Mama Duke's Farm: July 2010

It has been quite a while since I've updated this blog and I must apologize to those of you who have been checking back on a regular basis. Where does time go?

OK, the goats are still as stinkin cute as ever! Guess now you can say all of our "kids" are handsome (little farm humor :-).

Of course if I had to pick a favorite out of all three "kids", this is the winner by far!

As for the Chickens, WOW, never new an animal could grow so fast. Hard to believe that just a little over two months ago they came in a tiny box in the mail and two of them could fit in one of my hands! We should have our first eggs in October and we are excited!!

Now, on to the gardens. The rain seems to never stop. It floods the plants out, then it's so hot it dries them all out, then it's so wet it floods them out again and right now, I'm just happy that we are getting a few vegetables here and there. I'm learning a lot this year with where I've located the gardens and do have plans to move the garden to a totally different area this fall, to prepare for next year. I've done some canning this year, but mostly from farmers market purchased fruits and some from the grocery store. I'm determined to still do pickles this year and am trying to hold out for my garden (and trying to keep the goats away from the vines). The peppers are coming a long, so perhaps pepper jelly will be in the near future.

Garden Location 1

He just had to pick a Pepper, tried to tell him it was HOT!

He didn't want to take "Mama's" word for it.

Maaammmaaa, it's burning!....Really Manny?

Really Mama, it's HOT!

Okay, now that we have that out of the way...here is a little shot of the greenhouse. Both the garden and greenhouse have been quite a learning experience this year. Planted many things in the greenhouse that did well before it got to hot and humid...now it's getting down to herbs and seedlings. Although I will say that some of the cucumbers are still doing very well.