Week #3 Pickup

Things are going fairly well so far this fall.  Even without me at the farm for a few days and a pickup Jennifer managed well.  That is an extremely difficult task with three little ones to care for simultaneously.  Crops are doing well with a few flea beetles and aphids still popping up but not really as bad as some years.  The green beans (Provider) have done extremely well and I am glad I planted them.  It was a new variety for us.  I had thought about waiting until the spring to put them in but I can now do another crop in March.  Our trial of red Asian greens look great and taste wonderful too so I think that I will plant enough for a few pickups.  It looks like we have another winner.   The tomatoes are planted in the greenhouse and will be followed by peppers and eggplants.  The strawberries trial is doing OK, but they probably need more light than under the shadehouse.  I will be moving them into the greenhouse as soon as I get the irrigation switched around.   I made roselle jam last week and it turned out great.  It tastes like a cross between cranberry and cherry jam.  I only needed about 3-4 cups of prepared roselle to make the 4 small jars of jam.  Delicious and it past the kid test! Although most anything with sugar usually passes the kid test.
I almost forgot that a bear was spotted at the farm!  Buddy the Bear.

Anna got to take her class mascot home so Buddy made his way into some of the farm shots.  You'll have to "bear" with me on this one.  I did learn that our chickens are very cautious of bears.  Smart chickens!