Hi friends, hoping September is treating you well.  It is cool here, the tomatoes taking their time ripening.  I was thrilled to get 18 pounds last week  for a tasting event I did at Green Hills Farms grocery store.  Last season I harvested them till late October, so cross your fingers for me!  The advantage of growing them in the field with turf is that the weeds can actually shield some fruits from the frost!!  On the job learning.....
    We recently welcomed two kid goats to the team.  They are both San Clemente/Arapawa Island crosses.  Peach is the aunt, and is 6 months old, and Plum is her neice at 2 months old.  They are so cute!!  Peach loves to romp with Bernie, and Plum loves to be held and cuddled.  Hence the pic of me holding her on the "Cultivating Happiness" page of our site.  Our dairy farming friends gave them to us, and we're honored to give them a home.  Plum's cry truly sounds like a baby crying, so I think they were playing a joke on me=training me for the one in my belly.  Bernie and I enjoy them, we check in with one another several times a day.  They will bleat if they haven't seen us in a while.  They add to the farm comedy routine.  I will taking them and the chickens to Pennsylvania for the winter, what a ride that will be!  
    Time is flying for me, finishing up gardening and farm projects.  I consider this fall a prenant woman's marathon till Halloween.  I expect to have everything wrapped up and be home by then.  Joe and I have great accidental perfect timing regarding the arrival of our child.  I'll be home for the last trimester, able to nest and enjoy his company.  I'm REALLY looking forward to going home.  He and I are very strong people, but we also relish one another's company.  I try not to think about how hard it has been this year being apart so much.  Some rainy days one's mind wanders though...My body is quickly growing, and the shortening days are putting the emphasis on getting work done.  Till next time....Beehive

 

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