63°f/17°C, supposed to be 90 today. Ugh.
Where I've been since Sunday morning:
Root cellar tidy-up, putting all the empty jars on shelves and organizing like with like-- pickles, fruits, etc. The green is the leeks I dug the other day. I'll be making them into soup for canning tomorrow.
Red Sails lettuce, ready to pick.
Broccoli is heading up, should be ready to cut soon.
Yellow squash just sprouting.
Making changes in this area because it just too wet. So I am making raised rows.
The cool bird feeder with wifi camera my son Derek gave me for Mothers Day. We finally got it mounted, but the birds haven't found it yet.
We restocked booths on Tuesday, because the wicker dresser I put in the window a week or so ago already sold. Unfortunately the sun glare messed up my photo, but I put a table we made from a treadle sewing machine base, a cool old typewriter, and an antique chair in the window this time. I don't like putting dark furniture in the window because it just doesn't show well, but had nothing else ready to go.
Got my stringtrimming done. Buddy approves!
Also dead-headed the roses and did some other garden cleanup while Daisy just rolled in the grass.
Bye-bye, crabapple tree! After 50 years, she finally gave up the ghost. Larry is cutting it into firewood for the firepit. I am so sad to see this tree go, as it was one of the first I planted here. It was just an ornamental, but so pretty.
And hello hollyhocks! After years of trying to grow them, I have two sturdy patches this year, from plants I grew from seed last year. In the past I planted them in my big flowerbed but the deer killed them. This one is right by the house, so I think it is fairly safe, now that we have two active dogs. The other one is in the herb garden.
A few of the roses now in bloom:
And the last of the peonies. The heavy rains shortened the peony season this year.
Working on this end of one flowerbed. I am not happy with it, but the wire we put under the mulch limits planting pretty severely, so I am messing about with planters. I lost several perennials in this area due to water, and have to figure out how to correct that. If I even can.
And finally, we had some really pleasant, cool evenings by the firepit. Friends Jeff and Tamara came over Sunday evening with their son and another boy. We roasted hotdogs and marshmallows and the boys stayed busy finding sticks to burn and burning up more marshmallows than they ate! Good times.
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That cellar looks really impressive...
ReplyDeleteAlways sad to lose an old tree. Your cellar looks well stocked. The roses are very pretty!
ReplyDeleteWow, you have a huge cellar!
ReplyDeleteYummmm, broccoli!!!!
I´d rather roll in the grass, too, LOL!
I am with you with that tree. When my Brother had to cut down our cherry trees I nearly cried...
Beautiful roses.
Roasting marshmallows... uncommon here. Reckon very sweet... I´d be in for the hotdogs rather! :-)
Summer is rolling in, huh?
...it's peony time here too!
ReplyDeleteThe busy woman could be your blog title! Had to laugh at the fun reflections of the shop window. Glad you told me what I was looking at. Not sure about feminine sticks...the boys were interested in. Love your roses! And just look at those old metal garden chairs by your fire pit! Brings back memories!
ReplyDeleteLoved the look around your farm, and I especially like seeing your cellar. Looks just like my grandmother's did.
ReplyDeleteI’d say the larder is full. /AC
ReplyDeleteNeed to fire up our fire pit but it's black fly season here and they are so stealthy you don't know they're biting until later. I douse myself in Off when I'm out gardening.
ReplyDeleteWell, you certainly have quite a store of food put by! That's quite a root cellar. Color me impressed.
ReplyDeleteYou have the prettiest root cellar! My goodness, how satisfying it must be to fetch up a jar of one thing or another. And your gardens are gorgeous, too. That second rose picture just lights up the page. I was told a long time ago what roses need to thrive, and admitted that I can provide none of those things, so I just admire other people's roses. I'm glad you're taking time to relax and toast marshmallows now and then :)
ReplyDeleteYou've been busy and it looks very good. I love your fire pit!
ReplyDeleteYou're having the last of your Peonies; we're just getting the first bloom.
ReplyDeleteSo basically sitting around and doing nothing I see. Bummer about the crab apple tree, especially since you were the one that planted it. There is certainly a sense of pride when you plant something and watch it grow, be it a tomato plant, roses and that crab apple tree.
ReplyDeleteYour cellar evokes memories of times gone by! It looks wonderful!
ReplyDeleteLovely flowers. Do not get discouraged if it takes quite a while to get birds to the camera feeder. We are now on our second year and it has really taken off, but the first season was discouraging. Hang in there!!! Black sunflower seed seems to lure a lot of species in.
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