Well things are very wet here at Thorn Acres this week with more rain coming in tonight. The garden is very wet but I got shares out this week for my 11 members. I hope everyone is liking the tomatoes. I traded a meat rabbit for a couple flats of tomatoes for your shares. Mine are not doing well with all the rain. His are doing great also grown with no chemicals others are getting nicer looking ones but you have to wonder what they have put on them. My brother has had huge tomatoes but he loves miracle grow. I think he has been getting tomatoes since June when I have gotten three good ones all season.
Zucchini is coming on strong and if I do not stay ahead of it I will have baseball bats. I do use the big ones for relish. I you would like bigger ones just let me know and I can make sure you get some. Okra will be in your share next week hope you all like it. It is not my favorite as I am trying not to fry foods but that is the only way I can eat it. So if you have creative recipes for okra please share with the group.
My kids head back to school on Friday with my daughter being a senior, one son being an 8th grader in the high school and then there is my 3rd grader that all have met while delivering. He is my sidekick. My husband was laid off August 17th with no work since. He will be leaving for Iowa on Sunday for 10days to at least make enough to pay the farm payment. We have a really nice man out here that has a tire shop that is letting up charge tires so he can get there and back. Man no income for 1 1/2 months is really scary. I am really glad I have a garden to can and preserve for the winter months. Then I will have the chickens to butcher in September which will help out the freezer for the winter. I hope all of you are doing well during this really tough time.
As you all know I quit my dental assisting job to do the CSA and I really do not regret the choice I made. I had been a dental assistant for almost 25 years and really needed a change. I do miss my patients and co-workers very much as I am real people person I love to talk. My patients are missing my stories of the farm life which everyone of them got to hear so they are not surprised I decided to do it for my change in life. I love being home with my children which can be tough at times with two teenagers 13 and 17 always fighting. My 8 year old was so happy getting off the bus in May seeing me at home with his after school snack. He really did not like being at home alone after school. I really do not know how we got things done. He has football practice at 6pm which my daughter works after school until 9pm and my 13year old has practice after school until 6pm. So I would have to beg someone else to take care of my 8 year old and get him to practice each night. No fair to others or my son. So I will be baking after school snacks everyday along with keeping up the garden and taking care of my goats, rabbits and chickens. Things I have to put off on others when I was working full time.
Things are going good in the garden. Sorry that the shares have been light each week. After taking with other CSA farmers they only deliver every other week for the summer season. They do smaller shares for the winter share, do eggs on there own share and a meat share. I will redo my plan for next. I am renting out 2 acres to do pumpkins, zucchini, and watermelons next year. My neighbors is letting me rent for a full share for his family. Not a bad deal. So totally I will be harvesting 4 acres when all is said and done so then you will get better and bigger shares. I have the tea garden going now so next year you will get wonderful tea mixtures.
Well off to football practice!!!!!
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