Weekend Update

We moved the chickens out to the chicken yard. They are in 2 separate brooder boxes, (11 in each). I have one inside nursing a torn wing...I think the other chicks were pecking her and she was bleeding. Looks like her wing will be permenantly disfigured. I named her chicken wing. She was doing much better Sunday night. Dan planted some of the larger tomato plants that we bought. The ones I seeded are not quite ready. Some of them still don't have real leaves yet. There are lots of broccoli and cauliflower and cabbage plants to put in , but I don't know if it's getting too late for them. I seeded them in Jan, but they are just starting to take off with new real leaves.
We had the chickens out in the yard yesterday and the dogs inside so they wouldn't get the chickens. We heard the dogs making a commotion trying to get out to the chickens and all of sudden we see June flying through the kitchen window. The window was open and she decided to charge through the screen . It was so funny....but screen is broken now. Thankfully we caught her before she got a chicken! Got a good rain last night and this morning. The bush beans are planted too.

Veggies are taking over

The vegetables are coming in like crazy now. Tomatoes, cukes, peppers, and green beans. We have too many to eat fresh, so I am going to preserve some peppers by drying and pickling. I will freeze the green beans in meal size portions. We are eating lots of tomatoes and cucumbers and giving away what we can't eat fresh. I guess when the tomatoes start producing all at once, I will can some for later. I am NOT making pickles this year....nobody eats them. I love making them and smelling them, but I don't like eating them and no one else does either. Soooo unless I find a recipe that the family loves, I won't be making them any time soon.

We are still waiting for the cantaloupe to ripen. They are looking good so far. I think we will have a bumper crop in a few weeks.

I planted just a few yellow squash this year, because last year we had way too many at one time. So I am spacing out my plantings and it seems to be working. I have enough for a meal or 2 , but not so many that I waste them.

Tomatoes in the ground

I made some strawberry jam with the berries we grew in the garden this year. I used the recipe on the Ball Pectin box. I didn't have enough fresh berries so I improvised and used some frozen ones. It came out pretty good. I made some homemade biscuits this morning to have with the jam....Yummy.

We finally got some tomatoes in the garden this weekend. We put in Creole, Big Beef, Beefsteak, Roma, and Sweet 100 cherry tomatoes. I still have some Celebrity and more Romas coming.

I have several kinds of peppers that will probably go in on Sunday.

Here is a picture of my peppers.