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<\/a><\/p>\nSome other things we\u00a0accomplished:<\/p>\n
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- Pulled up the first planting of green beans and hung them to dry for seeds\n
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<\/a>bean bushes drying on the garden fence<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n ![\"dry](\"http:\/\/treml.com\/stonehouse\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/20160814_180048-e1471214459626-300x169.jpg\")
<\/a>dry bean pods ready for seed harvest. These will be planted next year.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n - John prepared\u00a04 beds and\u00a0I planted a second crop of broccoli (the spring crop didn’t do so well) in one bed and black beans in the other 3 beds\n
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<\/a>One of the beds of black beans starting to sprout!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n - I harvested some corn for dinner-it was delicious!\u00a0 It’s a white variety called Cloud Nine.\u00a0 I got the seed from Gurney’s<\/li>\n
- started some cucumbers in a brine for dill pickles.\u00a0 These are different from the fermented cucumbers that I made (YouTube video coming soon!).\u00a0 I thought they were great but\u00a0John thought those still\u00a0tasted too much like cucumbers and he is not a fan.\u00a0 So I used the Ball Blue Book recipe for Brined Dills.\u00a0 I have the 3 gallon\u00a0crock full at the moment.\u00a0 They should be ready to can in 2-3 weeks.\n
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<\/a>Cucumbers with garlic and pickling spices in the crock weighted down by a plate to keep them under the brine.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n The second part of our week was consumed with Dutch’s surgery.\u00a0 If you follow us on Facebook then you know he had surgery for a torn ligament\u00a0on Wednesday.\u00a0 It’s pretty complicated surgery with strict precautions for several weeks after so we were\u00a0making some changes to\u00a0get the house ready for him.\u00a0 An area rug on our hard wood floors to make it easier for him to get up and down, more baby gates to keep him confined in a small space and re-arranging furniture to make for easier movement when he is allowed up just to name a few.\u00a0\u00a0 He came home on Thursday and for the next\u00a02 weeks he is only allowed out for 5 minute bathroom breaks but no other activity.\u00a0 It’s been a challenge keeping our 135lb,\u00a0high energy boy quiet but thanks to the meds it’s not been too bad.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>First day home from the hospital.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n Here’s what we hope to accomplish this next week:<\/p>\n
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- ferment the beets we grew this year<\/li>\n
- make laundry soap powder<\/li>\n
- harvest the last of the cucumbers and pull up the plants<\/li>\n
- harvest green beans<\/li>\n
- continue planting fall garden veggies-kale, spinach, lettuce and\u00a0kidney beans<\/li>\n
- harvest the rest of the corn and pull up the plants<\/li>\n
- John is looking forward to trying out his new propane weed torch to take care of some of the more stubborn weeds he deals with this time of year<\/li>\n
- take Dutch to have his stitches out.\u00a0 He also has a physical therapy consult as well<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
So there you have it.\u00a0 What we’ve done and what we hope to do in the coming week.\u00a0 What have you accomplished in the past week or hope to accomplish in the coming week?\u00a0 Let us know!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Welcome to our new feature on the StoneHouse Homestead blog.\u00a0 We will be posting a \u00a0weekly update of the “goings on” here and plans for the coming week.\u00a0 Hopefully this will give you\u00a0a better idea of\u00a0what our daily life is\u00a0like on our\u00a0little homestead\u00a0in suburbia. The first part of the week started\u00a0with digging the potatoes.\u00a0\u00a0In\u00a0previous years … Continue reading Homestead Happenings for the Week of August 7, 2016<\/span>
- John prepared\u00a04 beds and\u00a0I planted a second crop of broccoli (the spring crop didn’t do so well) in one bed and black beans in the other 3 beds\n