Attack of the Killer Green Tomatoes!

We are in processing mode - big time.  We salvaged much of our remaining bounty just before the cold hit, and now the house has been taken over by all kinds of strange-looking vegetable oddities.


We made tomato sauce with our trusty No. 200 Victorio Strainer....

Yum!

Potato Leek Soup....

Salsa Verde with our tomatillos....

 HELP!  The kitchen has been taken over by GREEN TOMATOES!!!!

And what are these?

posted by amy

Peanut (our baby chick)

Today, I am going to talk about Peanut, our little chick who was born with a deformity.  Sadly she didn't make it.  This unfortunate event happened on September 13. We woke up to find a poor, suffering chick resting peacefully. Hannah was bawling, and refused to do anything but set up a funeral. I came home from school to find a mournful Hannah shoving a piece of wood and a black marker, telling me to  write the day Peanut was born and when she died. I added a sweet message on the wood for Hannah. She was pleased with that. We buried Peanut with our goats at our side. It was sweet and simple. Peanut is probably a lot happier now. Good-Bye Peanut! We will miss you forever.

posted by Claire

Katie and Snickers (milk goats)

 Well we finally got them!! Our milking goats, Katie and Snickers, are home and ready for action! Already the entire family is bonding with them. Below, Claire and Hannah milking a nervous Katie.

Claire and Hannah milking Katie.

 Here are the girls again milking with, as it appears, a worried mom overlooking. Doesn't Katie look more comfortable already?

The girls milking with Mom overlooking.

AWWWWW! Don't they look adorable? New BFFs, Hannah and Katie. Real bonding is going on here!

OHHHHHH! Look at the new BFFs!

Here is your first sight of Snickers. A little........bizarre? She looks like demon goat, doesn't she?

AHHHHHH!!!! It's demon goat!!!

 Hmmmmm........that's a really interesting.............udder? I think that is Snicker here.

Interesting um.........udder? 

 Is she adorable or what? This is the Henderson's first sight of Katie bug.

AWWWW! Sweet baby!!

Posted by Claire Henderson

Frost, and Goodbye Market!

We had a light frost Tuesday night and a harder frost last night.  We spent much of the evening last night bringing what seemed like endless crates of peppers and green tomatoes into the house.  Rather than having a green tomato warehouse blowout sale this week at the Bishop Farmer's Market, we are going to take a break.  So we will not be there this week, and this is probably the end for us being at the Market in 2010.

We are working hard on our plan to continue providing fresh veggies this fall and winter.  We will be sending out a newsletter, the "Goat Hollow Gazette" tonight.  Please provide me with your email address and we can keep you informed of our plans.  We are also very interested in hearing from you about what you would like us to grow in the future.  Leave a comment here or send suggestions to henderson.bio@gmail.com.  We have several blog entries in the works, and a little time off will give us more time to work on the blog and other garden projects.  Thanks for your support!

In the meantime, click on the photo for a preview of the "Gazette."


posted by brad