 I’ve gotten used to it, but I still don’t much care for the heat.<\/p>\n
In other news….<\/p>\n
This past Friday, we apparently had a visit from a nasty dog.\u00a0 At least, I suspect it’s the same dog that killed the neighbors lamb, and has been generally terrorizing animals in the ‘hood.\u00a0 Long story short, I found one of Abby’s ewes (Hershey, I later found out) had escaped the pasture, presumably by jumping the fence panel and entering the barn.\u00a0 She was hiding in a stall, behind a bunch of scaffolding.\u00a0 Poor girl had a sizeable wound on her leg, that was bloody and oozing.\u00a0 Ew, right?\u00a0 I got her cleaned up as well as I could with what I had, then Rob helped me doctor her again the following day.\u00a0 What really stinks is that whoever this dog belongs to isn’t doing their job – keeping their\u00a0pet safe and at home.\u00a0 Ultimately, it won’t end well – either for the animals it encounters or the dog itself.<\/p>\n
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