Summer Fun......

Well we have moved past the heat wave, but we haven't seen much in the way of rain. We are dumping tank after tank of water on the field and keeping our fingers crossed.


It's amazing how much water can pour down the cracks in the ground before they are even able to fill up. We could handle so much rain right now.


So we have been busy making the most of the short summer time we get to enjoy when pumpkin plants aren't taking it up. We enjoyed friday evening going out for pizza and at a walk around assinibone park and hanging out around the new kids park.


Saturday had the looks that we may get some rain( but we ending up with nothing more then a mist) so we took JD for a run and swim around Oak Hammock Marsh.



Then headed up to gimli saturday evening to try to catch the movie on the beach at dark, but it was cancelled due to the wind begin to strong. We did get to enjoy a lovely walk along the beach at sunset watching the waves break on the shore.

All we can do now is enjoy the great weather and hope we get a day of rain soon.

George

Well pumpkins are starting to vine and set some fruits. Its always exciting this time of year the growing year to try to guess the type of each plant as things start to form. Another 2 weeks and everything should start vining together, so we are in a last minute weeding rush trying to catch up on the areas that got a little out of hand.




We are still crossing our fingers for some rain, it now seems to be falling all around us, but here, hopefully this weekend.


We were awoken tuesday morning to the sound of thunder. We ran to the window hoping to see a down pour but it was shortly lived. But we did find this guy as we headed out to the field. We was unable to fly and was hopping around in the trees. We called conservation to see if they should help him. By the time they got out here we was able to fly 50 feet or so. The guy from conservation figures the lighting and thunder probably caused it to hit a tree as he was hunting. We didn't see him at all wednesday but did see him fly up this morning as we drove out to the field.


And it looks like june may be joining the circus as she is spending hours training the cats with tricks.


Making plans for the weekend, hope your summer is going as good as ours.

George

Ow the difference a year makes.....

This time last year we were hoping for heat and a stop to the rain.. Now we are checking the weather forecast 8 times a day hoping for some rain in the near future. The ground has cracks that small animals could fall in. As we worked last night and the clouds rolled it was such a welcoming site, but they had nothing to share with us. The plants we have hauled water to look dark green and healthy, the others are starting to yellow, fingers crossed the heat this weekend brews up some storms.

George

HOT HOT HOT!!!!

We love the heat, but are really starting to need some water, and are coming up with some different ways to get it to the plants, fingers crossed for some rain soon.

Things feel good.....

Well it's the middle of July and things are coming together nicely. We are busy weeding but slowly getting through it all, and the pumpkins are looking great. Corn is starting to bloom and the tomatoes are loaded with buds- even one small roma tomato.

Been hot and dry, and we are in the processes of setting up a watering system with a large water tank I bought this spring. Thought I was crazy to buy it after how wet last year was but looks like it was a good idea.


Autumn's last race went really well, she took everyone from the start and finished in first place after some confusion on part of some other racers. She is riding my old bike now and seems to be getting quite comfy on it.



This is the newest event in our yard a sparrow nest we found in the raspberries, we are watching the hatch.


Would like to spend more time typing this up but i am off to weed......

George