Overall, it was a good season. The only real crop failure was the cucumbers that for some reason just didn't thrive. So no naturally fermented dills for us this season. The other big issue was not scheduling out the lettuce starts as well as in years past which led to several weeks of having to go with the store bought stuff. But the mini romaines are definitely the way to go as they are very easy to harvest and wash.
The other big news was finding a local source for small numbers of heritage chicken pullets; in this case the Dominique. They hatched out last May but took forever to begin laying (just a couple of weeks ago). I probably should have stuck with the red hybrids we've had before but these are really neat birds (the main variety of our colonial ancestors and rescued from near extinction in the 1970s).
The annual solstice fire was spectacular. No wind, crisp temperatures, spectacular sunset and moon all in the same frame.
Skol!
