Saturday, July 2, 2011

June Wk 4: 26 - 2

Temperature range
  • lows: 66 - 70 F
  • highs: 88 - 95 F
Rainfall: 0.2"

Planted:
  • pumpkins, Small Sugar (saved seed)
  • butternut squash (re-planted,  saved seed)
Harvested:
  • cucumbers
  • okra
  • 2 ripe strawberries
  • peaches
  • blueberries
  • summer squash
  • 1st paste tomatoes
Seeds saved:
  • calendula
  • carrot (Scarlet Nantes)
  • lettuce (oak leaf type)
Preserved:
  • 5+ pints of blueberry jam from 2010 frozen blueberries
  • frozen fresh blueberries, 1 quart
  • 10 pints sweet pickle chips
  • 2, 1/2 gallons milk, frozen
Eating our own:
  • fresh eggs
  • fresh cucumbers
  • fresh summer squash
  • fresh tomatoes
  • fresh onions
  • fresh garlic
  • fresh potatoes
  • fresh strawberries (on cereal)
  • fresh blueberries (cereal & pie)
  • fresh goats milk 
    • milk
    • yogurt
    • hard cheese
    • mozzarella
    • sour milk (corn bread)
  • canned sweet potatoes
  • canned green beans
  • canned Swiss chard
  • canned salsa
  • canned blueberry jam
  • canned pizza sauce
  • frozen bell peppers
  • frozen blueberries (muffins)
  • frozen basil pesto
  • lacto-fermented Swiss chard
Egg Counts:
  • Sun. 4
  • Mon. 4
  • Tues. 6
  • Wed. 4
  • Thurs. 2
  • Fri. 3
  • Sat. 4
  • Week's Total: 27
Accomplished:
  • tied up tomatoes
  • gathered more leaves for mulch
  • mulched sunflowers & summer squash
  • mulched sweet potatoes
  • mulched red pontiacs

2 comments:

  1. How nice it is that you can eat so much of your own things. Everything you worked so hard to do seems to be paying off...I bet that feels so good. xo

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  2. Sherri, it is a blessing, and it does make all the work worth it. Everything tastes so much better! We love it. :)

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