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Pulled the last onions tonight to dry them for winter storage.  Good size crop of both white and red.  Some rot from too much rain, but I can’t control the rain.

Tried the shallots this year, but am very disappointed.  They are plentiful, but soooo small.  It seems to take forever to prepare them for use.  The flavor is good, but so tiny will not plant them again.

Blueberries are coming on strong now.  And they are huge!  Some as big as a dime. But then, I have been faithfully watering them if it doesn’t rain. Made blueberry jam today.  It is delicious!

We have a sticky fly trap in the kitchen, but today I found a mouse stuck to it.  Outside I poured vegetable oil on him where he was stuck and he came right off.  Not happy, but alive.   Gotta buy a new flytrap.

I love this time of evening:  the birds are flitting off to their night perches, the sun is down, the sunset has faded, the air is cool and refreshing, the fireflies are flashing about, — all is peaceful and quiet.  I take a minute to sit in the lawn chair by the burn pit, breathe…

Sad day at the farm.  One of my oldest chickens has died.  We have a little out-of-the-way spot for our pets so she will lie undisturbed.

Remember that little 3 inch baby that came up randomly?  Well, it has gotten big.  At least 12 inches across.  That may sound good, but it is turning orange already. That is bad.  It is 2 months early so will probably rot before pumpkin decorating season. Chickens will feast!

I picked the first 2 ears of sweet corn.  The stalk is only 5 feet tall, but the tassel was all brown and dried so I knew it was time.  I squeezed the ear that looked the biggest and oldest and felt for the kernels inside.  When I peeled off the green husk, there it…