It’s Hot out!
We are back to the hot weather now. The wind is blowing a bit, too, which is drying everything out quite rapidly.
Yesterday I went up to the Eureka Fiber Festival. It was Sunday so hardly anyone was there, but on Saturday I guess it was quite busy. It was nice to see fibery people again and catch up with them. Most of them I only see at the festivals, so it’s nice to be able to visit. it was warm up there, too. It’s always warm there, though.
All the goats were in their proper places when I got home, which is a good thing. Sometimes when I’m gone for hours, I come home to minor disasters. The goats get out and eat things they aren’t supposed to, etc. But, yesterday all was well. I had fed them a bit extra in the morning so they would be able to munch all day. As long as they have food and water, they stay in.
I now have 57 goats. by winter I will be down to 55. Then next year there will be babies born, and the number will go back up again. Then I’ll sell a few to get them back down by winter.
The garden is really full of weeds, but the veggies are growing in spite of it. I am harvesting a ton of peas. It’s hard to keep it watered enough with the warmer weather here again. With only one sprinkler at a time, there isn’t quite enough watering time to get everything. But, I’m trying. The peas sure are good. We had a good strawberry patch this year. I harvested some more last night. It’s starting to wind down now. The yellowjackets are really thick in the garden! I didn’t get stung at all, thank heavens. They are leaving the berries alone this year, which is good. I’m finally getting raspberries. We haven’t had any of those for around 3 years because of yellowjackets. They are pretty good!
The green beans have some blooms on them now. We might get a few beans after all. The corn is only a little over a foot tall, so I don’t think we are going to get any. It’s a lost cause trying to grow corn up here.
Well, that’s it for now.
