Mid-July Postcards
It is a backhoe week for Stewart, digging ponds and outhouse holes and other various projects.
Haymaker’s punch is in order for hot days on big equipment (or in the garden).
A couple of apron pockets full of black-eyed peas a day and we’re set for the daily homestead stir-fry. I forgot how much you can neglect these guys and still they give.
Summer baking is upon us and I am thinking larger batches of these fermented loaves a couple of times per week might work well. How many loaves of bread do you go through in a week? I think our family could easily eat one per day.
The pickles have slowed down but not exactly stopped. I thought for sure the cukes were on the way out last week but rain and cooler temperatures brought more blossoms and babies. So I’ll pack and brine and ferment until they quit.
I suppose that is just the way of things come mid-July.
