A Big Loss

I haven't written in a bit because simply put, life has been crazy.  We went to Wyoming for Cheyenne Frontier Days and had the most fantastic time.  Then it was back to the grind and playing catch-up.  Way to many things to even begin to explain!

We did have a major travesty here at the funny farm.  My lovely and fun ducks decided that they would take things into their own hands (webbed feet?) and EAT our garden!  Please excuse me while I shed a tear....  Ok, it has been a week since it happened so I really should be over it but I still can't hardly look at the ducks.  They of course, hadn't bothered anything all season and waited until things were really going strong to make their attack.  We lost 90% of our beans, 98% of our tomatoes and most of our peppers.  I was heartbroken.  This is why there was no harvest report for the week, I just couldn't bare to think about the garden!  We still have lots of squash varieties left in addition to corn, carrots, lettuce and melons.  Some of our tomatoes are trying to make a comeback so we will see how long it stays warm into the fall to see if they can make up for such a hard hit.  I think the part that made me most upset about this event is that we have worked so hard on the garden this year.  Most years we are ambitious at the start but get to busy or lose steam at some point and more or less give up.  We hadn't hit that point yet this year and I have a feeling we may not have!  I guess we will just work hard to keep what we have in great shape and may even try and replant a few of our favorites since we do still have a good amount of summer and warm weather left in this region.

Now, back to the garden!