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finally got some tomatoes canned, 14 qts., 7 pints. and more coming. just have to keep those loose chickens out. got to pick the heirloom tomatoes and get seeds saved. finally looks like i might have a job. 4 long months. know there are others who have been without much longer, and blessedly we...

sounds great can't wait to make some. come on tomatoes.

swampducks glad to hear you finally got some rain. ds mowed the yard today, finally needed it. has been spotty but looks and smells wonderful. hope you get a couple of more days of rain. :rainbow-sun

dascountry, glad to hear you got rain. we have gotten several rains and the grass looks like it might need to be cut.had sweet corn last night, sooooo good. butchered chickens today. there were 8 meaties and 13 old layers were for a friend. and 17 for our csa customers. would have had more but...

it came , it came , finally a good rain fall, puddles in the drive way. everything looks more hopeful after some of mother natures watering. :thumbsup :ya :woot :tools :rose

first time in years we have watermelons, one little bigger than a football, many on their way up. pulled one off that had shriveled up. but this is all because we have watered, watered, watered. we are classified as severe drought area down 6+ inches of rain since may.

swamp ducks , we had the pressure switch go bad and then then hose i have from pump to manifold sprang a leak just as we were getting ready to leave for the farmers market. filled some buckets and shut it down. when we got home took about 20 minutes to repair. cut out bad and reconnected. water...

oh good soap box time, 64$ tomato, 7000$ egg, 99$ a pound deer meat, but the taste is worth these prices and more. besides it does keep us out of some trouble, except when we bring home animals that we are not quite ready for. and who can't say baby animals are not cute. then they grow up to be...

swampducks, sounds like us the rain was south along the Indiana/Michigan border. just a few sprinkles here also. glad to hear you have tomatoes coming on, ours are also. we have soaker hose on most of the garden, some squash in a new section has to be hand watered but otherwise it's soaker. saw...

just saw the 7 day weather forecast, rain is supposed to start friday and continue thru monday with 30% chances each day. i mentioned earlier about the youth fair bringing rain and hopefully here it comes.

we are in southwest lower michigan. we have been thru asparagus, zucchini, summer squash, peas, radishes, onion tops. loads of blossoms on beans, tomatoes, cukes, corn is tassling, watermelon about 6-8 inches long. bso far a great garden this year. we have managed to stay ahead of the weeds...

we just cut package and freeze. its not like out of the garden but we use it in soups and cassaroles. and some times we fry it right out of the package, don't thaw. hope this helps. this year we are going to vac pack some as well and see if that makes a difference.

well,well now i know where the rain went. our forecast is 80's thru next weekend but no rain. but the following week is the youth fair and we always get rain that week. i hope cause the pump is going double time. oh yeah zucchini and summer squash are going in the freezer as soon as they are cut...

just want rain, please rain where are you??????? :coolsun :watering :th

rain was about 20 miles south, close but no rain. did cool off a little. today about 90. several summer squash. radishes are almost done for first batch. farmers market starts next sat. peas were pretty good, will plant again end of month. congrats on first egg. got to go check on wood pile...

bless them all, it's a job i could not do.

weather tonight said that this weekend should be wet, yeah. 30-40% chance of rain. sure get tired of running the pump,but otherwise no goodies. flowers on tomatoes, peppers are looking ok, corn will be knee high. everything has been weeded and hoed. looking really nice this year. lawn is a...

very nice, hope he got some cookie credits for that. what kind of business?

curly kate , do you scald them or dry pluck. we have a csa and between 4 of us we can knock out 25 to 40 in four hours but i have built a whiz bang plucker, really helps. and yes they taste great, tonight we had red onion and bbq chicken pizza, yum. glad to hear so many eating better.

hey old guy43 you know when you water the lawn then you have to cut it then you have to water it then you have to cut it, see where i'm going with this?:mow