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Yet another soggy weekend here in the Middle of Misery. The ground was starting to settle up after the 4.25" we got last week. After yesterday's deluge the gauge was almost full. Not good!

This was the view looking out the barn door at my garden patch. Swamped.

So while that was going on I decided it was time to install the top-end rebuild kit in the air pump that supplies the diffusion ring in my pond. Found one piston rod bearing to be in rough shape. The pump was a re-man when I bought it, and it has always sounded a little rough when in operation. And naturally, new piston rod assemblies are no longer available from the manufacturer. They're checking to see if they have any good used ones on hand. If that comes up goose eggs I'll see about buying new bearings and installing those in the old rods. I've got all the right tools to do the job if I can come up with the parts.

But things aren't all bad. I got the botox injections in my neck and upper back on Wednesday. I felt like hammered hell for the next two days. Sawbones says it takes around six weeks for the full effects to be realized, but it seems to have taken a bit of the edge off, so I'm hopeful.

The snap peas that turned out to be snow peas are loving the wet/cool-ish weather. I picked a gallon off of them Saturday and probably have another half gallon ready to pick now. The beets in the raised bed are doing great - won't be long until it's time to pull them and make pickled beets. Cabbages are growing fast - there will be fermented sauerkraut this time. The chinese cabbages have finally taken off so it's looking good for a kimchi run too.

Tomatoes are suffering from too much water, as are the peppers. Cukes/squash/gourds are loving it. 2nd planting sweet corn looks good. Pole beans are up. Collards and basils are up in starter cells.

I took a shovel to the spud patch to see what was going on there. Some sort of burrowing varmint, likely voles, ate pretty much all of them. The few I found had been gnawed on. Next time I'll put them in a raised bed and see how that works.

We had a two-hour deluge today, but we needed it. After having the WETTEST April in recorded history, we THEN had the DRIEST May, and now June seems to be catching us up.

You’re such a Gadget Guy! I truly wish I were more mechanical. That would’ve made my Dad very happy, as he was one of those people that can fix anything! :)

Today was my annual ‘Hack Back the Viburnum that Blocks the Internet Satellite.’ I pretty much have it on the calendar for early June each year. Spotty service today and I thought it might be the rain, but when I put on my boots (after the rain) and grabbed my pruners, there were a good half-dozen branches blocking the satellite dish.

The first time this happened I was on the phone for about an HOUR with someone in Nepal trying to ‘help me.’ I figured it out, myself and it’s been clear sailing ever since. I think cutting down that Viburnum would be worth it, once and for all! At least it would buy me a few years before it grew back.

WHY the kid put it so close the the shrubbery remains a mystery...

Rain from the horse shed....Great picture! Makes me remember being 7 or 8 and running around outside in a swim suit in the rain!

This is an odd weather year. A lot of rain, cloudy, cooler, mostly. My grass is still green and growing. On the up side, the fireflies are out and Mrs Pete and daughter are on the front porch watching!

Weather. There is a storm out over Junction City and Ft Riley headed east. you should see it early next morning if it holds together. Good for peas and cabbage.