Dry Summer

This hasn't been a long hot summer, just a long dry one. We sprayed our pasture for weeds in May and I asked the guy to make a pass over the yard if there was any weed-killer left when he got finished. We never thought that it wouldn't rain all summer long. The weeds died along time ago, but with no rain the grass hasn't filled in. We're left with brown patches and big brown spots of dirt in some places.

This spring we also planted some bushes and trees. We "were" watering everyday with the intent that they would get off to a good start, now we're watering so they won't die!

The good things in all this...the horses aren't getting overly fat this summer and other than the drought this has been a beautiful summer. It's cool in the mornings and evenings, warms up nicely in the afternoon. It's like we are in a constant state of "September". Really weird......

This is a picture of our garden (in May, before the rain stopped). Jeff built the trellis for the Raspberry Bushes and made my garden boxes higher (they used to be only one board high, now they are three boards high). There are blueberry bushes near the telephone pole with a family of bluebirds in the birdhouse on the pole. We've had lots of squash, tomatoes, basil, beans etc.


Sadie likes to sit in her chair and wait for her daddy to get home from work everyday. We added the lawn furniture this year and love it. We sit out there a lot and watch the sun go down. We framed the "mound" with rocks and planted an ornamental blue spruce (Jeff calls it the "afro-tree") and a lavender plant. We'll slowly add to it, until it is filled in with flowers and bushes.


I can't even believe it...... I just let Sadie in the house and it's raining!!