...you would think.The 2010 CSA season was a resounding success - the final Saturday was the second week in July. Time to sit back and catch your breath. Never. Time instead to take care of those things that we had no time for during the season. Honey harvesting was this past Saturday. Thanks to CSA members once again - they came, they worked, they got us through the day - and they stayed for the long haul. What would we do without them? Will and I would be slowly taking care of this task and it would have taken us many days, many days. More than four hours in the kitchen...moving bee boxes around, uncapping, spinning, straining...30 gallons of honey later, the bees now have their (empty) boxes back. They seem to be settled in - although I must say, they were NOT happy with the disruption!
Then there is the mowing. Why do we have a drought all through the growing season, then have all the rain you could ever want once it really doesn't matter anymore? who knows - but the pond does need to be re-filled - I guess so that next year we can pump from it again during the growing season. We mow. It rains. We mow again. And so on.
And of course the garden itself. As always, a complete mess in August. It looks like the aftermath of a big big party. No, it looks like an abandoned piece of property. Very intimidating. Our nephew was here for a week - and got out there, dismantled the entire cucumber fence (a chore of many parts) - then pulled up ALL of the stakes. Fabulous. Now for the plastic. Melons and berries and such on black plastic - this is a wonderful thing for keeping down weeds. But getting in there and pulling it up is quite the project. And nothing can be plowed until this is done. The herb beds - also a mess. Well, we'll deal with all of this a little at a time. In a month or so, the field will be clean and then cover-cropped for the fall. And the cycle begins again.
In the meantime, we can remember the garden
...even the Kitty Witty looks a little wistful.
...even the Kitty Witty looks a little wistful.