Drying Out.

7-25-08 VERMONT: Two more days of rain, all day rain, dumping another 2.2 inches on us. That makes almost 4 inches this week. Today is warm, dry and sunny finally giving us a chance to dry off and dry out. All the rain has filled the pond.

Valerie, Steve, Maggie and Lucy left this morning for Maine to visit his family leaving Judy and I alone with Eoin and Joe. We take them to NJ tomorrow and connect with their parents who should get to Short Hills from San José a bit before us.

I spread a bag, fifty pounds, of compressed barley straw on the pond to fight algae. The straw pellets slowly decompose releasing small amounts of peroxide. The peroxide kills algae but not fish, crayfish, frogs, turtles or newts.

New blooms: echinacea, helenium, joe pye weed, rock sedum.


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