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| Assorted salad greens |
In case anyone noticed, yes, I am a couple of days late updating you on the happenings in Bright Time/Flowering Time. Lay the blame for my tardiness on the strawberries. I've been very busy picking and processing a large crop. More about that later.
Our weather has been fairly typical; a few hot and humid days followed by a couple of cooler and drier days. We've had perhaps a little less rain than usual.
The garden is growing well and everything has been planted. Here's a sample in pictures:
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| Dry beans around a trellis |
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| More dry beans along a different trellis |
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| Beets |
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| Swiss Chard |
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| Cabbage |
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| Kale |
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| Red and Blue potato plants |
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| Tomato plant |
Things are already going into the freezer:
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| Rhubarb Ginger sauce |
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| Shiitake mushrooms |
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| Garlic scapes which were made into pesto |
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| Cilantro |
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| Strawberries |
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| Greens |
The dehydrator has been busy, too:
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| Bob helps prep berries to dehydrate |
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| One batch of dried berries |
I've dried berry slices and leathers. A dehydrator is a very handy item to have, especially when you have an over abundance of something. Nearly anything can be dried for later use.
We've enjoyed quite a few salads and micro greens from thinning out our beet bed.
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| Beet microgreens thinned from bed |
You can see what has been keeping me busy. Bob hasn't been idle, either.
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| Bob measures the concrete tube |
Bob has poured the footers for both of the porches that we will build. That's where the work stands at the moment. More pressing issues have arisen.
This week the crew returned and did the finish work on the excavation site of our ground loop for the heat pump.
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| Leveled and seeded ground |
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| No more furrows! |
It's nice to see the ground all level again. Hopefully the grass and white clover will start sprouting soon. Now Bob is at work doing the necessary edge clean up work around the vegetable garden.
Last week was our green energy open house. Some people were interested in the ground source heat pump and the air source water heater heat pump. Several others were interested in the induction cook top and the garden. Bob discussed the "stuff" in the cellar. I handled the cook top and garden. Three hours of talking takes it out of you!
At the beginning of June, we also had a visit from extended family members that live on the west coast. It was a nice, but all too short visit. We wish them well on the rest of their travels.
Well, we anticipate just getting busier from this point on, between the garden work and the porch construction. We will try to keep in touch around the time of the full moon each month.
Till next time, enjoy your summer,
Kathleen and Bob
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| Greens heading for the freezer |
