Monthly Archives: July 2014

End of a Long Day!

Posted on July 30, 2014 by Carol (Ouma) Petts

Tomato canning is always a long day!  I started at 5 a.m. by chopping three pounds of onions and two garlics (all cloves) three cups of celery and measuring out the herbs and spices to make the marinara spaghetti sauce. … Continue reading →

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More Blueberries!!

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Carol (Ouma) Petts

I started the day today by labeling and putting away the canned goods from yesterday.  I had 9 pints of salsa and 5 pints of mixed pickles.  We don’t have very much luck growing cucumbers so I have been looking … Continue reading →

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A Forced Rest

Posted on July 28, 2014 by Carol (Ouma) Petts

Things never go the way you plan.  We had planned to get our tomatoes on Sunday so we could start canning first thing Monday morning but they didn’t have any canning tomatoes on Sunday.  So today we started in the … Continue reading →

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Odds and Ends

Posted on July 26, 2014 by Carol (Ouma) Petts

Just cleaning up odd jobs today.  Norman is busy pulling the corn stocks that are left.  The raccoons came in and finished off anything that looked like corn so now just clean up that part of the garden.  I went … Continue reading →

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Wonderful Vacation

Posted on July 23, 2014 by Carol (Ouma) Petts

Patty and family arrived Monday.  We had a wonderful time introducing the kids to the farm.  They all loved the blueberries and everyone pitched in to pick about three quarts before going down to the big garden.  The raccoons had … Continue reading →

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Migrant worker

Posted on July 17, 2014 by Carol (Ouma) Petts

So many people are complaining about the illegal immigrants and how they should be kicked out of the country, well after just picking a gallon of blueberries I say let these people try doing the work that these migrant worker … Continue reading →

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An Uneasy Truce

Posted on July 16, 2014 by Carol (Ouma) Petts

We have come to an uneasy truce with the raccoons.  It doesn’t seem to matter what we do the raccoons come every other night and take out any where from 2 to 5 stocks of corn.  Norman goes down each … Continue reading →

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Summer is here in force.

Posted on July 12, 2014 by Carol (Ouma) Petts

Summer is here in force now, at least for a few days.  We could not work in the gardens because of the heat and dry weather.  The gardens do need weeding and cultivating but it can’t be done until it … Continue reading →

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So the Mint-X Failed This Time

Posted on July 10, 2014 by Carol (Ouma) Petts

Norman put out new Mint-X bags yesterday and they have protected the beans but those darn raccoons just walked around them.  I was afraid they would not stop the raccoons once they knew the corn was ready.  When we were … Continue reading →

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Quick Report!

Posted on July 9, 2014 by Carol (Ouma) Petts

Just a quick up date on progress here on the farm.  The day started at 5 a.m. with Norman taking his walk and me chopping onions and garlic for the spaghetti sauce.  Breakfast at 7 and right to work on … Continue reading →

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