Week 12

Our small harvest girl has the 
cutest toes today.

"Cousin Alex, that sun sure is bright!"

"A pumpkin!"

"Ohhh, here is another one."

"Mom, whatcha think, maybe this one?"

Lady bug on the parsley.

The cantaloupe are growing.

Striped watermelon sunbathing.

So are the watermelon.

A huge cantaloupe. Only two of these in the patch.
Their name on the seed packet was "Giant Cantaloupe". 
It is about a foot long.

A cart full of produce.

This is what happens to cucumbers
when the weather goes from hot to hotter
and water can't keep up.

"Looky, sunflower seeds."

Pretty colored tomatoes of all sizes.

Lemon cucumbers.

Slicing cucs.

"Millionaire" eggplant. Long and lean.

Patty Pan.

Sitting pretty. 
Her cup has good balance.

Colorful radishes.

A refreshing afternoon beverage. Thanks 
Anna and Lisa.

Cipollini and Candy onions.

Purple turnips.

How did she get here so fast?

Full cart from the orchard.

A wagon of sunflowers.

Love the colors.

Different colors.

Just one more.

A wagon load of dahlias.

Lisa's table of bouquets. Awww.

Pink roses, pink dahlias,
blue statice.

Up close.

And yet another.

Dark pink dahlia.

Two tone rose.

Opening up and pale-ing out.

Pink statice with
yellow accents.

Blue statice with white accents.

All together.

Warm day, fruit eating cherub needs a ride!
She even is cute with a sticky face.

A delicate rose. 

A plethora of sweet peas.
So many colors and varieties, here are a few.

This one looks shy.

A volunteer sunflower
in with the sweet peas
and yellow yarrow.

Many seeds have formed.
Next the birds will be
hanging upside down
to snack!

A yellow pear tomato truss on the plants by Dad's
backyard gate. The rule was you ate the tomatoes
at "your height". That way even the
little kids could eat off the staked plants, the lower branches :).

Week 11

A fellow Master Gardener came out to see
The Farm and helped pick. Thanks Brandi!

Helpers come in all different heights!

The boys take time out
to "drive" and push a little.

"Boy, I have been working hard."

Looking out over the corn.
Beans and tomatoes to the right.
Blueberries to the left.

Corn silks are a little bit purple right now.
They will dry up as ears mature.

At one point in The Farm's history,
Dad had gladiolas planted here.

From the corn looking back at the buildings.

Bird netting catches Jamie, too.
She and Mary picked blueberries today.

Pickers need hydration.

Angie picking beans.
Until they made her itch and break out.
That's one way to get out of picking them. :)

Good times with Auntie Renee.

Rosy cheeks = happy campers.
A warm day for the helpers.

Many things are "picked" on The Farm.

Green beans with more
blooms for more beans.

Purple beans. Too bad they turn
green when they cook.

Crab apples.
Dad made the best crab apple jelly.
We use it as a glaze when baking chicken.

Purple turnips. So crunchy.

Carrots. A few yellow ones are
hiding down low. The one with three "fingers" must
have run into something hard to cause it to divide.

White Patty Pan galore.

Cippolini onions.

Anna's lunch is yummy today. Especially
when you use the garden cart as your table. Just the right height.

Beautiful peppers. Sorted, counted, weighed,
photographed and then put into boxes.

What a variety. Smells good in the potting shed.

Such a vibrant color spectrum.

Bell peppers ready to be bagged.

Purple and green beans. Some of the green beans
are wider than others. They are different varieties.

Jamie organizes carrots. How would that look
on a resume? "Am able to organize carrots."

Angie taste tests them, too.

And taste test them.

Our pretty "watermelon" variety of radishes... the critters liked them so much they never made it into any boxes. Worms, bummer.

Swiss chard in the raised beds.

A frog visits the flowers by the potting shed doors.

Late evening sun on the
pumpkins and sunflowers.

There will be a few fall raspberries.

Green pumpkins with drip irrigation.

Happy sunflower faces.

A few flat "Cinderella coach type" pumpkins are growing well.