Wild Weather

Wow, sorry for stepping away from the blog for a few days, but it has been crazy busy around here this week.  To begin with, it was Vacation Bible School week so mornings were tied up and everyone got worn out as the week went on.  Additionally, the weather was intense.  All of this while the Web-Mistress decided the deck needed to go so we can put in a patio.  Did I mention half the ladies are laying now?

Wind damaged crops.

Some serious storms blew through on Monday and this is what I rolled up on around noon.  My corn was flattened and our trellised winter squash had been toppled.  Fortunately, I was able to right the squash and after a couple of days in the sun the corn had stood back up. 

Starting to stand back up.

It is actually pretty cool how the plants self recover, but let’s just say I was initially panicking about the potential of lost crops.

Once the corn came back up I noticed it was beginning to tassel and we started to see silks.  So if the weather doesn’t keep knocking it around, I am hopeful that we should see some ears soon.

Hopefully the weather has treated you better this week.  And if you are lucky your task list hasn’t been growing by the hour.

Andy

Belated Father’s Day Greetings

I hope all the dads out there had a happy Father’s Day.  It was a busy day here on the homestead, what with the kids having hockey camps and such, but I got to spend a lot of time with my kids and that’s what it’s all about. 

Spending time with them and seeing how they have changed did get me to looking around at what has been happening around here.  So much has gone on since this spring.  Our winter squash is HUGE!  We did 4 foot high box trellises on 5 of the 6 plants and the 2 feet hanging over the top on most tells me we didn’t go high enough.  I also just cleaned out the snap peas.  It seems like it wasn’t that long ago that I was writing about cold crops and yet we have harvested a ton of peas and have replaced those plants with cauliflower.  The timing of the snap peas finishing up was providential as I was able to move their trellising to the first group of cucumbers needing it.

I also want to take this time to rat out the Web Mistress.  After having to issue a correction as to her willingness and ability to defend the homestead from marauding rabbits I take it all back.  Yesterday, as we were preparing for church, in the middle of a garden I spied Peter the Great.  I called for the Web Mistress to keep an eye on him as I went for my gun and was met with a host of reason why we should let him live.   Argh….We will meet again Peter, and I might just be alone!

Anyways, I hope your summer is off to a good start.  Don’t forget to like us on Facebook and Twitter.  Until next time.

Andy