Farmer Jo!

This farmer shit is educational.
We woke up with the sun and headed out to the garden. I learned that very young briars feel like fiberglass when you accidentally pull on them since they are tangled in the beans. I learned the difference between a garden snake and a king snake and a copper head. I learned that Granny's dog, Skip, looks like a garden monster when he walks up behind you and you only catch a glimpse of him. I learned that corn stalks are kind of fragile and are freaky when the long leaves rub across your ear. I learned that mosquitoes are gonna bite you no matter how much repellent you use. And I learned that picking a five gallon bucket of green beans isn't as easy as it sounds.

Next on the learning list is stringing and snapping (or maybe its breaking?) and then we get to can.

It sucks that I won't be up here when the corn is ready to pick.

Don't tell my mom but fried squash is pretty damn good. And fried cabbage too. The only vegetable she ever got me to eat was green beans.

We have some really nice tomatoes coming in. Onions are doing great. The jalapenos grew nicely. We even have green peppers that will be ready shortly. Soon we will have more cabbage, squash and a ton of potatoes. Deer ate the brussel sprouts and some of the cucumbers.

Speaking of deer...we were chatting with J's Uncle Rob about the young deer we saw at the end of the driveway and he joked that we should have shot it so we would have so meat to go with our green beans. I had to say it...really I did. "Hey, hey. You are talking to a city girl here. All deer are like Bambi and will not be shot."
Besides that, I am an animal lover. Why else would I have two dogs and a cat (since I'm so damn allergic to them)?