When Pigs Fly

Why does this saying make me smile.. Maybe because this is what I imagine.

A winged porcine in a state of bliss.

That I have created.

December

Gosh, Where did the summer go??
It's December already?? Seems like yesterday that I was lamenting the coming off spring.
 I never got a chance to comment on any of the progress made in the garden.
It was a fairly successful year. We harvested quite a bit,  and I have found a new love for greens.
I have become a huge fan of the hay bale gardens. Everything, except the beans, grew really well in them. I think there might have been too much nitrogen for them from the composting bales.
I did have some problems with slugs. I found them easy to find and pick off being at more eye level. The chickens have enjoyed all the extra snacks. There was also a small rodent. It was either a field mouse or a mole, but it made a nuisance in the beets. It would nibble around each root, so that when I would pull it, the beet looked like an apple core.We did enjoy the beet greens though.

The acorn squash that I planted on the furthest side of the garden made it's way all the way to the other side.

The potatoes, a new crop for me was a total success. I will totally step it up next year.  I planted 2 pounds and harvested about 15 delicious pounds of fingerling.

The tomatoes were everywhere. I dried them, canned them, fried them still green( another new fave) chopped them for salsa and piccalilli, and ate them as is.
There were also tomatillos another new crop that I will be add next year too.

I was having so much fun I forgot to write.
I'll have to work on that as well.