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The two or three weeks of warm weather we have helped the garden take off. Garden visits have become more than work and watering as I begin to see some (beginning) fruits of my labors.

The pea pods I reported HERE filled out nicely and I have had two good pickings. I did not get as many peas as I hoped (I planted 80+ seeds) but what I did get have sure been tasty. The worms and chickens enjoyed the pods after I scooped out the peas.

It was exciting to find the spaghetti squash fruiting, tomatoes on the tomato plants, and cosmos blooming. Oh, and a couple of cucumbers that I didn’t remember planting:

I figured out some ways to make the watering less labor intensive. It takes me about an hour to get everything watered and, with the hot days we’ve been having, I was having to water every day. I ordered a new sprinkler and a timer and started re-arranging my pots to make use of soaker hoses. As soon as everything arrived, it started raining. The effort was not wasted though — we sure needed rain, and, after all, that IS the most efficient way to water a garden!

On top of that, tonight I saw a couple of fireflies! I love firefly season.