Little House in the ......Desert!: Oh goodness--can it really be that many days since my last blog post?

Must be busy or something :)
So what's new here? In a nutshell:

Monster watermelons (moon and stars watermelons--producing huge wonderful delicious fruit--yay!)
Bees are doing good--got some new ones
We are harvesting lots of okra, pumpkins, gourds, squash, millet, gherkins (like a cucumber), sunflower seeds, tomatillos, onions
TONS of onions (love them!)
Discovered hot weather "spinach"--love purslane and egyptian spinach. They are INCREDIBLY good for you. So happy to grow them!

A few disappointments:

Goats are only giving about 2 c of milk a day! That's for 2 goats! They had their kids in March so...that's not much! Thankfully we don't drink that much a day so it isn't a big deal. Problem is they are half breeds.
Corn--Every year I try and grow corn during the hottest part of the summer. I think my soil dries out too much during July and the corn cobs suffer. I mulch and water quite a bit just didn't work again. Perhaps next year. Atleast I know the fall corn always works well.
Tomatoes. Wish they produced during summer heat! We had a ton during May and June and part of July, but alas, they are done until fall.
Meat chickens...DH is now busy on all the market days...What in the world are we going to do with 50 meat chickens!? Maybe we'll have to post something on craigslist...
Garlic...a lot of it rotted in the soil --MAJOR bummer...we planted it in October and waited this long--only to wait TOO long and some of it rotted. We should of pulled it a month ago.

Summer bounty: onions, garlic, gherkins, tomatillos, even a beet :)

Small sugar pumpkins--good for pies

West Indian Gherkins--very very bitter rind, but you peel it off and the inside is JUST like a cucumber. My cucumbers are growing right now, but won't produce in the heat--these guys just LOVE it!