La Center Ranch

It's that time of year when all through the house all the creatures were stirring. Even the mouse! Wreathmaking at the Farm 2025. See if you can find the mouse in the photos......

Now that the harvest is in, Its time for some upkeep on the Saturday bridge replacing some worn boards before the rains. It's one of my favorite farm features. The bridge over to our Aunt and Uncle's across the creek. So pretty in the fall.

And so it begins. A little later start this year but....tomato bisque soup and greenbeans. Turns out rainy days are good canning days.

The Ranch benches have been scraped/sanded and Heidi is giving them a fresh coat of paint.

I love harvesting time. Second picking of beans for canning later today.

Crazy shaped cucumbers are in full havest time as well as summer squash.

Some wood crafting going on at the farm today. A custom river epoxy river table once done Artist is Rhett Alben

Our garlic is ready to pick and sun cure.

Summer on truly starts when the food grows....

Well they are all in. All 44. Next the cages and watering system. Our varieties are great this year. Cherokee purple, Better boy, Brandywine, Chef's choice, Beefsteak, Black Krim, Pineapple heirloom, Moskovich, Big Beef, Amanda orange, Oregon Spring, Japanese Black Truffle, Celebrity, Yellow Pear, Sweet Million, San Marzano, Roma, Legend , Bush Steak, Big Daddy, & Isis Candy. I think there needs to be a tomatoes tasting event late summer. Who are my diehard tomato lovers?

Some have asked us what's with the buckets? Well we plant our tomatoes around buckets drilled with holes. The buckets are filled with compost and when we water into buckets the plants get compost tea nutrients. Tomatoes are planted horizontally with first root set nearest the bucket. The plant will create new root sets along the stem. 46 plans this season.

Farm agenda today.
1. Grape juice (steam juicing then canning))
2. Huckleberry jam ( some with ginger)
3. Raspberry jam