I’m sitting in the barn kitchen by the doorway watching an
on-coming thunderstorm and relaxing after what has been one of the most
physically demanding and busy weeks so far. I feel like I’ve lifted and carried tonnes of
stuff this week and I’m definitely getting stronger, I can lift much heavier
things than I could two months ago. I’m
gonna have biceps of steel!
The garlic harvest continued for most of the week and thanks
to the help of volunteers we pulled the last bulbs from the ground on Thursday afternoon. We still have hundreds if not thousands of bulbs
left to hang for drying, but that’s fine; our priority was to get all the
garlic out of the ground as many of the stems had started to rot from the short
burst of rain we had on Sunday evening. It
can rain all it wants now and we can get on with the task of hanging the garlic
knowing the crop wont be ruined.
And how
we need the rain! I’ve written about the
drought in previous blogs, but we are now in a serious situation, it’s now the
driest it’s been in a hundred years, with little sign of a let up. many farmers are in crisis. As I sit here typing the storm is rolling in
fast, and I think it’s going to be a biggie…
…So, I’ve just come back to the computer after standing in
the rain watching the storm for the past half hour. The tension in the air so thick it makes the
hair on my arms and back of my neck stand on end. The lightening is truly spectacular, the tiny
thunderstorms we get back in the UK are nothing in comparison. Here the
lightening comes bolt after successive bolt, forking across the sky and down to
the ground and the thunder rumbles deep and low and often so loud it sounds
like the sky is cracking in half. And we
even got a little bit of rain.
Back to the farm, this week I’ve been in utter food
heaven. We picked the first aubergine
and watermelons, my favourite vegetable and fruit. The watermelon was so good, fresh, sweet and
warm from the sun as we all scoffed it Thursday lunchtime.
Delicious and sweet yellow watermelon
Getting my chops around a slice!
We’ve had some really good veggie feast dinners this week,
making good use of all the abundant veggies. We made pasta on Thursday with a
really simple tomato sauce made from scratch and aubergine and courgette. Simple food, but was one of the best meals we’ve
made so far. When you grow your own food
and eat seasonally the appreciation for the food on your plate is huge, and you
enjoy it so much more.
Much love
Becky x
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