Erin, who has helped us out for many summers on a regular basis, took on the photographer task today. Thanks Erin!
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| Today's harvest box. |
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| Full buckets of beautiful flowers. |
A video of the flower house today.
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| A delicious prune upside down cake. Thanks Anna. |
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| Bow tie pasta salad with our baby corn, broccoli and cherry tomatoes. |
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| Oh so fresh melon salad with a touch of pineapple. |
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| Cream of Saskatchewan watermelon. So juicy and crisp. |
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| Today's list of goodies. |
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| Things that wouldn't fit in the boxes today. |
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| Some of today's watermelons. |
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| Our cabbage are draining after soaking in cool water. |
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| Beautiful orange marigolds out in the fields. We plant them to designate a variety change in the rows and also to bring in beneficial insects. |
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| Peppers with drip irrigation. We water everything with drip irrigation. |
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| Peppers, cauliflowers, zinnias and our orchard are dwarfed by the large hay barn on the perimeter. |
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| Fordhook Swiss Chard is looking good. |
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| One of the Neon Blend Swiss Chard colors. |
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| This one is called Rhubarb Swiss Chard. |
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| Lisa picking the dahlias and the placing them in their cool water filled cart. |
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| Purple cabbage out in the field. |
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| Green cabbage, also out in the field. |
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| One of our large white dahlias. |
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| One of our dinner plate dahlias. |
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| Isn't this huge dahlia gorgeous? |
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| These are all on one plant. Wow! |
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| A beautiful white centered dahlia with pink out to the tips. |
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| Our bright pink dahlia. |
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| Terry and Rocky count and sort green onions. |
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| The upside down cake has been tasted a few times :). |
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| Brooks prunes. |
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| Louise, Ethan, Anna and Angie picking apples. |
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| Taste testing apples in the orchard. |
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| Apples up in the trees. They ripen at different times of the season. |
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| Not quite ripe yet. |
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| A cart full of apples in shallow boxes to help prevent bruising. |
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| Lavender gladiolas, zinnias keeping company with one of the very large dahlias. |
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| Zinnias in the flower house. |
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| Zinnias, roses, white snapdragons, glads and the tall greenery that is called Atriplex. |
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| More flowers in their cool buckets of water waiting to be chosen for bouquets. |
Thank you Erin for the wonderful photos.
See you next time on the blog.
Lorrie
