One more trip around the sun.
You might imagine that I don’t have any pictures of that.
As for the topic of this blog… I haven’t posted much this summer because it’s been oddly unsatisfying out there this year. It is August 15th, and I have yet to harvest a ripe tomato– with the exception of some Sungold cherry tomatoes. I’m not even close to an eggplant. My Rainier cherry was eaten alive by aphids. All the surviving peaches have pestilence of one kind or another.
It’s just not been one of my better gardening years.
Now, having said that, it’s not over yet. The tomatoes are loaded with fruit– it’s just green. My soil has improved immensely over the last few years from the depleted clay that I purchased originally. I’ve put in some fall and winter crops. The chickens have been entertaining, and they’re now putting out two dozen eggs each week. We did hog on raspberries for a couple of weeks.
All is not lost.
Still, nothing that interesting to report from the farm, partially because we’re doing some bathroom remodeling– which I do have pictures of, but they’re not even remotely on topic– and we managed to start the project without having even ordered any of the fixtures, the cabinet, or the finishes. So, while they tear out 80-year-old galvanized pipes and rip out the window, I’m sketching cabinet designs and racing around to plumbing showrooms.
Just goes to show you that wisdom and age are not necessarily correlated.
6 responses so far ↓
1 Farmer Jen // Aug 15, 2008 at 9:54 am
Happy Birthday to you! A fellow Leo you are.
Don’t fret about those green tomatoes. It seems that everyone’s tomatoes are still green. Mine are loaded but getting eaten by those big green tomato worms. I keep picking them off when I see them, but alas, they continue to munch my tomato plants. The tomatoes will ripen eventually. My eggplants and peppers are slow too, but coming along finally.
I am envious of your and also Danni’s raspberry harvest. I have tried to grow them here and just have not had any success.
We are also remodeling a bathroom right now. An old one down at our business in town. I too, thought of posting photos of that remodel, but they seemed sort of boring and definitely off topic.
Have a great birthday Rian! Remember to relax and enjoy it.
2 Farmgirl_dk // Aug 15, 2008 at 11:54 am
This is your birthday sonnnng
It isn’t very lonnng
Hey!
I wish you the happiest of birthdays and an exceptional tomato season.
Oh, and, by the way, I finally gave you what you’ve been (not so subtly) asking for.
Two of them, in fact.
3 Rian // Aug 15, 2008 at 12:25 pm
Awww… you didn’t have to do that! For me?! Your blogroll?! PRINCESS! That’s so nice, you did it twice!
And the song comes in second to the most excellent card that my 5-year-old made me. Or… third to the cupcakes. Anyway, top 10 for sure.
4 chariti // Aug 15, 2008 at 12:53 pm
Happy Birthday!
I was planning to come over and do some executive facilities managing this afternoon but it’s just too hot. I’ll catch up on those weeds and post-holes in the wee hours this weekend.
5 Rian // Aug 15, 2008 at 1:35 pm
I consider that wise.
6 Kelly // Aug 22, 2008 at 1:58 pm
Happy belated birthday! I’ve been away in benighted areas that are bereft of cell service or internet, and I’m happy to be back. And if it’s any consolation, my tomatoes are still green, too.
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