It's been a busy week around my house, I've been busy busy busy harvesting and preserving. I am happy to say my garden is about 75% harvested now. I also got two new hens this week; they are Orpingtons.
These are my two new Orpingtons. They are about 6-7 months old. They lay large eggs that are a grey/greenish colour. Google tells me that they have extremely nice temperaments, right now they are a little too scared and shy for me to tell if that's true or not. They are very pretty and over the next year they will fill out and get a lot fluffier. They get big fluffy butts when they are adults.
This week, I got the last of my winter squash prepared for winter. Squash is easy to preserve, simply leave it out in the sun for ten days to harden it's shell and then wipe clean with vinegar to kill any bacteria. The squash shown in the basket below is a combination of butternut, buttercup and acorn squash. It should stay good for several months.
Belowis Romano beans. I left them on the vine to dry so I could make dried beans. I picked them all and am now finishing their drying inside. Once their pods are dried out and the beans rattle inside the pods, I will sehll them and put them in a jar for later use.
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