cukes

8 so far.  and tons more growing....what to do with all of them? jumbo pickles, lol?

used this old recipe and it was a competition between my husband and five year old who could eat the most.

old fashion bread and butter pickles.

the dog days

the garden

out at 8:30 this morning to try and beat the heat. after an hour of trying to cage my tomatoes and run away cucumbers, my underwear was even sopping wet. turned on the sprinkler to water the disturbed plants and then forgot about them. when i left the house at 6:30 this evening the garden was still happily being watered.  cost of raising our own veggies just tripled. nice.

ozone action day

105 degrees with the heat index. literally sweating my ass off.  mowing the yards for the party tomorrow.  i was completely drenched.  mowing over the giant mole mounds of dirt which swirls up into the air and then blows back just to purposely stick to my wet skin. i look chocolate. nice.  when i came into get some water, skip reminded me it was a ozone action day and i shouldnt be mowing....as he is sitting in the air, checking his facebook.

pine trees

we trimmed off the bottom 6 foot of branches off two pines. the friskers loppers (here) i got rock . but sure i wont be able to get out of bed tomorrow. only two more pines to go.

closing up for the evening

it takes 24 minutes to close up the barns and put away the four wheeler for the evening while holding a very unhappy 2 month old.

the big three

poop, mole mounds and mushrooms. things to watch for while crossing the yard.

poison oak

found i am not allergic to poison oak, thank god! trimmed up the bottom 6 feet of the pine next to the hay barn. the tree had grape vines and poison oak climbing up its trunk. i tried not to come in contact with it but it was inevitable.

the baby

cyrus tried to eat him. 

the mosquito's are going to be the death of me

fighting to overcome the urge to scratch myself to death. i would sit outside all evening, enjoying the evening noise of the frogs, crickets, and birds settling in. i must remember to put more bird seed in their feeder tomorrow morning. i know i can spray deep woods off all over me but i hate dousing myself with deet every evening.  slept till 12:30. unbelievable. i only accomplished mowing from the apple trees back to the creek. was successful in not murdering any frogs :) they do take their time moving out of the way...sometimes i have to yell at them. two mallards, a boy and a girl snooping around the bird feeder this morning. grape vines still unattended to. what a disaster. its supposed to rain the next 5 days.  last nights burning of all things burnable left over from the garage sale was still burning this afternoon.  saw momma bunny today. relieved the babies werent all alone. god, i just want to scratch these mosquito bites with my hair brush.

pruning of the apple trees.

i feel like someone beat the shit outof me. my whole body aches. they have a fungus. i am sure i have breathed in some of the green and white powdery substance. nice.

lessons in snake

4 and a half foot blue racer on our front porch today. he was not pleased to see us. google states they eat small mammals. nice. we were told to kill it. of course we let him go. he went between the house and front steps. nice.