Sept. 4 - 10, 2011

Temperature Range:

• lows: 57 - 72 F
• highs: 64 - 89 F

Rainfall: 1"

Harvested:

• green beans, KY Wonder
• bell peppers
• tomato
• field corn, Truckers Favorite
• corn silk
• amaranth (volunteers)
• Red Pontiac potatoes
• calendula
• watermelon, Small Sugar

Preserved:

• 1 hard goats milk cheese
• 1 quart okra, frozen
• sweet pepper, frozen, a handful
• milk, dozen 1/2-pints frozen

Seeds saved:

• pole beans, Kentucky Wonder
• okra, Clemson Spineless
• Mirabilis
• calendula
• Hutterite Soup beans

Egg Counts:

• Sun. 4
• Mon. 4
• Tues. 2
• Wed. 4
• Thurs. 3
• Fri. 2
• Sat. 2
• Week's Total: 21

Accomplished:

Sunday
• day of rest
Monday
• rained all day
Tuesday
• more rain
Wednesday
• harvested field corn and green beans
Thursday
• made hard cheese
• harvested field corn
• started shucking corn
Friday
• harvested field corn
• husked corn
• build corn crib
Saturday
• finished harvesting field corn
• turned goats into the corn field
• finished husking field corn
• dug potatoes (disappointing)
• harvested green beans & okra
• gathered seeds for saving