Heading into the long weekend and with the #14 almost done, I’ve turned attention back to the garden. Four cubic yards of mulch from plant world for $400 and with the help of Rory and his mate got it all moved in three hours.

Cleaned off the parking pad, pulled at lot of the kudzu that was taking over back there and did the first purge of the shed. Finally some hot weather predicted for this week. Might get the first day over 30 degree for August. Only one in June, a very mild summer, if that is an expression.

The CNE opened this weekend. The official end of summer. Certainly cooler then normal. No killer heat wave this year. I won’t miss it as long as we get a long late fall. Not a red tomato in sight.

Pulled garlic today!

And a couple of potatoes. And painted the front spindles and rails at Number 14.

Finally got those strawberry thyme blueberries in. Trying to keep them watered. Took forever to get the bag of peat fully wet, that I used to make their bed.

I can find a few grapes. And there is one hazelnut. Had one fully ripe strawberry. The squirrels are taking everything they see. Two cucumbers survived and I had to pick them both while still small.

Beans did great but I didn’t get to them in time. The French bean seeds from last year came up great and I love the slender dark green beans they produce. Delicious.