Friday, August 28, 2015

Summer at Ramsey Farms

The late summer seeds are all in the ground - the squash, zucchini, cucumbers, & the green bean plants have all sprouted. Several zucchini have blossoms, so there will be zucchini on the table and at the farmer's market in a couple weeks!
We picked over 5 gallons of muscadines yesterday and have started the juicing process to make jelly! Or vinegars or wines. Who's ready for a Ramsey Farms Red? Can you imagine rows and rows of grape vines on those fields? We can.
The roma tomato plants remind me of Christmas with their various shades of red, orange, yellow and green raindrop shapes visible from the window by my desk. We've been canning tomatoes, making ketchups, barbeque and pasta sauces and eating lots of fresh tomatoes and bruschetta! There is nothing like opening a jar of homegrown tomatoes or sauce in December, the aroma will take you right back to summer and the taste?! Nothing like it!
The "solar clothes dryer" is installed! Okay, it is a clothesline but there is something exciting and peaceful about clothes on the line on a warm (hot) summer day. Sun drying makes them feel so fresh and clean. In the 110° afternoon heat, the clothes dry faster out there and who knows maybe the electric bill will shrink? It's a great way to be outdoors in the sunshine getting a little fresh air, exercise and solitude.
Now Chief Farmhand Chris is starting the chicken coop. Can't wait to have fresh eggs! 

Well, I'm off to do a little dirt road running. Y'all make the most of your day! And while you're at it, ponder this: You don't know as much as you think you know, but you are more capable than you think you are. (You can quote me on that one!) :) 
~Ramsey

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