It seems like forever since I have sat down to write. It is that time of year. Mid-August usually demands a certain amount of sweat-equity…not only from the summer heat,
Oregon’s best kept secret….
but also from the demands of the oh-so-soft-spoken ripening garden. It has been dry, really dry.
The ground is so dry.
Everything, is feeling thirsty from the lack of those wet, drippy things that fall from the sky. It takes a bit of an extra effort to keep the flock in fresh water (they get overheated very easily), to maximize the benefit of the water given to the garden, to water young fruit, nut, and Sequoia trees one by one by the bucketful, while keeping a balance with the water level in our holding tank. That tank holds water from our well…which in turn, waters this family.
“Yeah, I’m guarding the water!”
In spite of water rationing for the garden, there is plentiful ripening. Harvesting of more than just a couple of tomatoes here…a pepper there…has begun! We are starting to enjoy the “fruits of our labor”, especially in the berry department. Wild blackberries are ripening at break-neck speed, and my little strawberries are right behind them. When you pick them at that juicy, sweet ripened stage from the vine, they don’t last long. The upshot of that is turning this…..
….into this!!!
Making jam…
Strawberry jam
And this….
Bucketful of Blackberries
…into this…
Blackberry Cobbler!!!
Oh boy!!!
A little time consuming, but totally worth it!!
Oh, did I tell you….
The newest addition.
….welcome to the farm little Roni Jr. ….. hatched on my daughter’s half-birthday. Out of six eggs, this is the only one that hatched. After several days, Mama Hen abandoned the nest, and the eggs went bad. The baby is out and about free ranging with the rest of the flock, watching every move Mama makes.
Thank you for sharing the long days of summer on the farm with me!! Hope you are having a wonderful August!
Your friend,
Tami
Build Me a Dream 
Comments on: "Oh, Did I Tell You…" (2)
Send some of that cobbler down here please !! Penni’s guarding the water for HER you THINK she is guarding it for everyone HAHA
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The peacocks from next door have been coming over lately to eat the chicken’s food and drink their water..the other day, one of them went after the baby chick…Penni chased them away, and has been watching over all things chicken since then.
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