It seems odd planting seeds in the garden right now but I'm giving it a shot on a few things.. I'm trying to get some frost tolerant crops going to see if I get anything from it. Planting at the recommended times of July and August would've been abject failures due to the heat and drought. Now that we have had quite a bit of rain I feel a little more comfortable with the idea. However, it's a race against time.
Harvestwise: I've picked 9 pumpkins with more out there ripening. There are 10ish watermelons out there yet. I'm still getting cukes and summer squash. The tomatoes have lots of green ones all over them. And, finally, the okra is putting on a second harvest.
In other news, we have acquired a 24" stone mill. It needs to be cleaned up, restored a little and a motor matched up but I may be in flour by October. The Country Living Mill we have cannot keep up by any means. The burrs are junk. My new mill can handle bin-run grain as it has a blower and a few screens, which is awesome, and weed seeds won't damage the stones like the steel burrs. Gotta love granite!! 50# of flour per 20 minutes! I'm rather excited about this ...
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