Cullman, AL.
Not a heck of a lot going on here on our little homestead.
The raspberry and blackberry bushes we planted last fall are doing well. After a lovely flowering display we now having berries forming.
The ducks are fat and happy
After a few years of no garden, Len had a small patch plowed and we planted watermelon and cantaloupe. Coming along nicely.
After a disastrous summer last year when we tried to grow veggies in our raised bed, we bought a composting bin. We took much of the previous soil out of the bed, added the compost plus bags of new soil and manure. Then we planted cucumber, pepper and tomato plants. Also sprouting are lots of other stuff. Cantaloupes? Cucumbers? Squash? Thinking it is from the compost. Waiting to see what we get.
They are not the only sprouts we are waiting for. We are looking forward to Sprout Fiber Optics high speed Internet scheduled to go live in our area in June. Can't wait. We see them working on the lines and signs in front of houses in surrounding areas indicating they have Sprout. Hope it will soon it be our turn. YIPPEE!
We also restocked our pond last week. This was necessary due to the fish kill from Algae last August. We got 50 Blue Gill and 100 Catfish. Little tiny things at this time.
We had to first place the bags of fish in the pond for 15 minutes to acclimate them to the temperature of the water.
Then they were released.
We are not sure how many are left as this fellow is a constant visitor.
Your garden looks great! Always interesting to see what comes up from the compost scraps.
ReplyDeleteAlways nice working in the Garden. Hopefully the pond visitor doesn't get too many of your refresh stock.
ReplyDeleteBe Safe and Enjoy the Veggies of your labour.
It's about time.
Your gardens look great and the ducks seem pretty content. I only had 1 squash plant and all the flowers were male. Oh well maybe I'll get things done much earlier next year now that I have the pots ready.
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