August is our favorite month in the garden. Why? Because here in Utah that means it’s time for the melons to be ready!! Since we started growing our own melons several years ago we have decided there is nothing better than home grown vine ripened melons. We wait all year for this 4 week [...]
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Harvest Monday 10-3-11
October 3rd, 2011 
Rick October has arrived here at Stoney Acres and that means the harvest that had been really big for the last 6 weeks is finally slowing down. The weather forecast says today will be the last of the really warm days with an expected high of 82. I suspect this will be the last time we [...]
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Tags: Raspberries, self reliance, Self Sufficiency, Strawberries, Tomatoes, watermelon 
2 Comments »Harvest Totals Monday September 19, 2011
September 19th, 2011 Rick This week was all about melons around Stoney Acres. Because of our cold wet spring our water melons and cantaloupe have been very slow to ripen. We are a full month behind, it is usually mid August when we are swamped with this many melons. At least the weather stayed warm enough for them to ripen. You [...]
Posted in Harvests Tags: Kale, Raspberries, self reliance, Self Sufficiency, Tomatoes, watermelon 1 Comment »Harvest Monday 9-12-2001
September 12th, 2011 Rick The garden keeps rolling along here at Stoney Acres. Here’s a look at what we harvested last week: Two more watermelons finished ripening including this 6 pound Crimson Sweet and a very small 2 pound Sugar Baby. The strawberries are still humming along with another 5 pounds this week. We now have 3 [...]
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