Heat Wave ~ Milo

I had a date with Swiss Chard.  It's growing well, despite heat and drought.  The next day it was kale.
 

Bread is still getting baked, despite turning the hot oven on, on a hot day.  Yesterday I think it got up to 95°.  Dinner is PB & J on homemade bread.  I have little time to cook, and there are typically no free burners or space at the stove for a dinner.  I was canning again at 6pm.



And as busy as I am, I keep thinking we need a tractor to rise above homesteading and get a crop of corn planted for the chickens.  I'd like a larger garden too.  I miss planting my turnips, and other items we could not fit in it this season.
 

Green beans are still coming in too.  I think I picked over 2 pounds yesterday.  Cucumbers are coming in now.  The hot peppers should be producing well in this heat, but I have only picked a few hot banana peppers.  

I had sad news.  Milo, our pet rabbit, passed away yesterday.  He became suddenly sick, and passed within a few hours.  It was a complete shock to us.

He was the most interesting rabbit you could have for a pet.  I remember when we bought him.  Or I should say I bought him.  We had just moved here, and my oldest needed a pet for FFA.  We were going to breed rabbits for her project, and we put him upstairs without telling Hubby.  Slowly, I eventually told him, but he became the house pet, and chickens became the next FFA project.  Then the kids all dropped out FFA, which didn't matter at that point.  Milo was the family pet rabbit.  He get free roam of the house most days, got fed fresh garden strawberries, and he got along with all the pets.  Although a few dogs (at first) wanted to taste Milo, they were all trained not to.  Sadie had always loved on him like a mother.  This was a total shock to us all.  Rest in peace Milo.