June 21-22, 2013

After two weeks there was only 3/8ths in the rain gauge, enough to fill the rain barrels but the garden was really dry. Temperatures were up to 90 both days.

Fruit

The nectarines were turning red and looked good, but were still green. That didn't stop me from eating many of them. While in the hammock I glanced down and saw these two pits at the base of the cedar we use for shade. So even though they are green the critters (squirrels I presume) are already feasting. Fearing there would be none the following weekend, Sally picked 30-40.

The Gold-rush has lots of apples and it seems to be doing well. The few pears are still there, and there remain green peaches on the two wild trees. I did get to eat a few black berries I ran across while mowing. The huckleberries are tiny and still green.

Garden

We dug all but one of the onions. This batch just did not do well, not many survived and those that did did not get very large. We also pulled up the garlic and Sally harvested bunches of chard, still more kale, and a little spinach. I did a bunch of weeding since it was getting very overgrown. Parts are over run with bermuda but there is not much to be done with that this time of year.

Lunch

We had some marinara sauce over quinoa noodles and stir fried vegetables (mostly from the garden: onion, garlic, chard, spinach, and kale).

Mow/Weed Eat

So boring, but necessary. I divided the mowing over the two days, and used the brush-whacker up the road, around the back, and on the hill.

Blue Birds

The babies have flown from the two houses that they were in two weeks earlier. I cleaned them both out. The one at the pond had ants bad in the bottom of the nest. I hope they were not there while the babies were being raised.

Thistle

I spied more of this evil plant in the same area as two weeks earlier. I pretty much filled another bag with the stuff. The two bags I had on the fire pit I went ahead and burned.

Sudoku

Sally beat me 2 out 3 again. I won the first and had high hopes, but she roared back. I thought the first one was easy, but she thought it was hard. Just the opposite on the second. It was close to a tie on the third.