It’s only June, and it’s already SUNNY?!

I’m mostly pulling weeds today since the ground is soft from all the rain, and it’s actually… well, don’t want to jinx it, but… s-u-n-n-y today.  Yeah.  I know.  Shhh.

This wasn’t a planned stop, so I didn’t bring the good camera.  The best I can do is a little iPhone iPhotoJournalism, to wit:

Rian: 1, Leafminers: 0.

The bees are wasting no time getting some stuff done.

That reminds me… I should probably start another lettuce patch.

The chickens seem to be enjoying their new expanded shady digs, thanks to the espaliered apples and plum.  As much as chickens “enjoy” anything besides bickering with each other.

This is a Black Diamond thornless blackberry that I put in a couple of years ago in full bloom, much to the delight of a whole range of bees, from bumble to itty-bitty unknown.  Bye bye, fence.

Speaking of too many berries… the raspberry room’s walls have filled in nicely.  I think I’ll put a floor in there this summer.  Some nice flat pavers would definitely keep the raspberries from trying to reclaim the whole space and make sitting in there a bit easier.

This one’s a little hard to catch in a photo, but it never ceases to amaze me how fast time flies and things grow and fill in.  This pond and hill didn’t exist when I bought the place.  Then, I dug a hole, piled up some excess compost, and planted some little shrubs and a Cornelian cherry tree, which was… about 3-4′ high, as I recall.  That tree’s about 10-12′ now and the hill is a thick jungle of goumi berries, blueberries, aronias, and big patches of hosta and ornamental grasses.  I’m at the point where I need to start moving some stuff just to make room for everyone to spread out a little.

Ah well, while I’m sitting inside, I can see the sky is full of birds and bees flittering around, and I can hear all those sounds that tell me that the Urban Hayseed Research Facility is open for business.  Better get to work.