The Farmers 8 Daughters: The Long & Winding Rows

This is a sampling of the garden at Intervale Road. It has since been mulched, and the plants have grown (why does it take so long to get around to doing these blog posts anyway!)

Mom does a lot of work in this garden, and sister Robin does too. I mentioned last week that Mom does all the work in the garden at her property too (which is just as big as the garden here). I always forget to bring my camera when I go down there though :-)

Some of the rows here Mom hoed and seeded. She is always saying she has a crooked eye, and that her rows are not very straight; therefor the "winding" comment in the title.

When I weed them, it seems to take forever to get to the end of one row. I haven't done a recent measurement, but seems I remember they are 125' "long".

It's also fitting that I used a "Beatles" title for inspiration, as they are the worst pest we have in the garden this year. Mainly, Japanese ones (I don't know if I've ever heard of a British beetle HEHE). They are what leave nice holes on your chard/kale/beet greens. We have not had the woodchuck once this year (he demolished several of my crops last year) and we have seen deer prints a couple times, but we strung a fence of fishing line and we haven't had a deer since. My sister made a good comment though as to why possibly I don't have critters this year. I am in the garden A LOT and last year I was not, so perhaps my scent or just the fact I could be in there has scared them off. Too bad the Japanese beetles weren't afraid of me :-) Man has not figured out an organic way (as far as we know) to take care of these armored bugs.

Not everything we grow has been included in these pictures. You will recognize things you have gotten, or things you haven't yet. But maybe you have never seen what some of the stuff looks like growing, so I wanted to share it with you.