Time in the garden...

has taken from my spinning & knitting time. Between keeping up with the weeding & trying to get mulch in place and importing the bedding from my chicken coop to the new vegetable garden, I'm too tuckered in the evenings to do much of anything.

Our blueberries have lots of berries on them. Just need to wait for ripening.

Garlic bed is a first for us. Just harvested some scapes this weekend and enjoyed them sauteed and added to baby red potatoes. Mmmm...

My lettuce & peas are coming along. In the back corner is my stand of Jerusalem artichokes.

Just had to show off the pond with it's beautiful irises and now the water lily is blooming.

This is the new vegetable garden. Stan plowed the lower barnyard. Turns out that about 6 inches below the topsoil is clay. Pure clay. I've been hauling wheelbarrow loads of shavings & manure from the chicken coop. I'll use it all over and then mulch with grass clippings all summer. In the fall I can have my brother-in-law bring a few loads of shredded leaves for us to spread on the garden. Hopefully after a couple of years this will help to loosen & lighten the soil. Looking forward to harvesting from this ~ we've got melons, cucumbers, pumpkins, squash, corn, peppers, potatoes & leeks in.

Our strawberry patch has been giving us wonderful desserts and still continues to bear fruit. :)

Today it's cool & breezy here. Just have one little guy and we'll be heading out the school to join the kids for their picnic. Should be fun!

Have a good one!