They will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.
Last Monday, we finally got around to digging the beets. Next year we need to maintain some closer follow up on them, and get them out of the ground no more than 60 days after they go in. Some of them were quite overgrown and they had a sharper, stronger flavor than I am used… Continue reading Beets in the ground
Yesterday was a very truncated day at the farm, but we still managed to get a good chunk of work done. The tomatoes have been splitting like crazy with all the rain we've been getting, but we still managed to pick three buckets of good ones. Ellie is such a good little tomato washer! We… Continue reading Autumn Pumpkins
It is getting very cold and wet out there most days, so we decided to pull the remaining onions and bring them in to dry so they don’t rot. Most of them are pretty small, which is why we didn’t pick them earlier. Ellie Belle did the honors of picking them and stacking them on… Continue reading Bringing in the Onions
Last Saturday the three older kids went on a trip with Deedee and Papa over the pass to Yakima. While they were there they picked two boxes of apples: golden delicious, empire and gala. They brought them home and dropped them off in our garage so of course, what did we do Monday morning? We… Continue reading Lost in the (apple) sauce
Little Farm in the Big City 