P-Day

The three oldest punks camped overnight at the cabin. They have a special "boys only" clubhouse - the 5th wheel camper, which they have taken over and created a "rat's nest" in the sleeping area with about 20 sleeping bags. They just dive into the pile, wiggle around, and call it a bed! Then they spend the next four hours or so reading, into the wee hours. They consider this high adventure - no adults, no little brothers. Flashlights, a box of crackers, and a good book. We live a very simple life out here in the country...

Then they get up, ready to go right to work with whatever is on the list for the day...HA! A little worse for wear, they go home to the farm, do animal chores, then come back for breakfast, THEN work.

Breakfast is usually pancakes, or toast and eggs. This morning was a real treat - DRY CEREAL! Corn flakes with blueberries, bananas and goat milk. With a promise of turkey sandwiches and popsicles for lunch...


First task of the day: the peas were ready for the second picking. It goes fairly quickly with many hands picking.
Besides the green peas, there were sugarsnap peas, their last picking.

One of the trellised veggies in the Square Foot demo garden plot was some snowpeas - also needing picking. Our cooler-than-normal summer so far has been kind to the garden residents that prefer less than 75 degree growing conditions.

To make the next part as painless as possible, a movie was loaded into the VCR to watch while we shelled the peas. Then they were blanched, cooled in ice water, dried on a big thirsty towel....

and finally scooped into labeled freezer bags. With this picking, we now have 18 pints of peas in the freezer.

Having willing and fun helpers makes the harvesting part of the garden much easier - for all of us.

Sure beats the weeding part.