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Growings On for 8/27/19

Posted on August 26th, 2019 by Kirsten Simmons

Meet Blackjack - the little kitten who showed up on the farm a few weeks ago!  She came with a flea collar, so I assumed she belonged to someone, but outreach on social media and to folks in the community brought in nothing.  I took her down to Lifeline and they found a microchip... but when they called the company to notify them that the kitten had been found, somehow the previous owner's information was deleted and updated with mine.  So I started getting calls and emails telling me that "Kitten" had been found.  

When I called the company to explain, they said the owner's information was no longer in their system, but I could call Fulton County Animal Shelter, since they had placed the chip.  I called and left two messages with the shelter, no response.  So I guess this little one is ours now, cause there's a limit to how much time I'm willing to spend trying to track down the owner of a kitten who couldn't be bothered to keep track of her.  And honestly, given that Fulton County offers free cat adoptions every July, I'm wondering if she didn't get adopted on a whim and dumped when she became too much.  She's adorable, super sweet, and seems to have a good prey drive, so she'll be a welcome addition to the farm rat patrol.  I think I'll call her Blackjack.  

In other farm news, a tree came down over the fence and into the middle of our okra and peppers.  Because apparently the universe is determined to make our summer production as bad as possible.  Fortunately, I've already got three successions of fall crops in place. And it looks like the pole beans I thought I'd put in 6 weeks ago were mislabeled as asian long beans.  Given that I got the seeds from Johnny's, I'm surprised at the mistake - they're usually on top of their game.  But, hey, not going to complain about asian long beans!  If you've never had them, they're amazing - similar to a green bean in taste, but a bit more carb-y, for lack of a better term.  They grow 18-36 inches long, so a single bean can be a serving of vegetables!  Cut them small and steam or stir fry them for an easy side dish.  :)