Aug 19, 2011

Harvest Time 2

Honey got home tonight and decided to harvest our oats.  I thought I'd give you a look at our high tech equipment.
This is our combine.  Not sure of the age, but it works and is actually kind of fun to use.
This is our grain truck.  It doesn't run right now, but it makes a great place to store our grain.

My honey augering the grain into the truck.
Now he's back out to the field to combine another load.  I love having all of this grain to feed out to our critters.  What a blessing.

Harvest Time

How is your harvest going?  Up here, the garden is starting to really produce.  I have the pressure canner and the hot water bath canner both going on the stove, green beans in one and dill pickles in the other. I picked our first ripe corn today.  Supper will be green beans, cucumbers, corn on the cob and, like every Friday night, pizza.
I started harvesting my garlic today, too.  There are only four cloves in this bulb of garlic.

My plan is to be selling garlic and other herbs by next summer.  I put in 200 bulbs last fall and I'm going to put in 300, Lord willing, this fall.  Should get a lot of garlic powder out of these bulbs.
The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few.  Keeps me busy.

Aug 10, 2011

Updates

Rhubarb-Believe it or not, the rhubarb I planted a few weeks ago is not only alive, but has new growth. ( See http://glory-farm.blogspot.com/2011/05/rhubarbing.html )  Perhaps I've found a place that it likes.

Garlic Scape Pickles-I opened the first jar today.  They are great!! http://glory-farm.blogspot.com/2011/07/garlic-scapes.html Highly recommended.  I think these are going to be an annual thing.

We're getting beets and potatoes from the garden, but not much for peas or beans.  It's a weird year.  My corn is going to be done before my beans.

We're still making hay.  We've been blessed with three additional fields this year because everyone has more than enough hay, even us!

Chickens are still hatching out chicks.  We have two hens still broody and one duck.  These chicks won't be big enough to butcher this fall, may have to wait until a warm day in December??? Brrrr...

That's about it from the farm.  I'm really not in the mood to blog and it shows.
Blessings.

Aug 19, 2011

Harvest Time 2

Honey got home tonight and decided to harvest our oats.  I thought I'd give you a look at our high tech equipment.
This is our combine.  Not sure of the age, but it works and is actually kind of fun to use.
This is our grain truck.  It doesn't run right now, but it makes a great place to store our grain.

My honey augering the grain into the truck.
Now he's back out to the field to combine another load.  I love having all of this grain to feed out to our critters.  What a blessing.

Harvest Time

How is your harvest going?  Up here, the garden is starting to really produce.  I have the pressure canner and the hot water bath canner both going on the stove, green beans in one and dill pickles in the other. I picked our first ripe corn today.  Supper will be green beans, cucumbers, corn on the cob and, like every Friday night, pizza.
I started harvesting my garlic today, too.  There are only four cloves in this bulb of garlic.

My plan is to be selling garlic and other herbs by next summer.  I put in 200 bulbs last fall and I'm going to put in 300, Lord willing, this fall.  Should get a lot of garlic powder out of these bulbs.
The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few.  Keeps me busy.

Aug 10, 2011

Updates

Rhubarb-Believe it or not, the rhubarb I planted a few weeks ago is not only alive, but has new growth. ( See http://glory-farm.blogspot.com/2011/05/rhubarbing.html )  Perhaps I've found a place that it likes.

Garlic Scape Pickles-I opened the first jar today.  They are great!! http://glory-farm.blogspot.com/2011/07/garlic-scapes.html Highly recommended.  I think these are going to be an annual thing.

We're getting beets and potatoes from the garden, but not much for peas or beans.  It's a weird year.  My corn is going to be done before my beans.

We're still making hay.  We've been blessed with three additional fields this year because everyone has more than enough hay, even us!

Chickens are still hatching out chicks.  We have two hens still broody and one duck.  These chicks won't be big enough to butcher this fall, may have to wait until a warm day in December??? Brrrr...

That's about it from the farm.  I'm really not in the mood to blog and it shows.
Blessings.