August 12th Farm Update

Been awhile since I had a good post of the farm. So lets take a walk around.

Looking in the greenhouse it's become quite a jungle.

Green beans are going really well. I've already packed away a few pounds and had many, many with dinners.

 The tomatoes have once again topped out in the green house.  We have lots of flowers and tons of small tomatoes, but we'll have to see if any ripen.

 The cucumbers have taken over their corner as well and we've been pretty diligent on pollinating.  We finally have a couple that have set.

 Got a couple pepper plants starts from a friend, I'm not sure what kind they are only I was told they are hot.  And we've already got a couple.

 Out in the beds everything is growing good.  The lettuce continues to be harvested, the beats are coming along nicely and this is our 3rd or 4th round of radishes.

 You can also congratulate Jon here. He was recently promoted to General.  General shithead and has taken that corner of the box as his own.

 The peas and carrots are both doing great.

 The peas have already topped their fence once again and even with only one pea fence this year I think we'll have plenty.

 Taters are blooming which is always a good sign.

 The bramble has really bushed up.  We've taken a couple gallons off of it already and there are tons and tons more to come.

 All the zucchini and squash plants are doing well and producing lots of fruit.

 We even had a few cabbage take and survive out front.

 There's a nice zuch there.  We've taken a lot of the smaller fruit that didn't set and have been eating them pretty constantly. Should be another good year all around for these guys.

July 13, 2014

Temperatures here in Anchorage have remained about normal if not a little on the cool side and we've had a nice mix of sun and rain, so even though we got a late start a lot of our stuff is going strong.

 The peas are flowering, the carrots are already pretty tall and need a little thinning.

 The lettuce and spinach have been enjoyed for weeks now and we area already on our 2 and third plantings on the French breakfast radishes.  And the beets are coming along nicely.

 Taters are getting bushy.

 As are the raspberries, lots of flowers and happy bees on those bushes.

 In the green house the long beans are putting out a lot of flowers and I'm hoping the next time I post I can report our first crop of beans.

 Cuchs are starting to climb and I've seen the start of a few flowers.

 The tomatoes we got as starts have reached the top of the greenhouse roof.

And we've had a few cabbage actually make it and the squash and zuchs are starting to put out a few flowers.

End of June

Finally all caught up.  Should have a regular update about every 10 days as my work schedule permits.

Here we are at the end of June. Things are popping and growing like crazy. We are already harvesting the first round of French breakfast radishes, lettuce, and spinach. I'm hoping in the next few weeks we'll also have some green beans and maybe a few raspberries.

Mid June on the Farm

Still playing catch up with the posts.  Here's what the yard and garden looked like about June 14th.

 Peas and carrots up and going.

 Radishes radishing, lettuce and spinach growing fast and the beets are starting to pop.

 The taters are finally starting to set leaves

 In the greenhouse the beans and a few of the cuchs are up.

 The tomato starts are also doing good.

 The Zuchs are loving the sun.

And we have a few of the cabbages up as well, if I could just keep the cats out of the beds.

Early June

Start of the season.  We got a late start doing the whirlwind tour of the lower 48 introducing our son to the rest of the family.  But as soon as we got back we starting working on this years crop.  

I finally lined all my potato boxes with plastic to keep the boards from rotting. For some it was already to late.

 We ended up taking out one of the raised beds to move the chickens and their coop to their own part of the yard.  We have peas and carrots in the far bed and beats, radishes, spinach and lettuce in the closest one.

 In the green house we have 3 varities of long bush beans, a couple tomato plants and pepper plants we got as starts from a friend and cucumbers.

 I finally put some fencing up in the raspberry bramble to help support the canes and also make it a little easier to pick berries.

 Out front we have squash, zucchinni, and cabbage almost all from seed exept a few starts. I hope we have a decent enough summer.

And the first signs of life in the garden are these radish shouts.  Since I'm posting this late, this guys has already been dinner.