Clearing brush, building a wall, driving fence posts. Of course there’s a rock every hole
Spaghetti squash on the compost pile
Dwarf Grey Sugar peas are blooming. Aren’t they pretty.
Flowers for market. The sunflowers are pretty much gone. The zinnias are busting out all over. The dahlias are starting to perk up.
The zucchini in this bed haven’t done much this year. What the rabbits and squirrels didn’t eat were killed by root knot nematodes. I need to clear the bed out, spray it for the nematodes and fix those support boards.
Working on the slope above the new fence area. Running shallow swales level on contour ( more or less any way!). The idea being these shallow trenches will catch and hold water and sink it into the soil. When it cools off and we’re expecting a good rain I’ll add some seeds of dry land grasses and clovers that will grow over the winter and help hold the soil.
I sat watching chickens for a bit this morning. This is the oldest set I hatched. All of the olive egger cockerels will go to freezer camp in a couple of weeks. The Buff Orpington and Black Copper Marans cockerels will hang out to grow a little longer, unless they have really bad flaws. In that case off to the freezer with them too. The girls will be next years layer flock.
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