August 31, 2023

Some tomato plants are dying off and leaving behind a pile of tomatoes.
 

August 30, 2023

 

August 29, 2023

Some of the sweet corn got  froze today.  It left a wheelbarrow of husks.
 

August 28, 2023

My hayfield is more goldenrod and weeds than hay.
 

August 27, 2023

We went to the fair and checked out a sprayer.  It looks even bigger up close.
 

August 26, 2023

 

August 25, 2023

Another storm ran through and knocked out electric to a third of our county, including us.  We had to run the generator all day.
 

August 24, 2023

This corner of my flower garden has turned out nice.  I'll have to save some seeds from the sunflowers, I like them.
 

August 23, 2023

My son got some more drone pictures of another thunderstorm.
 

August 22, 2023

 

August 21, 2023

 

August 20, 2023

We froze some tomatoes today.  There wasn't enough this weekend to make juice, but there probably will be next weekend.
 

August 19, 2023

 

August 18, 2023

 

August 17, 2023

My husband and two of the kids picked green beans today before we got more rain. 
 

August 16, 2023

I found a lethargic butterfly that I could get close to.  You can see the scales on the wing in this picture.
 

August 15, 2023

We saw a rainbow up in the sky.  It looks like it was in between the clouds.
 

August 14, 2023

One of the jars didn't seal so we only got 6 jars.
 

August 13, 2023

 

August 12, 2023

We got 7 quarts of beans canned today.
 

August 11, 2023

The cup plant has lots of bees on it now.
 

August 10, 2023

 

August 9, 2023

We've got two kinds of sweet corn.  One has purple tassels and the other white.
 

August 8, 2023

We went to a parent's meeting at school.  It's my youngest child's senior year.  It's our last year with the local school system.
 

August 7, 2023

I dug up the garlic.  We strung them through a wire basket to dry. 
 

August 6, 2023

I picked two heads of purple cabbage. We're making it into sauerkraut.  I've never had purple sauerkraut before so it will be interesting when it's ready in a month.
 

August 5, 2023

I washed and hung out our flannel blanket that I made a few years ago.  It's holding up well.
 

August 4, 2023

 

August 3, 2023

This is a pie pumpkin- maybe in October.
 

August 2, 2023

It was another smoggy/smoky day today.
 

August 1, 2023