Aug. 28 - Sept. 3

Temperature range:

• lows: 60 - 68 F
• highs: 88 - 97 F

Rainfall: none :(

Planted:

• red salad bowl lettuce
• cherry belle radishes

Harvested:

• broom corn (1st half)
• green beans
• 1st few onions
• last tomato

Saved for seed:

• green beans

Preserved:

• pizza sauce, 3 pints canned
• okra, 2 quarts frozen
• bell pepper, handful frozen
• half-pints milk, 24 frozen
• watermelon, dehydrated
• green nutmeg melon, dehydrated

Egg Counts:

• Sun. 3
• Mon. 6
• Tues. 3
• Wed. 3
• Thurs. 2
• Fri. 4
• Sat. 1
• Week's Total: 22

Accomplished:

Sunday
• day of rest
Monday
• cleaned out chicken coop
• started new compost pile
• canned pizza sauce
• froze okra & bell pepper
• watered pepper plants
Tuesday
• sorted and packaged saved seeds
• picked okra
• froze 1/2-pints of milk
Wednesday
• harvested part of the broom corn
• weeded
• watered pepper plants
• froze ice cube tray of whey
Thursday
• watered fall garden
• made hard cheese
Friday
• checked on field corn
• picked green beans
• dried overripe melons
• started shelling cowpeas
Saturday
• planted lettuce & radishes
• dug up 1st few onions, need to do the rest soon
• watered fall garden
• watered sand cherry bushes
• sorted & packed saved lettuce seeds