Garden Wrap Up

It was a crazy summer between filming Saving Dinah and then getting ready for the move down here. The weather was beautiful but so so dry. All in all despite the challenges some things did very well.

Fabulous!
Garlic . this place should be called Garlic Mound!
Used more rhubarb than ever before
Asparagus was awesome
Peas were positively perfect
Lettuce - loving still using our own lettuce- always so great to figure something out!!
Corn - best year yet - rabbits, chickens and we all enjoyed it!


Disappointments
Tomatoes
Herbs came and went - when they were on they were great - the rest of the time not so much!
Potatoes -there were fewer out then put in - pretty sure that was a water issue
Onions - were small but I actually felt like I might begetting a clue with them
Raspberries - pretty sure this is the first year I've had less than a handful from our garden -probably should trim them all back and start from scratch - not sure I can bear to do that though!


Didn't plant
Beans

Garlic ...

2 beds planted!

One whole bed of Korean Garlic in!!
One whole bed of Schoolhouse Garlic in!!

Lots of garlic left for using through the year.

Always feels so good!

Freezing November and yet ...

we are still harvesting lettuce from under our floating row cover ... yay!


and yesterday is likely the latest date EVER for a second cut of hay - off about 25 acres we got 25 bales .. not a great yield for the year (about 2/3 of normal; 1/2 our best year so far) but still pretty impressive!

Hoping it warms up a bit so I can go on a garlic planting frenzy soon.


And the freeloaders are very happy clucking around .. would have liked some eggs some day from them but doubt we'll see any til the days start getting longer now!

The colour of serenity

Fall is here ...

I've been waiting for a nice day to spend in the garden but realized today I'd better grab nice moments when I can ... so today I pulled the tomato plants and their cages!

The colours are still beautiful

The dogs are still loving their farm runs!

The youth and I

Went to a part of the farm we've hardly explored before 

the dogs ran 

and jumped

 peeked, explored 

all kinds of neat paths

and neat finds 

 such a pretty little corner

of the farm

such a happy explore

such good dogs

and she's back where she belongs!

With a huge debt of gratitude to Neil and Don as Big T was sick as could be today.


Dogs and I went for a nice walk and collected grass for the bunnies and chickens.

That beautiful new shed from a week ago? Yup this one right here; she went touring last night.

Most exciting four hours we've had at one time at the farm!

So sad to be dismantling it so soon after putting it up. 

Royal PITA actually but whatever. 

'Tis what it is and all that.

Great to have great help figuring out the safest plan for dismantling it. Even better to have help doing it. 

The experts laugh and say it'll be even faster to put back up tomorrow.

Dogs thought it was great fun too.

A Little More Horsing Around ..

Let Us ...

grow lettuce in October!


SO exciting - growing Romaine lettuce in October... kale is in too and we might get some ... broccoli is in but seems unlikely to have enough time to flourish ...



Rabbits are loving us having enough time to collect daily fresh for them and the chickens are thriving in the cooler fall days - at least for another 10 days! The new HUGE shed is up. Amazing how exciting that is too!

We've been collecting down at the farm - which means some lovely walks for us and the dogs too.