In Balance With Nature....

Friday, August 15, 2008

Ahhh Friday.....

We normally stay home on Friday night, tired from a long week but the Pups love it. They take over the couch and either Adam or I sit on the floor. Dont want to disturb this sleeping beauty.



Dusty got to hang out in the loft with us this week to. Dusty is my moms Italian Greyhound of 10-13 years. Mom went on a trip to Colorado so he got to hang out with the little ones for a few days.


They dont do much, just snuggle under the blanket and get up every so often to have a snack.

We also picked more tomatoes and cucumbers last night and took them to work today. We have plenty more coming !

Looks like we have an extra varity of large tomato that got mixed in. The ones to the far right are 1 lb rainbow tomatoes that are georgous when you cut them open, speckled with red, pink and yellow. Below that is a red "Druzba", just a normal medium tomato. Then to the left is the "Italian Ice" Cherry tomatoes that are sweet and can be used to make wine due to the sugar content. A few "black pearl" cherry tomatoes are just a good cherry and then the "tangerine Mammas" that are a yellow roma that are just wonderful!
These "Boston Pickler" Cucumbers are the perfect size for pickling. We did a few jars of Dill Pickles (with Dill from Bev and Ricks garden) and my mom made a few dill and bread & butter Pickles. Cant wait to see how they turned out!

Sunday, August 10, 2008

Tomatoes.... Finaly!





We have been waiting for all of our hundreds of tomatoes to turn and we just had our first bunch come to fruition!

We have some yummy Itialian Ice Cherry Tomatoes and some Black Pearl Cherry Tomatoes and one small red tomato (about a 4th of the size the rest are going to be).
We normally see our tomatoes turn in early July but we have had them in raised beds in the past. This year we had them in the ground and noticed a major difference.
Today we are planting our Pumpkins so they will be ready by Halloween. They are about 4'' big and will be so cute ! We also are planting our Spaghetti Squash, spinach, eightball zuchinni, and onions for our Fall beds.
Izzy and Rud are excited about the Cherry tomatoes, they are the perfect size for a healthy puppy snack. Yes we feed our dogs good organic human food, we dont want them to miss out!

Friday, August 8, 2008

Welcome to Snikta Farm!!

Well, hopefully this will help everyone keep up with he Crazy Atkins crew in Lees Summit, Missouri!

We have had a eventful Summer so far with the selling of our home and the beginning of our "Off the Grid" Adventure!

We have moved into my moms loft above her outside garage and have started a little garden in her back yard for our "Practice" Farm. We also have a small garden at Bev & Ricks house so they can enjoy the yummy foods to!
We are growing items such as Chinese Red Noodle Beans, Boston Pickler Cucumbers, Purple King Beans, 5 types of Tomatoes, Broccoli, Sorghum, and many more!

We just built our fall raised bed and have decided that it is best way to get the most of our garden, so we will be building many more raised beds and doubling the size of our current garden.

The dogs really seem to love country life. Rudiger runs in the back yard until he is so exhausted he can barely walk. Izzy just walks around in circles because she is very easily confused by all the space.

We are planning our new home and are looking into building it with Solar power, Wind Power, LED Lighting and Rain Water retaining systems to be as self sufficient as possible. It really is interesting and we are learning a lot!
We hope everyone is well and we will keep updating this page with our Snikta News!

Love you all!
A&B