I can’t believe that it is September 1st already!  This summer seems to have flown bye so quickly.  In some ways it wasn’t quite the summer I had thought it would be.  The year started off with heat waves in March, sooo not normal for us.  Early summer was very dry, with gardens needing to be watered almost daily.   Then the rains started…  And seemed never ending for much of the summer.  I think I lost count on how many times our gardens were flooded.  We lost some things, like the new potato patch and 100 or so tomato plants and others were stunted.  But other things did quite well!  The huckleberries are loaded with fruit, potatoes in the dryer gardens have done nicely.  Despite the squash bugs, the zucchinis yielded very well to.

I’m still working canning my way through the garden.  We should be digging up the potatoes for storage in another week or two.  I really am looking forward to Fall and Winter!  I’m ready for a quieter time of year.

I haven’t been on here much lately.  In between the gardens and canning, I’ve been reorganizing the house.  Sorting, packing and purging.  And lots of school lesson plans to!  I’ll share a little about them latter.