or never left It's worse than it shows on this picture. This was my first planting of corn. It looks like the moles may have gotten most of it. If nothing comes up, I will have to replant. Nothing new to plant yet. Except flowers. I did plant morning glories all the way around the compost bin. It took the two packages I had bought this year plus leftovers from other years. Then I planted a few short rows next to the milkweed and strawberries were nothing else will grow, We'll

Milkweed in the garden https://www.worldwildlife.org/news/nature-breaking/hope-for-monarch-butterflies-new-wwf-report-finds-64-increase/ Maybe my milkweed is a sign of things to come. A couple of years ago I was down to less than 12 plants. Then I tried planting some milkweed. Zero came up where I planted, but a few did come up across the yard where I assume they had blown to when I tried to plant them. So far this year I have counted over 60 plants including a few in a 3rd a

seed Today I got the rest of the onions transplanted plus the first two plantings of sweet corn. I started with new seed and will use up the older seed. This year I am planning on being more consistent with my planting. I'm planning on planting 15 hills of corn each planting. In the past it was whatever fit in the area. I plan on planting flowers if there are any open spots left over. Oh, and I planted some garlic also. Most garlic says to be planted in the fall but these pac

transplanted We are home for three plus days, mostly home. We do have something going on each day but I also have a few hours to work in the garden. The last two days were mostly setup, bought some fertilizer and stopped at our local seasonal greenhouse first and then the next day we stopped at the larger greenhouse. It was midweek but it looked like the weekend based on how many cars there were. Sweet potatoes, that is why we went to the larger greenhouse. I have looked onli

Rototilled Rototiller started with the 1st pull after sitting all winter. Only had a short time to work so I only got the area done when the misc plants are going to go. Not sure what the new weeds are but there is an new weed, almost like it was planted because some places in the garden it didn't grow. Maybe bacause of where and when I weeded it last fall? Spring is here.

Taller My plan had been to use my original fence and add a smaller roll to the top of the fence. But when I went to buy the fence, they now had taller fence than they had had in the past so I bought that instead and am replaceing the whole fence. And I am also burrying it nine inches in the ground so that bunnies can not just push under it. Another thing I am doing is moving the posts closer tother and using stronger posts. Not that the old posts didn't work I just decided I

Fence and damage After putting up a <> 5 foot high fence this spring, the garden seemed mostly safe this summer. We had lost three...

Produce We were finally home long enough to do some work in the garden. The beans and tomatoes had not been picked for a couple of weeks...

Deer tracks in the strawberry / now weed patch. We were gone another two weeks and when we got back we could see that the deer must have...

Fall blooms The season is winding down and we have been gone for about two weeks. Plenty of flowers for the bees. In the front are some...

tussock moth caterpillar Still spending time in the garden. I did get the pole beans braced up. I went to the store and bought more fence...

A nest? I didn't notice it until I was right up to it weeding. It looks like a nest. Too small for a deer nest, too big for a mouse nest....

Ready to be cooked. We got back after being good for a week plus. Lots of veggies ready. While we were gone we had both a two inch rain...

Some of the last of the blue berries. Covering the blue berries with netting did the trick. And being home helped too. We picked enough...

1st corn, it is a little small but good. I could wait a few days on the corn but I have more than we will eat even if we stay home which...

I pulled a branch off my fence before I took this picture. There was supposed to be a storm coming through Sunday and I even pulled up a...

The tip of the pole is <> 10 feet high. Beans are still growing and I haven't seen any flowers. It rained .6 inches on Sunday night and...

1st tomato's plus some blue berries Still getting some blue berries but down from the highest. Most bushes are either done or only have a...

Veggies for compost The summer squash and zucchini have been producing so much that we stopped picking them for a couple of days and this...

There are still knee high weeds in my strawberry patch. Not much for traveling this month. It is July and we are usually on vacation for...