High Summer at Steepmeadow

 


This is a really gorgeous time of year. The sunflowers are playing host to hundreds of bees and a flock of goldfinches. The garden is spitting out a lot of food - enough to feed us just about every day. It's been sunny and warm. The summer continues to be short on rain, which I'm sure has tamped down yield. 41 tomato plants, you'd think you would need to be canning some. But it hasn't happened yet. We have five zucchini plants, but only two fruit in on the table and none discernable on the vine. The cucumbers have slowed. The yellow zucchini is threatening to blow up  on us (I can see nine little ones on the vine), but we seem to be at a pause. 

So, time to build another bed. We wanted to do it this weekend, but, like many other things, we were disappointed. We were just a minute too late to rent a truck at the local big box hardware store. Like - seriously - just minutes too late. There was a guy who got to the counter just before us and snagged the last one. 

The weekend sort of went downhill from there. But, we accomplished an indoor project. There was running. There was a lot of bike riding for Kiki. And, tomorrow's another day. Here follow a few pics of vegetables picked this week:



And, a picture of young Zipper who refused to pose curled up in the sink.










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