Absolutely the last bacon to be cured from the 75lb harvested last season. It would have gone quicker if I let it but we rationed well.
Garden, garlic is hurting with the drought. Possible rain tomorrow afternoon but not what we need. A day of steady rain be nice bout now.

What better picture... Bacon and tomatoes together. Bring on the lettuce and mayo.

A good soaking rain too.🌧

Yea we book our butcher a year in advance. He takes several and when we pick up we book f ou r the next year. Now most are booked out 6 months. My garlic is huge and everything is popping up. Last planting of beans , corn and potatoes this weekend. I head to Harvards medical school in Boston Thursday for Heart tests, they think they have it narrowed down, but it is rare and not too many places test. It's like reynaud's of the heart, microvascular spasms shutting down blood. Need to modify activity and rest when needed

Clint, I wish you the best in tests and being well. For OCD people like myself that need to keep moving, being held back is difficult. Getting older is also a challenge to try and make pace. So much to do , so little time.

We may finally get some water from the sky. Getting promising and calling through the night.
Fingers 🤞
My garlic is hurting. Out of 175 plants. Probably 110 will be harvest bulbs. The rest I will grind. They got scapes this week but not large bulb development. I picked a larger stalk as a test and disappointed.
Oh well.
Tomato plants went nuts. Getting thick and heavy. 😀
Tomatoes and herbs are our staple harvest.
Beans doing so,so. I prefer a second fall harvest better anyway. Lettuce and spinach are burning up without any real harvest. Zucchini is coming along, pickle cukes ok and peppers are taking off which is good because they are sauce ingredients. Black and raspberries so, so. Producing flowers, we will see about fruits.
Animals also so so. Chickens well, hogs not eating well in heat and drought. I made a slop pond for them yesterday and now happier.
Pool a disaster. It's turned into a frog pond.

Rant:
My ex daughter in law ( which is still considered a family member) tested positive. Health care worker. Mother of my dear grandchildren . No symptoms at all but a mandatory twice a week test. Now relaxed to once a week.
Does this mean the virus is second hand news now and everyone will just be ok because headlines take priority.
I can say, it will be a cold day below before I consent to mandated DNA

We finally got a good soaking early morning. Had to keep wipers on driving to work. Its over now and sun/humidity is here in force.
Can't wait to see garden when I get home, I'm sure it did well.

Clint, I'd say the good news is you have a definite diagnosis and given the wonders of doctors today, the good ones really know their stuff. I wish you a speedy recovery and as spock would say " live long and prosper my friend "

Garden didn't really take off from the rain but we got enough good soaking that it will.
My 3 55gal rain barrels completely filled today.
2 pigs are doing and growing well. 1 is not interested in food and lean.
My second batch of 40 chicks come July 28th. These 45 hit the freezer July 8th.
Still struggling with a butcher for cow. It seems mid September is the date if nephew agrees.

I am finally going to get a little break and fish the ausable river in adks for our annual fathers day weekend. All systems go for my son and his family , wife and I. As in past, we will kayak the river first light for some fishing. Hopefully I can share some pictures of another big Ben ( brown) and a bingo ( rainbow).
This month might possibly be my last routine of what used to be normalcy in my life.
Times are getting tough for 2 loved family members and my life is about to change forever.
Be well,
Peace and tuna

Nice rig. Exactly what I need. Brush hog, hoe attachment, bucket and some forks.
That certainly will make work easier on the body.
I also started all my plants from seed. Kinda time consuming but $1.50 a pack of seeds sure beats $4.00 a 6pack or $4.00 each. Besides it gives me satisfaction in the end.
Finally got the frog pond ( pool) clear and swimming status. Figures this weekend is low 70's.
Have a great day/weekend.

Yesterday we set forth on processing 45 chickens. The heat was terrible and after 24 cleaned and in the cooler on ice we had to call it a day to hit the swimming pool with the grandkids.
After everyone left we settled down to the A/C of indoors to sectioning them out and vacuum seal. Finished up about 11pm.
The idea was to finish the other 20 today.
More heat and a house full of family we just decided we will wait for a better time.
My garden is hurting. I don't remember when it's rained and still nothing insight until maybe Wednesday. Constantly trying to keep things watered. Tomatoes and peppers are thriving but got not much else happening. Lettuce, peas, spinach never did anything.
Knowing how this drought has effected us this year, more serious changes are in the works for next year. TB has to help me get a system setup so I have a better return.
Not counting tomatoes and peppers, I've had about a 75 % growing loss.
Of 300 garlic I planted, only about 125 will be actual harvest grade.
We are very excited to get away next week to Rhode island. Huge focus on harvesting seafood with a big family gathering once we return.
Stay cool folks

Clint good to see your post, hope all is going well for you.

Speaking of well, sounds like you are sitting over a good aquifer.

As for rain in my neighborhood, last couple days we have been hit with gully washers which of course, doesn't do a lot of good as the water rushes off far to fast. Sometimes taking a garden with it.

Well the dog days of summer have arrived early.  Everything is dry as can be in my neck of the mid Hudson valley.  We went from the ground being like a saturated sponge to dry as a desert.  
About the only thing enjoying this weather are my tomato and pepper plants.

Fishin  I may run a guide wire along the sides and trellis the plants with a top line but they should be fine.    

ht, 
I bought that Camco inline rv water filter and installed it on my garden watering hose reel.....I bought the little hose piece to attach it to reel so it would remain flexible.  Seems to be working good.  A little sputtering at the beginning but once I watered a couple times, pressure seems to be the same as before.  
Plants are taking off now too but, we have also had some good rains here over the last week so I have only done a few quick waterings.
 
snow peas need picked, a think I have a few zukes ready and another cuke and my cukes I planted from seed are running like they are in a marathon with a ton of blossoms.  All the maters have fruit on them now....and I have a couple peppers that are a couple days out from picking.  

O ya almost forgot. Ill be going with the high end fabric next year. This cheapo stuff worked , but you get what you pay for. Saw several videos on using a torch and a wooden template to burn holes for the plants. I will definitely be going that route next season.

My lettuce and spinach is done, for now.  Not going to replant until August.  We got three pickings out of each and didn't have to buy store lettuce for almost 2 months so that was a bonus....
I planted at the end of March this year.....
good rain yesterday.....need to spray the maters with some daconil after this rain to try and keep off the blight as long as possible...

I drove thru the heaviest rain I have ever seen Sat on my way home from Ohio,I was near my home when I hit it as I came south out of Tamaqua,it came down so heavy that my wipers just made it possible to see,at times I did 'nt know if I was still on the road,never seen that before.