No Water

We have all returned from yet another vacation.  Chris and Jackson spent a week in the mountains with scouts and Julie and Cooper went to Sara's.

We came home to find the pool emptied of water.  That was such a let down as we had bought sand to level the spot and we were careful to put the cover on.  So it looks like we will have to call Danny the water guy once again.

The garden is a jungle.  I picked 20+ pounds of food and delivered to the food pantry. We had zucchini, peppers, jalapenos, cukes and eggplant.  I had 6 artichokes...SO cool! I am just not sure how to cook them.  The pumpkins and gourds are have fruit on the vines.  The squash bugs are sure giving me a run for my money.  I am constantly picking off the eggs.  The beds were badly in need of weeding.  Unfortunately both the push mower and the weed whipper are broken so mowing between the beds will have to wait another few days.

The barn raising is in full swing.  The concrete pad was poured this week and 2.5 of the wall are up.  It won't be long and we can get our stuff out of storage and into the new storage. 

The bees are looking very active.  This week they have been bearding which is what bees do when they are hot.  It looks really cool and hopefully I can add in a photo soon.  All the bees gather at the entrance and there can bee a lot of bees!

We also had a racoon get int my worms.  He knocked over the condo and broke off the spigot.  I lost alot of castings and plenty of tea,  but I still have a good population of worms and I am confidant that they will recover.