We had a little extra help getting our garden in this weekend! Our neighbor's lab had 10 puppies and she brought down two for Jorn and Simonne to play with while Greg and I got through the tilling, mounding and hoeing. It takes a village! How sweet are they (our neighbors and the puppies)? Sadly, all her puppies are usually spoken for before they even arrive. But they left us with puppy dreams because really every farm should have a farm dog, eh?
Oh, we had such a lovely weekend! It amazing how much can be accomplished when the weather cooperates. We still have more planting to go but we got our cukes, beans, swiss chard, radishes, summer squash, pumpkins, husk cherries/cape gooseberries (do you know about these? oh my, they are amazing! plant some!), tomatillos, corn (popcorn), jalapenos, nasturtium, lettuce, strawberries, sunflowers, sweet peas and scallions in.
Greg built a sandbox for the kids, up until now we had been using an orphaned antique dresser drawer which was fine and good but now they have a bona fide sandbox. As a matter of fact, using an orphaned dresser drawer for a sandbox is great if you are short on space!
The bees were successfully installed and are bringing us great joy already with their peaceful hum and general presence. Let me just say that I can't tell you much about them since they are 'Greg's thing'. I am learning a lot already and plan to share as my knowledge increases but for now I am pretty ignorant when it comes to beekeeping. Greg has always wanted to keep bees and these guys were a surprise for his birthday which is coming up in June!
We even went to a street fair and a BBQ this weekend on top of all the work we did! Whew! I am tuckered out and dirty but oh, so happy!
I hope you all had a lovely and relaxing holiday weekend as well.
oooxxx
Spidey
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