Tuesday, August 2, 2016

Standin' In Tall Popcorn!

It's been almost 3 weeks since I posted anything on here.   We have been SO busy!  Summers are very busy for us here on the farm.  I have been canning and putting vegetables in the freezer, and we have had a couple weeks of house guests, too.   Harold's sister and  her friend came from Dallas Texas to visit us, and my son Kelly and his family were visiting after that.   We also had my grandson Adrian with us for a week.   He helped us with the farmer's market booth last week - he was my "bagger" and "vegetable waterer" with the spray bottle to keep things fresh.   Last week I also canned 49 quarts of peaches.
My grandson Adrian, holding two of his favorite kittens here on the farm.

I have two shelves of beautiful canned peaches in the pantry! They will taste so good this winter, when the snow is on the ground and it's 30 below zero!
Besides all the weeding and watering and grass mowing and picking veggies for the market, we have tried to find time to play games with family guests, visit the county fair, and take little day trips to areas around here.   We only have one more month of summer, and then the leaves will be turning and fall will be upon us again.   How quickly our summers go by!
     This year we also are growing popcorn!  This is the tallest corn I have ever seen!  The stalks are at least 7 1/2 to 8 feet tall, and each stalk has 2 or 3 ears on it.   We will definitely have a bumper crop of popcorn!
Here I am standing in the tall popcorn.  I'm holding a very uncooperative kitten who is wondering why I am taking him in among such tall plants!
Nothing really blog-worthy has been happening here on Honey B Farm, but I just wanted to say hi to everyone!  Hope you all are enjoying your summer!
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1 comment:

Lee said...

Nice post! Wow, that is some tall popcorn.