9-15-11

Kira

Tomatoes

I picked these from the yard. There is a mix of varieties.

August 2011

Here is Kira sleeping. She looks like a little doll. It's not the best picture. It's the best I can do without being able to see on the camera screen. The screen has been busted and I can't figure out how to upload the pictures on my mom's camera. So for now I just take a ton of pictures and hope at least one turns out. Below is the merino fiber I bought to make Kira something nice. It is very soft.

These are some of the morning glory flowers that I have outside the house. The dark ones are a heirloom variety I found somewhere. They turned out to be really nice looking. The color is a little off. They have a little more purple.
This is the first batch of Gravenstein apples we picked for sauce. Some of them are huge. We had to fight the sprinklers to pick these. Aaron did most the picking because he is so tall. I sat on a patch of grass and nursed Kira while Aaron and the boys picked. The orchard was the perfect temperature it was really nice.

Pickles

Theses are the refrigerator pickles that will hold us over until the other ones are done in six months. The six month pickles are pictured below. Thanks to Leslie for the great recipe.
Here are the 30lbs of cucumbers before they were processed into pickles. I managed to find a Magic School Bus book at the library the other day all about pickles and microbes. Con thought that was pretty cool. Perfect time to come across that as well.

Todays Harvest July 18th

07-16-2011

These are some of the cherries we picked the other day at Detering's. Lifty in the monster kale below.


See Lifty's pretty blue eyes. Our corn is a red kind. It's very pretty I hope it tastes good.
These are the baby marzano tomatoes. They get about five inches long and are a great tomato to can. Very meaty like a roma.
Here is one of the girls in all her beauty. They are getting so big.
This is our broccoli. It is the best one we have ever grown.

Cherry Picking at Detering's

We picked just under 21lbs of cherries. We were the only ones in the cherry orchard. They have both light and dark sweet cherries.




This dead crow was hanging by a wire. We think it might be for keeping away the other birds but we are just not sure.

07-07-2011

June 30th 2011

This is the test knit diaper cover to see if I like the pattern. I think a few adjustments need to be done to make it a little better.This yarn is hand dyed and spun. It is a bit too thin so I am giving the same pattern a go with some thicker yarn.
This is a cauliflower that came up on it's own. Same with the broccoli below. They are very healthy.
Last but not least this is potato salaad with added bacon. Everything is better with bacon.