On 6/18/2016 2:47 PM, songbird wrote:
to get heavy stuff done, then come in for
siesta and putter around the rest of the day.
That's nice, I just got up from my siesta. The repeating thermometer
tells me it is 95F on the back porch with the shade curtains down. I
wonder how hot it is in full sunshine?

we did finally have some good rain that helped
soften up the ground where i'm digging out the
ditchgrass (very large rooted stuff that finds
clay no problem to colonize). it will be a
week before i finish this project. one large
patch and another smaller one. some day i
really need to get a barrier in place... i
keep telling myself... i wish i had enough
cooler weather and more rains so i could get
through the entire patch and hunt down all
the garlic and other grasses out of there.
The teewee keeps telling me it is going to rain but all I get is hot and
dry.

other things planted are coming along well.
tomatoes, peppers are loving the sunshine and
warmth. cucumbers flowering. onions growing.
Picked crowder peas again today and will tomorrow, they seem to ripen
overnight. I'm keeping them in a container in the fridge to see if I can
get enough to can some. Maybe I should buy a very small pressure canner?

i did get some weeding done yesterday in the
north garden. the lowest spot has always had
plantains (rabbits and wormies love 'em) so
each year i have to get some out of there, but
the creeping jenny is gradually filling in.
this round of weeding took only a few hours
while the first round a month ago took me several
sessions to finish. so that is progress. and
the creeping jenny is blooming so that looks
nice too with the yellow flowers.
We seldom have weeds in the raised beds except when the birds sitting on
the power line overhead decide to give us some seeds the old fashioned way.

i have to get some strawberries picked. not
too many left, but enough.


songbird

We're harvesting sweet peppers, three types, peas, tomatoes, etc. daily
now. Dear wife took some to the church kitchen for the poor this morning
and then she worked two hours in the church garden for the poor. I
wonder if I can take that off our income tax! G

George, hiding from the heap with the AC and the overhead fan both
working hard