Sarah and Nathan Arrive

Sarah and Nathan have officially arrived! They're mostly moved in and getting used to life in Chico. Right away they start learning to farm properly!

But first, a little catch up. I planted beans in rows 7B and 8B. They are Italian Shelling, Black Turtle, Borlotto, and Green Filet beans. I got those in a couple weeks ago

And they are alread up. This picture was taken a week ago, so they're lots bigger now.

The potatoes are already well up. I put compost and paper straw on them already, and they need it again.

We're getting lots of garlic scapes. I even made scape pesto, which is really good.

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Weather Note
It's summer! And it's getting warmer. It's still been really pleasant, but the temps are up into the high 80s. We had a few drops of rain the other day (blown in from the northeast, which is really weird). It was the remains of a thunderstorm from Lassen area, and it basically just churned up dirt and pollen. All our cars are filthy.
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We've been picking and shelling favas like crazy. There are so many! Rick's holding six pounds of shelled beans here.

I took a basket over to Karen.

Sarah and Nathan are just in time to lend a hand. Nathan picks some.

And Sarah shells them out.

Lots of favas!

I got started on mulching the tomato and pepper patch.

Nathan is so tall that he makes Catherine look petite.

It's rather a full table, but how nice to have more folks around!

Catherine stalks the wild cherry.

They are perfect right now.

Nathan made us a beautiful loaf of bread.

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What We're Eating
Well... besides fava bean hummus on homemade pita with garlic scapes and preserved lemon? Besides homemade bread? Besides ripe cherries right off the tree? I made this quick stir fry with chard, broccoli, onions, garlic, and snow peas and put it over the leftover Jamaican rice and peas. It was delicious.

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