I've cooked down the last of the tomatoes worth eating. From here on out, until I finish tearing out the last two rows of tomatoes, anything left on the vines can go to the chickens.
Oh, to have nothing to do but snap random pictures while someone else does my work. Instead, Bear Cub Q took a few for me, including this of of the dog.
We've finally... finally... finally... begun gathering eggs from our Turkens. I must say, the sight of those two little eggs in the nesting boxes was enough to make me whoop for joy. If you know me, you know not much makes me whoop!
The eggs made for a particularly rich rice pudding, as evidenced by the fact that two little girls ate an entire batch, leaving only the rice stuck to the sides for DH and I to eat when we came in from chores!
These are luffa sponges. When harvested young, they can be eaten, but I'm hoping they survive a week or two more before a frost and mature enough to form the spongy interior. The one below should almost definitely be successful, but after harvesting one too early, I am loathe to cut anything off!
Finally, here is the {mostly} tidied asparagus bed. I won't be pulling out these fronds until they die back. The new plants are not nearly so sprawling, but look rather pathetic in their smallness, so I skipped taking a picture.
Onions in storage are beginning to sprout, so I guess it's time for another round of onion-chopping!
Until next time, remember, this is not paradise. It's Purgatory Ranch.
1. Your blog name is my favorite. I often find myself thinking "it's not paradise, it's purgatory ranch".
ReplyDelete2. Your posts remind me how lazy I am.
3. Luffa sponge. I learn something new every day. It would be tragic to get excited thinking I was going to eat cucumber only to find it was a mature luffa.