{Kitties, summer days and green beans}

		my growing garden VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL

Summer is always a productive time on our little farm.  We have been growing vegetables in the garden, herbs in containers and harvesting lots of green beans.  Cucumbers, radishes, garden peas, tomatoes, bell peppers, green beans, yellow squash, zucchini and kohlrabi seem to like the soil here and are coming up very nicely.

		{GreeN BeaNs!!} VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL

The other day, I went out to check my garden and noticed there were so many beans just hanging and ready to pick. My husband and I started picking and realized we needed a larger basket.  We ended up bringing in a 6 gallon bucket of them.  We ate some, gave some away and canned the rest.  Now we need to go pick again. 

 
A couple of weeks ago a dear friend of mine gave me new rooster. He’s the white one in the background. He’s only about 6 months old and already as big as my hens. Which, by the way, have fallen in love with him.  We haven’t named him yet…any suggestions?
 
Early in the spring I planted a vegetable that you don’t hear a lot about: KOHLRABI. As I waited for it to grow, I decided to plan some recipes to use it in.  This week I used it in our favorite cornbread and bean recipe.  It was delicious!  Absolutely wonderful.  I’m going to put the recipe on my homemaker’s site: www.thehomemakersminuteandmore.blogspot.com
Thanks for stopping by and taking a moment.  Remember to send your suggestions for our new rooster’s name…He really needs one!
Kimi