But what a year it has been!
It is almost impossible to believe that when I wrote that post on July 11th, 2010 about BLTs, I had no idea that 20 days later I would have a brand-new baby boy in my life.
For those that don't know, my wife and I were attempting to adopt for almost two years, when suddenly last July we were contacted by our agency about a potential opportunity. We met the birth mom a couple of times and fell in love with her and learned that she was due in August! Panic ensued as we tried to prep our house for a new arrival and our son upped the stakes by being born on the last day of July.
I'm sure that you can understand now why updates have been so long in coming.
This year we are not raising any pigs, feed prices have exploded due to a number of factors, the most annoying one being ethanol mandates, but let's not get into that. We kept our 4 chickens over another winter, and two of them have been stubbornly trying to hatch eggs since the middle of May. Everything I've read says that they should have given up by now, but they are sticking to it. I may need to break down and put some fertilized eggs underneath them, but of course that is when they will probably quit.
The garden is also reduced in scale this year, I only have 6 of the 10 beds planted. Babies keep you busy! As the weather cools I will try to plant some more cool season crops, but I'm making no promises.
We are heading to an Amish produce auction this weekend and I'm hoping to make up for my lack of work by purchasing the fruits of others' labor. Maybe we'll be able to make some pickles and can some tomatoes this year after all.
