the farmer and his crops

The warm weather is really making things grow.

The blueberries are beginning to ripen. In fact, we pick a bowl every day to snack on. Actually the Hubs picks them for us because 1. they are under netting to keep the birds away and 2. they are right next to a bee hive and are swarming with yellow jackets. Needless to say, we are very grateful for the berries he picks! We do have a few blueberry bushes out of harms way which we can all pick from. We also have neighbors who have lots of blueberries and are not able to pick them this week so they said we were welcome to help ourselves. Of course we didn't want the blueberries to go to waste so the Hubs has gone over the last few days and picked at least 4 cups each time. They are so good we can't resist eating a handful { or a bowlful } ! I have been freezing the rest for later. 

The kiwi has been pruned back quite a bit the past few years so that the house could be painted and also for work on the yard. We are never sure if it will produce after such drastic trimmings however we found a few kiwis hidden behind the big leaves again this season. Yay!

The cucumbers are looking good. 

In fact, we have already picked several!

The pear tree has gone wild! There are so many pears this year that we are afraid the tree may fall over. The branches will need to be staked up soon to relieve some of the weight.

We also planted new pear tree a couple months ago and it already has a pear. Hopefully that means it will be happy there and produce bountiful crops. 

We have little pumpkins everywhere as well as zucchini. 

The sunflowers are so tall we decided to measure them and they are now 8 feet 6 inches tall! It is a bit tricky to get to them with the big row of tomatoes in front but thankfully there is a little path in the back. We did pick our first tomato today so it won't be long before we have buckets of them. I did not take pictures of the apple tree but it is loaded with apples so plenty for pie, dried apples, apple butter, and the list goes on. More warm weather in the forecast so that is good for the crops. 

Have a warm, wonderful Day!