Garden Produce

August 2nd - Monday - Partly cloudy 85 degrees

Here we are back to Monday and back to the jobs at hand. We had to run into town to do some errands, after doing the laundry and getting it on the lines.

We had fired the kiln on Sunday so was anxious to see what everything looked like. This is a hobby that Krista and I share and with her treatments for cancer last year, she has not been up to the task at hand; however, she feels like she wants to get back at it and Lou also wants to get his hands into the task also, so Kris has poured and we are awaiting the greenware to dry enough to be cleaned.

We have been driving into Wellsboro each morning to walk and then to Lou's house to check on things there and pick up his paper and mail and with the bridge being out this takes us the majority of the morning, so by the time we return home it is lunch time and that really doesn't allow us much time to do the tasks that come with each day.

The garden is growing great and we are harvesting something each and every day. I am in need of time to do some canning of beets and green beans and want to make some pickles, also have yard work that needs to be done so every day seems full to the rim, like everyone else this time of the year.

You can see that the Kentucky Wonder Beans are just that, and we keep adding string for them to climb up. We had green beans, beets, cucumbers and summer squash for dinner last evening, and as Lou said, who needs meat with all of this; however, I fixed some fish and a baked potato for us.

Today, he is off to Mansfield to have the hitch installed on the car so we can haul the car behind the RV. He has a gentleman that will do this for him and Lou helps him do the work, so hopefully the hitch will get installed today and the wiring will wait for another day. We are planning on going to a SMART Muster next Thursday, so time in running out for that also.

I am off to cut the grass and trim off dead heads from the roses, as they are soon to bloom again. We have not been troubled by Japanese Beetles this year, for which I am thankful for.