Ok I admit, I've gotten behind on blogging. And Katinka had to call me from Australia to chastise and berate me! So without further ado... let's get bloggin! On Monday, the Boston Marrow squashes were just sprouting.
And the melons were just coming up as well.
And the squash is fruiting up. This is a Ronde de Nice.
We got an even better look at our friend the alligator lizard. He was on the mulch when I arrived at the farm, and it's a good thing I didn't accidently step on him. We shooed him to a safer area--after I got a few good pix.
Rick communes with the chickens.
On Tuesday, I visited Rick C's garden, both to see what he had planted and to reclaim the rototiller. Can you believe it? He took HIS rototiller to HIS house to work on HIS garden... the nerve!
His beans are thriving (above) and he has lots of peppers planted.
The peppers are huge!
Here's the corn patch, with some Bidwell melons in the center.
And here's a shot of my pumpkins and gourds. They've grown a lot since this was taken!
With the tiller back in its rightful place, Rick tills up row 3. The bloom in the foreground is a leek blossom.
Rick reflects on a job well done.
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Weather Note
It's still unseasonably cool. On Saturday when we went to brunch at Sierra Nevada, I was wishing I had brought a sweater. In June! We aren't complaining though, because this cool weather is letting us get everything finished. Forecasts suggest it will hot up later this week.
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This pic is sort of hard to see, but we think those are raccoon prints. The nickle is for scale.
The plums are just starting to ripen.
Rick eats it!
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What We're Eating
It's sort of between seasons in the garden. The peas are gone. The zucchini is almost big enough to eat. I planted some really late lettuce, and it's ripening up right now, along with the plums and apricots. We also have onions, garlic, and leeks. The tomatoes, grapes, and peppers are setting lots of fruit, but none of those are ripe yet.
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Here's another zucchini, this time a gray zucchini.
After we got row 3 tilled, we planted beans: Kentucky Wonder pole beans in the back, and two rows of Dragon Tongue bush beans in front. Rick J pounded in the poles, and yesterday I put the strings up.
I also nicked and soaked the moonflower seeds. Here Buddy points to one place we planted them.
I was trying to get a pic of Blanco to show how roosterish he looks. He's definitely a boy.
We started our vacation Friday afternoon. Rick took a week off and we are spending it in town, with day trips here and there, lots of meals out, and plenty of relaxation. The last chore was to finish assembling the new gazebo. This new gazegbo is a larger 10x10... that is, it's larger at the bottom than the old one was. The furniture fits much better now.
I put some curtains on the front and side.
After that, we spent a bit of time at the farm. Rick works on the tiny pen. This is intended to let us place chickens in tighter spots, so they can dig up, fertilize, and de-bug an area.
Then we had to rush off to Keith's party. We started at the Raw Bar, then came back to Titus and Jane's for cake and Catan.
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