Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Alright...What's new on Goonie Rhubarb farm?
There are tomatoes on the tomato vines. Not yet ripe, but there, and getting ready to be red!
There are small ears of corn getting ready for corn on the cob.
The first sunflower bloomed just a day or two ago. Just in time for my baby shower!
The eggplants are kickin' their winter stunt, the Delicata squash are covered in baby squashies, and the cabbages are huge...and just waiting to be a part of one of Rhubarb's fermentation projects....probably sauerkraut!
The chickens are Rhubarb's ladies, and most of them let him pick them up and pet them. They should be producing eggs around the end of the year. Photos soon!
The backdoor deck has been torn up, and in it's stead will be a lovely stone courtyard with grass and nasturtiums.
The creek just down the road is home to a family of beavers. Rhubarb has been getting some fantastic footage of them gnawing on the nearby trees, and making the creek area their only little dammed beaver-town!
The front door has been painted a mellow red.
Goonie, in full nesting mode, has been rearraging furniture like a fiend...with a lot of help from a very sweet Rhubarb.
Fresh, un-pastuerized goat milk has been added to the weekly routine. Just 5 miles away, and the sweetest goat milk we've ever tasted. Rhubarb has been taking advantage of the quantity we're getting, and making batches of chevre (a soft, spreadable goat cheese). Yummy!
A large majority of our food we eat we're getting from within 30 miles of our home...I'd call that sustainable living!!
Goonie is in her third trimester, and really starting to feel it now! Back pain, front pain, ankle swelling, wrist swelling, general uncomfortable-ness, you name it! She also had her baby shower this past weekend...which was very lovely. I think Daphne will definitely have enough clothes now!
The morning and evening air now lingers with the smell of autumn. A reminder that we're moving into the fall!
Alright...
That's all that I can think of for now. More photos soon!
CIAO
Goonie
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