Wow!!! It's been a whole week

It's been a whole week.  We've been so busy, I didn't even realize it.

John picked strawberries.  He got one really BIG one!  We had Belgian waffles for supper with strawberries and whipped cream.

 

We planted our next batch of cucumbers and some lettuce.  Then put mulch around it.  This really does a good job of keeping the weeds down.

The broccoli developed, and (probably) because of the heat went very quickly.  Charley & Jackie got it all picked and then replanted these rows.

We got weeds pulled around this batch of potatoes and onions and then hilled the potatoes and mulched around the onions.

The blueberries are turning blue.  And we got weeds around the bushes pulled and mulched.

 

 

I was going to do a complete blog on a day in the life of a farm-boy.  Earlier J had been digging in the dirt.  At one point this afternoon, J took the camera and started taking pictures.  I think he did an amazing job.

 

 

The first batch of onions is really pretty. (taken by J)

 

A part of trying to not use chemicals is picking bugs off the potatoes and drown them in a bucket of water.  Who but a 5 year-old would take a picture of dead bugs in a bucket of water.  (taken by J)

And Grandpa picking the bugs and drowning them.  (taken by J)

And what better activity could there be for a boy than playing in the water with a sailboat made from a board that he had used the electric drill to put a long screw for a mast.

 

And then the first raised bed is still growing.

 

We are looking forward to getting our raised beds #2 and #3 planted this week.