Missing Willow Farm

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We just picked up our entries.  I do know how to pack a beautiful jar!  🙂

We spent a good amount of time this morning working in the greenhouse.  We have three of our four indoor beds planted with carrots, kohlrabi, spinach, lettuce, beets, broccoli and dill.  One entire bed has soybeans planted in it.  We will put peas, cabbage and cucumbers in the final bed.  Some of them might not do well but that’s OK.  We learn more and more every year how to best utilize it for winter veggies.

We went to the opening night of our county fair last night, and counted 53 ribbons for Missing Willow Farm!  We earned 28 first, 18 second and 7 third place ribbons.  That’s a record for us (and maybe the fair, too).  🙂

County fair check in was yesterday.  I’ll get a preview of how we did tomorrow when it opens to the public, pick up is next Sunday.

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My annual goal of growing a pumpkin came true this year, and then some!  I think we started them too soon in early June.  I don’t care.  They make me happy!

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We always have a few of these laying around.  They’re good for temporary stock enclosures and chutes for handling our animals.  This year, we put a few to really good alternate use… as trellises in our garden.  They are 16 feet long, so when bent and fastened between two raised beds, they make the perfect structure for cucumbers and tomatoes to climb on and are plenty tall to walk under.

The post office called at 7AM today to come pick up these cuties.  They were shipped from Ohio two days ago.  They arrived healthy and loud and seem happy to be done with their long journey.

Honey from this year’s harvest heated with lemon slices, cinnamon sticks and cloves then processed in a hot water bath.  Can’t wait to try this in a cup of tea!

Our  turkeys are getting big.  We started with four, in hopes of ending up with at least two for the holidays.  So far so good.

Lobster, shrimp and bleu cheese mashed potatoes, fresh berries, champagne and cranberry juice… and that’s breakfast!  Our 25th anniversary was last week.  Happy anniversary to my sweetheart!