The Week That Was: July 14th Edition

Well, we had an eventful beginning to the month, but (thankfully) it has slowed down a bit. I feel like we are in the calm before the storm - next 3 weeks are a maze of harvesting, puppy visits, and goat pickups. But by this time next month, we should be much more settled and looking forward to a nice vacation before fall rolls around.

1. Puppies! We have 4 puppies left and 3 folks who are coming out to see them in the next week. If they work out, that leaves just one (I am guessing it will be Twinkletoes, but I just don't know why, he is adorable and sweet and so very interested in humans!). And the number of folks who mention that they love Bernese is astounding - especially from people that I didn't think were "dog people".
2. Berry Season is upon us - Strawberries started 2 weeks early for us and were blown by the 2nd week of June. Then we waited - then right around July 4th this is what happened: our early season highbush blueberries started (perhaps a bit early), "Pixwell" gooseberries were already peaking, and the July raspberries kicked in (they seem more prone to mold and rot, sonot our fav variety for freezing, but good for cereal topping).
3. Broccoli can really take the heat - well, at least hybrid broccoli can. We missed our window to seed broccoli this spring, so we bought "Packman" instead. We are on the 4th cutting now (small side sprouts, not big heads), but our above average temps + humidity should be killing the broccoli. But it isn't.... woot.
4. Next year's planning is already here - we have already made a preliminary breeding schedule for our goats, we have made our plans for fall seeding in the greenhouse (that should take us into January when the cold really shuts down the plants), and finally we have starting to pick out next year's plants to buy in (more strawberry plants for up front - more Honeyoye and Surecrop).