Check this out!

I had to get a shot of this crazy tomato plant.

Started it in the greenhouse in this hanging bag like thing....I then moved it outside onto this hitching post where its taken on a life of its own.

Trout!

Snagged the first two trout of the season.

The first one though is quite possibly the "lunker" of the entire river: 2 feet!

And very thick in the middle. I caught it with a small blue/silver plastic lure.

Stuffed it with herbs and lemon slices; bbqed it quickly with a bit of clarified butter...suffice to say it was the best trout I've ever had in my life.

Garlic Time

July 15th Update

It's been a brutal 2011 summer thus far, with tons of rain and cold, grey weather predominating.

As this is my first summer here, I can't compare it to year's past, however I think it's safe to say that my fruit trees are way behind where they should be.

The apples and pears are still a couple of months away.

I have two types of cherries (one is a "normal" style of cherry [not sure the name yet], and the other I'm told is a "black cherry"); they have been coming in for a weeks now.

The green house is bursting though, with peppers of various kinds and tomatoes all now visibly growing.