Zucchini 2, Cucumbers 9

So I came back from my week-long trip to find nine cucumbers on two of the three vines, and two zucchini, one of them absolutely enormous:


This just shows how dangerous zucchini can be.

I think there are about nine more cucumbers that may be ready to go when I get back from this trip.

Vegetable Update

As of mid-July:
Watermelon is no longer tiny:


The chickpeas have pods (they are still fairly empty pods, though):

The cucumber and zucchini vines have made good progress:


The tomatoes are coming! These are Sweet 100's.

Hey! Hay! Hooray!

The hay in the back 10 acres was finally cut last week. Here's what they did:

1. Cut the grass and let it dry for a day:


2. Push the hay into long rows:


3. Use the special hay-rolling machine to roll up the hay like a newspaper:


4. The machine binds the hay with twine, and then opens up and lets it roll onto the ground like a giant cylindrical egg:




They made about 35 of these giant hayrolls. The hay and some of the equipment is still sitting in the field. But, I can get to the barn now much more easily.

ooh no... bunny invasion

Baby bunny outside the lettuce patch.