( blogger was wonky earlier and I have no idea what happened with the first post about this so this is another shot at it)
Things are here have been busy. The construction of the new house is moving along nicely. We are growing accustomed to the coming and going of subcontractors. This week it has been the masons who are doing the brick work around the base. Senior and I thought they would run out of the red brick so, this morning I slowly approached and politely asked if they would be getting another delivery. I was looked upon as if I had three heads, unbeknownst to me none of the workers spoke a lick of English... They just kind of smiled like they understand and nodded their heads as if agreeing with me.
ND has been giving me fits these past few days. He is expanding his vocabulary and the word for this week is "Apparently" everything begins with : "Apparently Mom"... Yesterday he put the word to use while ratting out his older brother it was " Apparently Mother your older son is to blame" I rolled my eyes and silently giggle... Kids! you just gotta love the things they say...
The fall garden is in full swing and we have been blessed with an abundance....This is NDs gigantic pumpkin, it has grown quite a bit since the last post about it. But it still has a ways to go before Halloween.
These are the two vines that the boys planted:
The fall green beans are being more prosperous then the spring and summer ones, so we have decided in the future to only do a fall planting of them.
We get half of a 5 gallon bucket every 2-3 days. Thus it has become the ritual after our evening baths to sit at the kitchen table, and snap them. We have 3-4 gallon bags frozen and plan to start canning some this weekend.
I was told "Apparently Mother, ( lol) I have picked and snapped so many green beans, they are growing out of my nose"
OMG!
I had to take a pic
We got the collards in earlier this year, thus they are exploding:
We are being blessed with cooler weather, the lows are down in the 50-60's highs in the 70s. Hopefully those stiffing hot and humid days are gone until next summer. And rain is back in our forecast, which is much needed for our region. Everyone is hoping it will start to cut into the drought we have been under since April.
It is the first day of fall and the only positive thing about being so dry and hot this past summer is the fall leaves are expected to be very brilliant... they are currently turning a bright yellow, with some reds and oranges splashed here and there.
-JUGM
