Aug. Wk. 2: 7 - 13

Temperature range:

• lows: 67 - 74 F
• highs: 89 - 99 F

Rainfall: 1.25"

Harvested:

• green beans
• tomatoes
• okra
• Hutterite soup beans
• cowpeas
• melons
• figs

Seed saved:

• green nutmeg melon
• Roma tomato
• yellow cosmos
• yarrow

Preserved:

• okra pickles, 6 pints canned
• fig jam, 13 pints canned
• froze goat butter
• dried figs
• dried green nutmeg melon
• mozzarella, 2 pizzasworth frozen

Eating Our Own:

• fresh eggs
• fresh okra
• fresh potatoes
• fresh tomatoes
• fresh tomatoes
• fresh tomatoes
• fresh green beans
• fresh summer squash
• fresh watermelon
• fresh fig jam
• goats milk:
• whey
• ricotta
• mozzarella
• butter
• stored carrots
• stored turnips
• stored beets
• frozen blueberries
• frozen bell peppers
• dried figs

Egg counts:

• Sun. 3
• Mon. 6
• Tues. 2
• Wed. 3
• Thurs. 3
• Fri. 3
• Sat. 2
• Week's Total: 22

Accomplished:

• Sunday
• day of rest
• watered herb garden
• Monday
• harvested: grn beans, okra, dried beans, figs
• made & canned pickled okra & fig jam
• made butter from frozen goat cream
• Tuesday
• pulled Roma plants
• started preparing beds for fall garden
• fed overripe melons to chickens
• picked & dehydrated figs
• froze ripe tomatoes for future juice & sauce making
• Wednesday
• made mozzarella from 1.5 gallons raw goat milk
• made ricotta from the whey
• made oatmeal cookies with dried figs instead of raisins
• Thursday
• Picked beans, okra, melons
• watered main garden
• picked & dehydrated figs
• dehydrated melon
• Friday - lost internet due to horrific lightening storm