Fall Doings

Let's get caught up. Much has happened since Rooster Day. It's pepper time! Rick made this lovely salsa presentation:

 These red Biker Billys are very hot!

But just to be on the safe side, Rick C. brought over his habaneros to share. 

We also had the first of the Bidwell melons. They look all creepy on the outside, more like a winter squash.

But on the inside they are a beautiful orange, and they are very sweet and tender, with none of the grainiess that cantelopes sometimes get.

 When they get extra ripe (or maybe just natural variation?) they look like these.

Jane and Melinda came over to visit.

We also racked the wine with Karen and Glen's help. We tasted some at this stage, and it's going to be delicious. 

The tomatoes and basil are still providing lots to eat, and the black eyed peas are producing wonderfully right now. We've eaten them several times this week. And there are still a few zucchinis, but I've already stuck cabbage starts around where the zucchinis will come out soon,

Isn't this a funny pepper? Its from the Red Peters, but it isn't ripe yet. Still....

Rick and Buddy check the corn. This is just the tiny transplanted stuff. The main crop is starting to corn up.

And we even cleaned out the privy. It wasn't actually dirty, it was just totally overgrown with grapes.

 

And of course, we spent a lot of time doing what we do best:

Not Gone...

...just super busy. I got a big project, and although we're still having fun at the Farm, I haven't had time to post in ages. I'll try to get some pics up soon.

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Weather Note:
It's been very nice, but distinctly Fall weather this last few weeks. We had one big deluge of rain that had the water up over the curbs. Our whole street was flooded, all the way across. Looks like rain this weekend too.

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Katinka, how does your garden grow? Drop us a line here.

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What We're Eating

I've been too busy to cook in any kind of serious way so all we've managed to eat is things like:
Homemade flatbread with pesto made from our basil and garlic.
Fresh black-eyed peas with onions, capers, parmesan and vinagrette.
Sweet ripe Bidwell melons
Fresh eggs doused in homemade salsa and locally produced cheeses.

And for today, I'm making homemade Bloody Mary mix from our tomatoes.
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