Lettuce and spinach and collards, oh my! We are overrun with spring produce. Kale, mustard greens, swiss chard, new zealand spinach, turnips, beets, carrots - all coming out our ears (or somewhere anyway).

We also have broccoli about two feet tall that hasn't begun to flower yet, peas that are blooming and producing like crazy, and - believe it or not - tomatoes that are flowering!

I went to the local farmers market a couple of Saturdays ago and made about $20 on our excess lettuce, spinach and radishes. This week we are blanching and freezing the rest of the greens to make room in the garden for green beans and corn.

I can't believe how big all of our produce is! Looks like we are on our way to stocking up for the winter...

Life has been too busy lately. Friends and family having surgery, kids graduating, grandparents going into nursing homes, altercations with drug addicts - shakes up the daily grind somewhat. I sure would like to just stay on the farm with my garden and animals!

Besides all of the turmoil, work on the garden and the solar system continues. I thought I'd post some pictures of the progress.

Enjoy the day, you can't get it back after it's over...