The Garden and the Critters - July 2020

The Garden and the Critters

We had three Fawns playing in the yard last night just before dark.

A huge owl flew in and was sitting on a bird house roof last night just as it got dark, I could barely make out it's form it was so dark out.

Garden is coming in good we had a few peppers last night with a nice marinated steak, I picked the Broccoli yesterday had a bunch for dinner, there's more in the fridge.

Squash borers are causing havoc with the summer zucchini and blue hubbard. I'll have to get some spray out.  We'll spray the plants next year earlier.

Rose has Collards, picked, blanched and in the freezer, Rose is going to try them with Apple juice, it's supposed to remove some of the bitterness.  Rose harvested Swiss chard and froze them up for soups.  It's too hot to be thinking about canning in the house right now. I do have the outside burner we'll pull out once we're ready to begin canning.

Cucumbers, are going gangbusters, our first batch of Claussen type refrigerator pickles was started, we'll should have results in 3-4 days, 2 days in looking good so far, waiting, waiting...

We're going to start dehydrating produce as it comes in to reduce the amount we're having to put in the freezer or can.

We thought we'd won with the woodchucks... Nope...

The Fawns were out for a romp, this is one set of twins. I grabbed the camera but missed most of the fun them frolicking up and down the deer yard.

A couple of the does grabbing a bite to eat