Tangle Tree Ranch

Let us hope this day set the tune for how this fall will be, nice, windy and warm. Our tomato plants are full of green tomatoes. I have never seen any thing like this. So if we can harvest all of them, we will have a good crop of different tomatoes. 

The pepper on the other hand, well that is a sad chapter. Big nice plants and 1 small pepper per plant. Not so up lifting, but we can  not have it all. 

Beans are still blooming, so is the cucumbers. They are just full of flowers. I need to find one of our cameras, so I can show off some of this blooming.  Our scarlet runner beans are also still covered with red flower. I think I will grow some of them down by the road next year. We are thinking about tilling up along our fence to the road and plant giant sun flower and scarlet runner beans. This will we think, frame in the property, and might stop some of the spray drift.

Spray drift is one of our constant worries. It seams that our neighbors are using more and more chemicals in their farming operation. They do no longer look at the wind direction, or wind speed, so we are often concerned of this. We have tried to informed them of our organic status, but they do not seam too worried if we get some drift on our land. That is why we place the garden where it is, so it is protected against spray drifts. I know we have rights as organic farmers, and we have a lawyer assisting us with this spray issue. 

Mu husband grew up here, but he says the farming community have changed. Maybe 10,000 acres for one farm operation is too much????

I just know that bigger is not always better.

Tomorrow is a new day, with new challenges. What will break, which animals are trying to get their freedom and so on. Never a dull moment at our place.

PS, no animals got out today, so Bob got some rest. Well, except for 4 small, cute, friendly young goats, that have a smart way of getting out. We CAN NOT find out where, so they are left alone.