Up at sunrise 5:47 and out in the garden by 7:15! There is so much peace and satisfaction to be in the garden that early watching the world wake up, the bees coming to anything that’s flowering, and the hummingbirds are starting to appear at the feeders in numbers.
This morning I had one goal and that was to weed my very last raised bed. I dreaded that job because it looked just awful, but to my surprise it went like a breeze and I had it done in no time! I was so inspired, plus I had gotten another Butcher Box shipment for the month of June (a gift, can’t afford it on my own) that I was able to cut up the box and use it underneath wood chips on the last part of the walkway between the raised beds that needed to be covered. BB ships in very heavy cardboard instead of Styrofoam.
I hauled three loads of five five-gallon buckets of wood chips and on the last load, I shoveled in another three buckets worth between the five buckets that were already filled. That walkway is now totally covered with wood chips and the garden looks so good.
Before I went out, I had half a cup of hot coffee - the half I didn’t drink plus another mugs worth in the coffee pot are now a refreshing iced coffee that is “hitting the spot”! Once I cool off (going to be 90 today & it’s already hot in the sun), I am going to see if I can get my herb bed expansion together. I think I’m going “big” with a 4 x 8. Filling it is going to be the ‘pain’ because the tractor has a broken hydraulic line, meaning I will have to haul dirt from the back pile in those 5-gallon buckets. I may try offering to take the hose & have a replacement made in exchange for a couple of loads of dirt ... fingers crossed this plan will work.
Great progress!
We finally got some ‘rain.’ Again, nothing measurable, and more like MIST, but another overcast day certainly will give All Living Things a break from the relentless heat and lack of rain.
I’m caught up in the garden, BUT I have some house plants that need re-potting and the dogs are clamoring to get OUT into the exercise yard, and my greenhouse could use a straightening up, so there’s still plenty to do.
Apple trees and my crab apple as well as the Birch and Concolor Fir in the front corner of the yard could use a good soaking. I really am starting to worry about all of my ‘friends’ around here! :(