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Red Cross blood drive

Dwight and I donated a little bit of blood via mosquitoes this evening! Wow! As I arrived at the garden tonight a wascally wabbit looked over his shoulder as he headed in to graze on my green beans. Let’s just say that his options are narrowing with every nail in the fence. Tonight Dwight finished putting up the sheet metal on the south and north ends of the garden. My next job will be to touch up the paint on the panels and fill in any gaps with dirt.

looking north from the back of the property

looking south from the tomato bed

 

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halfway done . . . with one

The remaining beds are still quite wet, so I have been waiting for them to dry out so that I can do the initial digging. That meant I waited until 2:30 P.M. to start. That was a hot time to dig. We will rototill after I have finished digging the beds. By the way, Bill and I want to the landscape waste facility (a.k.a. the tree cemetery) for another load of wood chips.

half hour’s work

another perspective of a half hour’s work

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melons? yes, please!

In desperation, I cleared three small patches from the mound of black dirt in our front yard a few days ago. Some weeds were left as decoys . . . with hopes of being able to fool the rabbits and deer–because there is no barrier to keep them away. These are Emerald Gem melons. Here is a pic on the first day I noticed them. It has been six days since I planted them.

there are four melon plants here

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closing in the gaps

Slowly but surely we are finishing the fence. Today we worked on keeping the rabbits out on the east side. We only worked for a couple of hours really, but Dwight and Dad were able to finish one side–because Dwight didn’t have to work today because of rain. It was a perfect day, however, for fence building! Meanwhile, I trimmed.

installing the first panel

waterfront property featuring two in-ground swimming pools

in the foreground: evidence of yesterday’s escapade

the rabbits are watching and plotting, no doubt

 

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paradise lost?

So far I have been only posting positive thoughts and pics of the garden. Now it is time for a little good, bad, and ugly–in that order.

finishing the fence

decapitated beans (birds?)

under the row cover . . .

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day off

Today I didn’t do anything garden-related–except take some pictures.  First of all, the beans are blooming! Dwight ripped the 1×1 20-foot boards for finishing off the top of the fence. Also, can see from the standing water that we need to raise the height of the southwest bed.

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fence-raising

We had a little Friday night fence-raising. In addition to Mom, Dad, Dwight, Bill, and myself, we were joined by The Hammer (aka Lisa). By the end of the evening, we had all of the wire installed.

nice!