Work, work, and...did I mention work?

Yes, life on the farm has been busy the last few weeks. And today we are expecting some bad weather from hurricane Irene, hopefully she will be nice to us!
Not too much has really changed on the farm. Gardens still need to be weeded, plants need to be planted, seeds need to be seeded, animals need to be fed, etc. Though (and I just remembered this) we have some new chicks. They are quite cute, they live in one of the horse stalls in the same barn that Epona and Roscoe occupy.
The CSA is more than half over, it seems like it just started (but I feel that way about summer too, like it's almost September; aghh!)
But we have a nice diverse selection of food coming out of the gardens, including:
tomatoes
onions (red and yellow)
garlic
swiss chard
kale
lettuce
green peppers
eggplants
zucchini
early cabbage
pickling cukes
cucumbers
carrots
beets
beans
peas (sugar and shelling)
basil
peppermint, and
thyme

Farm tours, gardening, CSA, rain...

Hi! I have been too busy to write recently, but finally I have made the time for it.

Last weekend we hosted a Farm Tour, put together by ACORN (Atlantic Canada Organic Regional Network). It was a lot of fun, and according to ACORN (and, well, us too!) a huge success. If you are interested pictures and more information, visit www.acornorganic.org . The farm looked very nice, and (somewhat) weed free. The farms involved were asked to make food samples; I made Deviled Eggs and Strawberry-Kale smoothies (visit my other blog, In the kitchen with Francesca, for those recipes).

In the gardens...
Well, everything is soggy, due to thundershowers on Sunday and rain all day Monday. Most things are growing pretty well (this includes weeds), though it has been a bit of a slow year. Our zucchini isn't really doing anything, which is odd because usually we have an abundance of it this time of year. Our tomatoes just don't seem to be ripening. Our beans are doing beautifully though! Another row of sugar snap peas are starting to produce now. This is also our first week of carrots; yay! A lot of cauliflower too...

CSA week nine: (almost halfway through)
Lettuce mix
Onions
Radish
Cauliflower
Beets
Kale
Swiss Chard
Beans
Carrots
New Potatoes
Cucumber
Bok Choy , and
Peas

Wow, that's quite a list.

The animals...
The little kitten, after numerous names (including: Boci, Sprout, Super Rat, Nefertiti, and many more), she has finally acquired the name "Phoebe".  Some people ask me if we only have one cat after reading this blog; to clear this up, no, we have four cats: Chubby Checkers, Corin, Beow, and Phoebe.

And, while we're at it; we also have six horses: Mulie, Billi, Buddy, Chief, Roscoe and Epona.  
  


                                                   This is Corin.