People's Climate March

Over the weekend, my mom, my sister, and I went to New York City for the People's Climate March. There were an estimated 400,000 people there and it was the biggest climate march in history! We arrived at 81st Street to begin the march at 10:00 (the march started at 11:30) and there were already crowds of people waiting to march. In fact our subway car was jam packed with marchers, banners, and cardboard tubes (the NYPD only allows cardboard tubes for holding up signs, no sticks.) In the subway we saw a kid, about five years old with a poster twice his size made from taped together paper that said "SAVE THE SHARKS." He was wearing a plastic knight helmet and

Beautiful Vomit

My corn has had a hard year. This spring only about ten plants came up out of the 50 or so seeds that I planted. I did not expect to get much corn at all, thinking that it would not pollinate well so I was pleasantly surprised when I harvested 7 ears and they were all beautiful and full.

My family left the house for a few hours and when we returned we immediately noticed that there was something wrong with the dog, Thea. She was panting and looked very uncomfortable. It was then that we noticed it, 3/4 of an ear of corn on the floor, the other 6 ears...GONE!

Potato Harvest- 120 Lbs!

Calendula

I have been harvesting calendula and infusing it with oil to use it for salve. I will let it sit in oil for a month, then use the oil to make salve. Calendula salve is great for burns, scrapes, and dry skin..

Artichokes From the Garden

Photography

Some photos that I have taken over the summer.

Summer Vegetables

Kale was going crazy until the woodchuck finished it off. We were eating it with almost every meal until a few weeks ago.

In early july I harvested 5 cauliflowers!

The chard is enormous!

Sunflowers.

Purple Beans are thriving. 

Miniature eggplant.

 We got to eat some lettuce, but most of it bolted while we were on a camping trip.

Although the purple carrots did not germinate well, the ones I have are beautiful.