The most amazing thing happened yesterday.
The sun came out.
Not only did it come out - but it stayed out all day long!
Amazingly, my vegetable garden boxes were dry enough for me to plant the boxes. ALL of the boxes. It took me most of the morning, but my garden now has 24 tomatoes, 20 sweet peppers, 12 hot peppers, cucumbers, zucchini, yellow squash, butternut squash, loofah gourds, green beans, peas, sugar peas, onions (red and yellow), garlic, kale, Swiss chard, lettuce, carrots, potatoes, sweet potatoes, lots of herbs for cooking and teas, and more zinnias than you can imagine for cut-flowers.
I'll have so much to share in the coming months. I feel that this summer's garden will be the best yet. Do I feel this way every summer? Maybe.
With more rain on the horizon, I thought it best to tick off a few more tasks from my list of outdoor work. A few trees in the sheep yard needed some lower limbs removed for mowing purposes. So, I got out my trusty, very small chainsaw and got to work.
While there, I ran into this fellow... climbing one of the trees. It's just a black snake - a very beneficial snake to have around because they eat rodents.
I also found the best specimens of jelly ear fungus on one of the trees in the sheep yard.
All through the wooded area in the sheep and the pig yard, the Star of Bethlehem was blooming. It's such a beautiful spring here on the farm - so many wildflowers.
Dame's rocket...
I took a quick break from the outside chores to make a new clothespin bag. I had made a bag about 15 years ago and the bottom had rotted out.
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Sorry to hear about your chook. We've had a skunk visiting our runs at night, but thankfully, since improving the security, it hasn't gotten in.
Love the clothespin bag. I don't suppose you would consider listing those for sale in your shop? I have a new pulley clothesline and would love to have a bag.
Rain here most of the rest of the week. I'm loving not having to water the garden. Enjoy, whatever the weather brings you!