The summer herd is complete with the new 1959 full-sized baby from Michigan now in residence at Circus-Farm. From left to right: the mother ship (Iowa), Arkansas, Michigan. New York is already in pieces in the barn. We need better names for them, lest we feel obligated to have 50 (51 if you count Puerto Rico) in a few couple years.
40 hours - that's how long it took to get from Iowa to Michigan and back. That's also how long it took for the garden (and the corn behind) to reach a point of critical mass. It was planted a bit more crowded than it should have been and things are beginning to grow together - tomatillos in branchy union with zucchini and basil, watermelon reaching through the middle of the parsley plant.
The roasters (this nomenclature is designed to avoid attachment) volunteered to help in the garden. This was an experiment today to see if they would stick around. They didn't venture far and tomorrow the other 24 will come out to do some circus de-bugging work.
The summer herd is complete with the new 1959 full-sized baby from Michigan now in residence at Circus-Farm. From left to right: the mother ship (Iowa), Arkansas, Michigan. New York is already in pieces in the barn. We need better names for them, lest we feel obligated to have 50 (51 if you count Puerto Rico) in a few couple years.
40 hours - that's how long it took to get from Iowa to Michigan and back. That's also how long it took for the garden (and the corn behind) to reach a point of critical mass. It was planted a bit more crowded than it should have been and things are beginning to grow together - tomatillos in branchy union with zucchini and basil, watermelon reaching through the middle of the parsley plant.
The roasters (this nomenclature is designed to avoid attachment) volunteered to help in the garden. This was an experiment today to see if they would stick around. They didn't venture far and tomorrow the other 24 will come out to do some circus de-bugging work.
4 comments:
My, what beautiful baby veggies you have. Can you imagine what things are going to do the week were on RAGBRAI?!?!?!
Man, that is one rockin garden!!!
I love that baby pea....is that the one you already ate!?
40 hours!!! You could probably drive twice round our island in that time. The babies look so beautiful, and I've got over the roosters. Yum.
carlos!! i came here from your facebook page. amazing! you are truly living your dream. if you bring the circus up north let me know!
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