End of July Farm Work

Honing the plow

Jack the Mower.

Art the Plowman.
(We are reclaiming this old garden dump site to create a shaded picnic area).

Jack and Art built a new wood-hauling cart.
(The old one had an unfortunate encounter with a certain new tractor). 

All done and ready to haul!

Sorry, but I can't resist .... more flowers!

haul logs, boulders, and stones away from the old dump site
             to the new one

hone the plow blades

plow old dump site
make home-made mulch, i.e. stomp on the bark
              from the pine stumps split last week

mow, weed-wack, and mulch blueberry bushes

weed the flower and veggie rows

mow lawn (this is now a 4-hour ordeal)

pick and/or dead-head flowers

attempt to repair the garden drip tape (and fail)

treat flowers and veggies for bugs

smoosh as many japanese beetles as my stomach can take

hunt and kill a voracious tomato hornworm 

harvest zucchini, sugar-snap peas, cucumbers, and basil

"turn" the baby watermelons (gently!)

pick what may be a few of the last pints of blueberries

seed another crop of buckwheat in the orchard site
run to the farming books to see what the hell is up next