Bibs 'n Boxers
The Farm Report
07-27-2020
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We got a fair load. These are the first beans of the season. Not nice enough for canning, but great to eat fresh.
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A podcast or two to keep the brain from turning to jello, and away we go picking beans.
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I had a tremendous onion crop this year. All in all, I harvested over 100 pounds of onions!
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Look familiar? I do a lot of harvest prep right here in front of the shop.
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Some I dry. This is what 17 pounds of onions looks like after I've dehydrated them.
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This is what 17 pounds of onions looks like dried, jarred and vacuum sealed.
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Out in the tarp garden, things look great. That big bunch of plants back there is a planting of 4 egg plants. They are growing up through one of my Inman Cheap Victorian Lantern wire cages. Perfect!
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If you don't have enough plastic to do the whole row, then you have a contest.
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The beans and sweetcorn in the background look great, too.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcZvyIWCHpRtCqtaZwC_JySyJ1KRAhHWquvHsQ5Fjgc8jLqdalw8MFpWXlySLO-WHHE4JIaJ-rXIztkFXVZt6nOlPzPyBvJqWrgiVqJeKSBpQnh8T6WBvkHCRSyc1lqVSr31lD6ynmUGc/s320/IMG_20200727_110049245.jpg)
"He lives right in there!" she was saying. "Pffffffft," was O.J.'s answer, and he walked off. O.J. has very little interest in frogs - or toads either.
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We got a fair load. These are the first beans of the season. Not nice enough for canning, but great to eat fresh.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoeq96rUhRG_3ItmHmiROSsoZ3ZoY5xb3-wQTZSLu37Xu3ZOESXeAHTisH9jgp1FSvWSKJO8upvxRl4nA_xdaU7WSH08A4zMzZ_NFoHPeKzsTJ10mg8dxlDnXJU8Kq-pgeZin0fBCNUFg/s320/IMG_20200714_104227146.jpg)
A podcast or two to keep the brain from turning to jello, and away we go picking beans.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVTfhIxcDPEr4R5_n2N6PMCPBLhTJW941N_qr-Z_kUEpmKK41fO0VnmDwx0sTDIucB7Q_we7pKh2WQOnrhPcR8bAK23qSLpgG4JCl9s_Y2ypf5Gq6wMuTCO7975jLgubuH8Sb6I1pib7k/s320/IMG_20200706_160449848_HDR.jpg)
I had a tremendous onion crop this year. All in all, I harvested over 100 pounds of onions!
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJFtZFW_WEg_ko1VIjhju3jo334dwZgBoNQE2bCJIoN5qc5BtJp_bmp0_-exjBvmmBJnR-eU6QXGtQyKD2BBSOOuy6Ar-8FcTQp19yaHdCu4GEU3PAPdRRJ-FOyX5pZ_ooltT4E8mPWdI/s320/IMG_20200706_165420655_HDR.jpg)
Look familiar? I do a lot of harvest prep right here in front of the shop.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh40kU0bdrCaiH3Tql2CU00juD8OYVFgjzhtv2PBANa2J-gfP-7-1sQJa6BELCZ4EOdzIaPfCCESogCA5qGwfS9-78wJGdRax-EoiqYGn9vJI2sXgXGSPkC3nor48rY8Y9BKllTjc1aubg/s320/IMG_20200713_093943927.jpg)
Some I dry. This is what 17 pounds of onions looks like after I've dehydrated them.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjXQZrJ5zhEqBI4EOvC69OHE9F9kUFAKHpKp8wgumYw6b22oBEAxnyI7eovibLC0nHc2H_v_irI3wm9R9pRoxYxqE07hZQ907EhEfqiuKX2gY0DmcAL9vAly3nf9awawp3Iunbjsn0238/s320/IMG_20200714_150909847.jpg)
This is what 17 pounds of onions looks like dried, jarred and vacuum sealed.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR8cIwOr01UrcL8Tnb06Vrm40LbAohoDUIMO2xGTFIUg9vhqYBq3pfJhbe2fkdMScNwSfz2rxoDQqwlKjTKV0lKvSL6SQ1ISHVTslAdQMhZHRajrozxKj4uv9KkIChulQPUo4c64QpxH8/s320/IMG_20200709_110117094_HDR.jpg)
Out in the tarp garden, things look great. That big bunch of plants back there is a planting of 4 egg plants. They are growing up through one of my Inman Cheap Victorian Lantern wire cages. Perfect!
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxgZYXjwRA9LBVOGkBKw735f0HQSa6hwMMyyGlm1engbP8Cuwg6jJu-zjTgHimg__TxmNVvtLaTKGaZoGezByE7eWBUoyPHB7gafoEY-b5FysfedTLRMAJpUiHlYJprbnkAZNmCCNJWqw/s320/IMG_20200709_110033713.jpg)
If you don't have enough plastic to do the whole row, then you have a contest.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCixeO3LQxCH0h4Qsmppfqrt5Pe9kAMOZ5eOs8VrrM8SnBtkHMf-PVoTpfNh1Pll-HNJuVH7UcPXEUTrxScZI_M3J_t-AwMGx741L2MAq6BJBmgvMBQNW0heynLKM5d2l6FcNVQW3Nz0w/s320/IMG_20200709_110110989_HDR.jpg)
The beans and sweetcorn in the background look great, too.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcZvyIWCHpRtCqtaZwC_JySyJ1KRAhHWquvHsQ5Fjgc8jLqdalw8MFpWXlySLO-WHHE4JIaJ-rXIztkFXVZt6nOlPzPyBvJqWrgiVqJeKSBpQnh8T6WBvkHCRSyc1lqVSr31lD6ynmUGc/s320/IMG_20200727_110049245.jpg)
"He lives right in there!" she was saying. "Pffffffft," was O.J.'s answer, and he walked off. O.J. has very little interest in frogs - or toads either.