Good Morning! :-)
It’s been a heck of a week.
Wednesday: Birth of a great-nephew, 9 lbs, 6 oz ….. a “citation keeper” per his Grandpa. Also Wednesday: got the Army Veteran medallion for my dad’s headstone – the new addition to our family is named after my dad so it’s interesting that he and the medallion arrived on the same day – a nice coincidence.
Thursday: Death in the family …. the first cousin who is the most woven into the fabric of my life & virtually a brother rather than a nephew to my dad – they were very close. It’s been not quite 4 months since dad passed and my cousin was an unexpected departure from this world. We’re coping.
Weather: Thursday night into yesterday morning we got just over 2 inches of rain (it was ‘torrential’) with more on tap for tomorrow into Monday. This should break the Mid-Atlantic drought that’s been going on. I checked the raised beds early last evening when the rain was down to a drizzle and they are not flooded out, which has happened once before – I think that time it was hurricane remnants that caused the flooding.
Garden: Everything is planted as of this past week and heavily mulched with pine needles. All made it through the downpours the last day and a half without getting beaten down – I staked the peppers up so that made a big difference. Dahlias are coming up – can’t wait for flowers …. first time I’ve planted them. Dragon Egg cukes have germinated and are peeping through – no Divas yet. Radishes & bunch onions plus some onion sets were planted this past week as well. All the fencing is up …. had to do some re-configuring, but I made what panels I had work to enclose all the beds with something in them (other than herbs). In the herb bed, I planted an African Blue basil (something different) & the sage and thyme are blooming, which adds to the ‘look’ of the garden …. very enjoyable to see.
Critters: The large (and female, as we discovered) groundhog that was living under the horse barn, causing a lot of damage, and was a potential danger to the garden, is no more. ‘Nuff said regarding its demise, but I am really happy it’s gone. Snakes are out – almost ran into one while going to the pole barn to get the mower …. the neighbor actually had one in her house! These are Eastern Rat Snakes …. love mice and chicken eggs. Big old hawk sitting on the fence this morning, not that far from the chickens …. I made a roof for the chicken run this month so all the hawk can do is ‘look’ …. no chickens are available! :-)
Have a great weekend, everyone …. be sure to hug the ones you love.
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Anybody besides me canning pickled ramps right now? They’re beautiful this year.