Finished The Berry Patch

 After doing more research on how to grow Blueberries Mark decided that we needed to up our game.  So out came the two bushes.

Carly Rae came for a visit with Murph.  She got to pick a ripe strawberry.

And by the look in her eyes, it was amazing.

The first Sunsugar!  It split.  I had better keep a better eye out.

Mark and I have been working all day on the Berry Patch...mainly the two huge grow bags for the blueberries.

I have been putting it off for a few months.  I first had to take everything out along the fence.  Emmy helped me pull out the rocks. And then we just quit.

So now everything is in its place.  Now comes mulching the path between the bed and the raised bed.

birds-eye view

When I was moving rocks for the edging I found another little friend.  Wish I could know if we have ever met before.

He was on the opposite side of the house so who knows.

All mulched on both sides of the rocks.  I love it.  And it wasn't as hard as I thought it was going to be.  So glad it is finished.  Tonight it is storming so everything will be watered in really well.  Thanks God for watering tonight so Mark doesn't have to get up early to water. 

And look what I found...the first Blackberry!

Lots of Creatures This Month

I've been keeping my eyes open for the little things.

three eggs in my fern

 5 little bird eggs

a robin egg

a Flicker

ladybugs

a little snake friend

fluffy baby birds

my little snake friend's momma

I'm not sure what he is but he sure is pretty.

An empty eggshell after the rain.

He's back.

Snakes are everywhere.

I watched a Bluebird take some eggs out of the 

Bluebird box.  There were four of them.

Jan next door must have goldfinch food out.

Caught me another one!  I couldn't reach him with my hand so I had to get the small rake.  I think he was happy to bet out of the window well and back into the weeds.

A Quick Look

 These are pics of the fruits and veggies for June.

This pretty much sums up the summer around here.

This is a job I don't like much...thinning out the squash.

Mystery plant...I think maybe a squash.

Tiny little cucumbers from the plants Shannon shared with me.

Murph's cucumbers.

Delicious sweet peas.  straight out of the garden is the only way I eat them.

Strawberries

Avery loves peas.  I couldn't get them fast enough for him.

She is getting ripe.

Emmy's ground cherries.

Mystery plant #2 is no longer a mystery...it is a zucchini.

Avery eating strawberries.

The first harvested garlic.

blueberries

Swiss chard

cucumber

pepper

The first raspberry.

And there are more.

another squash

raspberry bushes

Another garlic harvest.  It now has all been pulled and in the garage drying.

Thank you Imogene for our first potatoes.  They are so pitiful.

All the berries are in the ground but Mark is not really happy with the berry patch.  So we will redo it at a later date.

Sunsugar cherry tomatoes

I beat the yahoos to the first strawberry.  It was so sweet and delicious.

The lettuce is in the hydroponic garden.

Indigo rose cherry tomato

eggplant

sweet pea blossom

The one stalk of corn growing among the onions.  I have no idea how it got there.

A ground cherry blossom and you can see inside the paper of the other tomato.

Levi helping with the garden.

Our peppers just haven't taken off yet this year.  I don't think the cool, wet weather is helping at all.

The variety of beans is starting to climb the trellis.

yellow longneck squash

cucumber blossoms

the peas finally decided that they better get moving.  They heard us talking about pulling them to plant more seeds.

Aren't they beautiful?

blackberries

pea on the vine

Things are slowly moving and we are making progress.  Maybe not as fast as we would like.

Be patient grasshopper!