We're all fans of the show. So, as insinuated a few weeks back, we've decided to host our own Downton Abbey themed event on September 12th. The event will entail games, period cars and a very special High Tea. Seating is limited to 40 and we are already half booked. So if anyone out there is interested please call Carol at (289) 897-8943.
Tickets are 45$; this includes prizes, food and drinks. Period costumes are very highly encouraged.
Meanwhile, we've finally survived the busiest month of the year (July). This year, July was a record month for us and of course this included a few record days. The bottom line is that some days we literally ended up creating High Tea production lines.
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| A High Tea assembly line... |
This level of activity at the Tea Room has kept us from accomplishing much on the farm. On the plus side, all of our Berry crops have been put to good use.
Nevertheless, we managed to make some progress on the re-installation of our Growing Dome water tank. Hopefully, we can get our new system configuration up and running later this Fall.
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| Wth the water tank lowered into the ground a couple of feet, we're now ready to rebuild our system. |
We'll close this week with the Chinese mystery seed we planted earlier this Spring. We've had no one identify the plant from earlier pictures on this blog and it remained a mystery until a few days ago.
Now, thanks to a recent tour group, where one Chinese visitor was seemingly a "green thumb", we finally have a positive identification.
In broken English, he told us that this was a prized vegetable, the stems are hollow, and it is easy to propagate via cuttings. Although he gave us a Chinese name for the plant, it was impossible for us to spell it out.
However, his hints and the fact that the leaves are narrow and arrow-shaped lead us to the Kang Kong (ipomoea aquatica) or Chinese water spinach. This is a semi-aquatic tropical plant whose leaves and tender shoots are used in various Asian dishes.
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| A new vegetable discovery: Chinese Water Spinach |
It turns out that this plant might just be perfect for our Aquaponic set up!
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