When the produce doesn’t look very pretty, it becomes vegetable soup. This soup contains yellow squash, fresh tomatoes, patty pan squash, eggplant, corn, a poblano pepper, sweet banana peppers, basil, potato, onion, okra, peas and carrots.
Instead of throwing out the not-so-perfect produce, we make soup.
Delicious!
We ordered foundation for the beehive frames. Basically, it’s sheets of beeswax that help the bees build up their stores more quickly. A few of them got messed up in the installation. Not wanting to let the wax go to waste, I stripped out the wires and made some candles.
I took one to work with me and burned it to see how long it would last. Surprisingly, it lasted right at a full hour.
It amused me to see how happy the candle was to have been burned…
It’s not always work and seriousness on the farm 🙂
We plant sunflowers between the corn fields, just because they’re pretty. Here’s the first one of the season 🙂
It’s amazing to watch the garden go from brown, plain dirt to rows of lush green. Those tiny seeds, so gently planted in the rows, produce such wonderful foods that feed so many. I’m honored that our produce is gracing the tables of so many families!
All is well in the garden. With the exception of the final corn field (which will hopefully be planted this coming weekend, depending on the weather), everything is planted and looking great! Every day there’s something new coming up and something new to see.
My favorite type of lettuce. I can’t wait to eat this!
These cabbage heads are beautiful!
Cayenne pepper plant is looking good!
Beautiful rows of corn, ready to be thinned.
Pea pods!!!
We should have a great crop of potatoes this year.
Little teeny tiny peppers showed up, seemingly overnight.
Sweet potatoes 🙂
I can’t wait to eat a delicious vine-ripened tomato fresh from the garden.
Today, I’m thankful to live in a country where we enjoy such freedoms. I’m thankful for long days in the sun, planting what remained to be planted: green beans, yellow squash, spaghetti squash, butternut squash, acorn squash, gourds, watermelon, cantaloupe, etc. I’m thankful the only things left to plant are pumpkins and the final field of corn.Â
I’m thankful for the smells that surrounded us this weekend while we worked in the fields – honeysuckle, wild roses, and blackberry blooms.Â
Wild roses are everywhere, along with honeysuckle. Great smells!!!
I’m thankful to live in the great Commonwealth of Kentucky, where it’s green like no other place.Â
This was my view while mowing Saturday. Sure, I was stuck in the mud at the time, but WOW the view was nice!
I’m thankful to see a little tomato on the vine:
He’s hiding, but he’s in there! Little tomatoes are popping up.
I’m thankful that the garden is doing well and I’m pleased to see the potato plants growing strong:
The potato plants are looking very good this year.
Every day, I’m thankful for this life. And on this Memorial Day, I’m extra thankful for the men and women who have served or are currently serving our country. Their sacrifices allow us the freedom to live this wonderful life. I am grateful.Â
Another busy weekend has come and gone. This weekend, we worked on the office renovation project, gave the wagon a makeover, tilled a lot of ground, and planted sweet potatoes and red potatoes. Thus far, everything is looking pretty good! My biggest problem is that the garden is so big, I can’t get it all in one picture!
This is the garden view diagonally from the pepper and tomato patch.
LOTS of tomato plants! I think there are 48 plants and they’re all looking good!
Broccoli and cabbage, jalapeno and cayenne pepper patch.
This is the first greens patch. Every few days we pull the weeks and give those to the chickens. Makes them very happy 🙂
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