Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Fair Day tomorrow

Tomorrow is Fair Day for us and I can't wait. One day off with hubby and kids that make those summer holiday memories. That and watch them ride the midway till they want to puke. I love going around the livestock pens and watching the little 4h kids with there calves and goats. I want to look at all the displays of handicrafts and kitchen arts and see who won the blue ribbon and for what.
My garden is growing beautifuly and I am sure that I can get one more raised bed in with the ones that I built this year. I have started covering one of each of the flowers with little cheesecloth baglets to protect them from cross pollination so that I can save seed for next year. I will probably do the same thing with the lemon cucumbers as well and some one said that peppers are really promiscuous so I will toss a little cheesecloth on a couple of them to protect them. Next year I will be paying a lot more attention to beans, lentils, cucumbers and peppers so I will have to keep my eyes peeled for sources.
I think I might have found a source for heritage chicks next year that is not far out of town. I hope they are giving away native seeds at the fair like they have been everywhere else. I have a bunch of it that has all been giving to me at every public event, and parade for the last couple of months and I will be planting it in the fall into the new front beds.
Cheers

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