Family Gardening! Tips and Tactics To Battle The Weeds!

           

  It is July and we have squash coming out of our ears! After spending our summers driving to Windsor's cheese facility for the past two years, this year we had a garden. And not just any garden! Oh no, it is the biggest garden we have had in 10 years! Go big or bust right? It has been a challenge to keep up with it while we were working on our home facility, but Karson has the farming bug, especially if it involves some kind of engine.....tractor, tiller....He wanted to try some larger scale growing to share produce this year with the hopes that he can sell a little next year.
              So with about 60 hills of watermelon, 10 hills of butternut, 50 hills of cantaloupe, 50 lbs of potatoes, 65 tomato plants, and a lot of corn, keeping the weeds back has been a battle. But I thought I would share the various techniques we use to keep the fight to a minimum.

Say CHEESE!

           Its been about a week and a half since we were finally approved to make cheese. Honestly, when we passed, it didn't feel real. I have told myself so many times, "We will be making cheese in a week!" So many times I have been very, very wrong! Meanwhile, the cheese was running low and then practically OUT! As it sits, our new cheese won't be ready until September. But hey, we are back making cheese and that is all that matters.