Katinka Visits

It was great to see Katinka when she breezed through on her way to Shingletown.

She didn't have much time, but she got to visit the farm at least for a minute.

Katinka brought me this uber jacket. It goes great with my pioneer bonnet and chicken...

The farm is finally all planted. We put green beans in 3a and Cannellini beans in 4a.

The beans in the back are all drying beans. Rick did a super job of tedi-weeding, and everything looks so nice with new straw down.

This is most of sectors 1 and 2. You can see how big the tomatoes are.

I realized the tomatoes planted near the washroom wouldn't get enough sun, so I transplanted them. After only a week in the ground, the stem of this plant had developed a ton of root structure. This really shows why you want to plant them deep or sideways.

And we have tomatoes forming everywhere!

Notice how these have very large sepals.

Yet another plant is fruiting.

The zucchinis are huge...

...and we harvested the first of them yesterday, so first zucchs by Memorial Day.

We continue to harvest wonderful lettuce and chard.

And Rick C. brought over some of his new potatoes to share. They were delicious!

I had to replant a couple of the squashes: the Kakai Hulless (below) and the Carnival acorn squash.

The squash bed, aka sector 5, is looking good. It needs more weeding, but some of those shoots are flowers.

Our reseeded tomatillos are fruiting too. You really only have to plant those once... like borage.

And peppers are fruiting.

The peas interplanted with the peppers are also producing.

The sage is still blooming.

And the poppies are almost done. I like how these have formed a sort of hedgerow.

Our backyard is also fully planted now. I transplanted the pumpkins and gourds on Saturday.

The fair was last weekend, so we went on Sunday, and enjoyed seeing Laura's piece.

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Weather Note
It always, ALWAYS rains on the fair. This year was no exception. Even though it's been just about perfect weather for the last week or so, on Monday morning, we awoke to the sound and smell of rain. We got a small amount of rain in the morning, then it stopped, so we went farming.... and it started again, and began to rain in earnest. We had to come in the bar to dry off and warm up! I would have made a fire but it's still too breezy. Definitely been a breezy spring, but at least no tornadoes.

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Buddy sits outside the bar. The apricot, peach, and lilac show three distinct shades of green in the misty light.

Rick and Buddy look out at the new tomato area. I guess that's still part of 1a. Or is it 0b?

Last Thursday we went to hear open mike night at Cafe Flo with Tom and Nancy. The cafe has a good selection of beer, and it's sort of funky and cozy, and music was great. Avoid the bathroom though.