I think that I have mentioned before that we don’t bother with the weather reports any-more since we have never found them accurate.  For a time, we relied on the fruit-monger but we haven’t seen her in ages. Today, is it going to rain or not?  So, Gnome pointed out all the the rain signs; we have observed these signs, over and over again associated with rains.  Honestly, we do use the scientific method. 😉

“…well, the rain hawk was going off like crazy and…you (Munchkin) have a splitting headache…the road just got graded and there was a sudden build up of grey clouds over half an hour.”

“…Hmmm…are four signs enough for a rain…”

Well, let’s just wait and see if our Munchkin and Gnome Rain Signs work!!  🙂  Or, do we need to add more Rain Signs to the criteria?

Anyway, I ‘ll will leave you with a few pictures of vegetables from the farm (oho, the excitement of being a Munchkin and Gnome knows no limits!!).  This year, we have kept the plants to a minimum so that we do not need to use up too much water over the dry season.  These plants are being irrigated with grey water (washing machine/ shower and dish-washing water).

The Chinese winter melon is growing up the one side of our duck coop.  So funny, I couldn’t get one for Chinese New Year but now the plant is producing lots of fruit.  The Chinese usually eat them (in soup) when they get really big.  I have started harvesting them young because we can’t possibly get through the sheer volume of eating mature fruit.  They taste like cho cho (chayote) and other types of curcubit plants.

The rocket (arrugola…is that how you spell it?  That’s the Sicilian word for it by the way) is dong really well despite the drought:

Asparagus is doing great:

This eggplant looks like an egg; not much taste though…it’s a bit rubbery but great to look at (if anyone is interested in looking at eggplants that resemble eggs). 😉

This is an unusual striped orangey egg-plant.  They don’t get very big but I like them since they are sweet tasting and (God-Forbid!!) they make a nice ornamental.  Munchkin philosophy: You really should just eat it and not just have something for pretty.

Just as I finish writing this post, the rain is starting (a little)…

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