Gorgeous day in Clay New York

 A splendid day for being outside. Spent most of the day weeding the garden. After the nice rain we had evert plant had its thirst taken care of by mother nature. Better than the water I can give it. Marigolds planted around the flag pole to give the front yard some color. We need color as we have six months of a cold white landscape here north of the thruway.The pictures you will see show how quickly the garden is growing. Will be picking summer squash next week. Thats early for me. garden doing well except for the resident rodents who kill a few plants now and then. Have the holes blocked off but some do climb the fence. Might just have to go electric next year. I do need to run a power and water line out there anyway.

  The firewood logs have finally been cut and split. Lots of great wood to burn this year. Just have to take a few hours and stack it on the pallets. Will be looking for some more logs this fall. Cutting them will be a winter's job.

View of the garden from the road showing beans.

Onions three types of sweet ones.

Tomatoes a variety for me and Jenny also has many types of heirloom. Sara has some plant doing well with the seeds direct from Italy. She brought them home from her last trip.

The final split of the wood. Just need to stack it up now.

Corn 1st and 2nd plantings. Cucumbers to the right growing on crop netting.

 More of the tomatoes. Almost a 100 feet of them with spacing for ease of picking. 

Garden Taking Hold

  Garden has been planted completely now with the 2nd crop of corn and pumpkins. Had a nice rain the other night and made every plant look healthy. The blueberry bushes have gone in. I had to build protective cages around them though. Way too much wildlife here at night. Yes they were here first, I'm just a guest as far as they're concerned.

  The clearing out back has made a big improvement this week with five loads being trailered out of here. Thanks to my friend Wayne for the use of his trailer. Could probably do two loads a day but just not up to it. Need some young blood.

  Firewood was also cut and split and stacked. Have about a good week of work on that project.

  A few pictures to explain. After all a picture is worth a thousands words.

 

Blueberry cages until they get some size to them

 As you can see everything has taken hold quite nicely. Cucumbers and tomatoes are starting to flower. And the last picture is a load of to the recycle center. The little truck  ( tuna can ) is getting a work out this summer.