Friday, July 3, 2009

Rain showers and 100 mile diet

More rain… in fact, it’s been raining all week, with the forecast calling for rain tomorrow with sunny breaks. On Sunday we apparently will be getting sunshine – perfect! Will do a few more plantings tomorrow: six fennel plants to go in as well as some cosmos (white) and magenta dahlias.

Hay still not cut: rain has depressed some of the stands of timothy/alfalfa mix. Some of the grasses are more than a metre high – perfect for youngsters to play hide and seek.

I offered my mare Crescent some timothy grass yesterday and she instantly gobbled up the flower/seedheads, which appear to be a sought-after treat in horsedom.

Garlic scapes are almost two weeks early this year. We noted that Rob Wallbridge had harvested his – ours are still producing but we’ll need to be quick.

Chanterelle mushrooms are already out along our Wildflower Trail – so tonight we’ll have scapes and chanterelles as sides for our fish barbeque – friends are bringing strawberries picked nearby, so at least some of our meal will be way less than 100-mile diet.

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