Welcoming the Veggies.

5-21-08 VERMONT: A cool day with a few minor showers, but no significant rain. I started working on the veggie garden. I rolled back the black plastic cover and tested the soaker hose, fertilized, limed lightly because the pH tested a bit acidic at 6.0-6.5, raked the lime and fertilizer in, and replaced the plastic cover. The cover warms the soil and prevents weed growth. I decided to expand the covered area to have a bigger weed-free work area and put down some of that extra cover.

The distressed elm tree is alive, but doesn’t look as good as the other one. In the pond there are fish everywhere, a few newts and no frogs, turtles or crayfish as yet. The pond had brief visits from both a female duck and a Canada goose. The security patrol rousted both trespassers. I heard an owl somewhere on the other side of New Boston Rd.

New blooms: yellow and pink lamium.