Happy Solstice!
Posted by Lauren on 21 Jun 2009 at 10:36 pm | Tagged as: calendar, holidays, seasonal
I couldn’t wait for the last holiday, but this one snuck up on me and I didn’t even prepare a holiday meal. All the same, we ate well, with ribeye steaks (we are using up the last of our cow from last year, in preparation for the new cow in a couple of weeks), and garlic scapes and spring onions, both from farmers at Pike Place Market, on the grill, as well as our current standard of plenty of salad with sliced radishes and fresh shelling peas.
I feel some stress about the fact that the year has peaked today; the garden is way behind and we are still not sure if we will do meat birds for sale and we have lots of lettuce but the tomatoes are still in pots in the greenhouse and and and … But we are doing OK. We are raising turkeys and a flock of 25 chickens for ourselves and our neighbors to eat, so we will be supplied with chicken for the winter. In spring I made a little spreadsheet to do the planting math for me, and it tells me that I still have 60-90 days of good growing season. So here’s hoping that the downhill side of summer is good and we have squash after all.
Solstice is my fav time of year I think, but it is also a little sad as it marks the slow start of the shorter days. Even though we’ll be enjoying the light for several months, mentally I know it is the “other side” of the year. Sigh. I hope your garden matches the plan. Its been so rainy this year, its hard to figure out.
I missed that one, but had steak for Father’s Day, so is that close? Also had a great mix of broccoli, cauliflower and carrots from the garden. Does that mean it’s summer now? No wonder it’s 65 and rainy, hehe.