Pond Paddle

The Girl didn't get to go with us to the ponds last week, apparently adulting sucks. So Monday on her day off she wanted to try kayaking around the big pond. She got all the gear down and gave it a try.

It didn't work out so well

So she went with the inner tubes, but kept the paddle to get around with.

More or less. We are all on a steep learning curve at the ponds.
We got a little work done in the gardens this week. First off, Lawman broke out the Troy-built tiller and gave all the rows a good going through.

Then we mowed the yard and raked up the clippings. We mulched the beans and cabbage at the house, then the tomatoes and beans at the barn.

Our cucumbers started to bloom. We're excited about adding fresh from the garden cucumbers to our water. And pickles. Lots and lots of pickles.

Thanks to the hoard of cicadas this year, the birds are leaving all the fruit trees alone. We've managed several gallons of cherries this year. An added bonus is a tree out front. We thought we were buying a weeping cherry tree for decoration, but it turns out it was an actual cherry tree and it produced cherries this year. Rainier cherries is what we got.

Bush cherries too

New additions this week. Four of our duck eggs hatched. We put six under a broody chicken, and four of them hatched. We added ten more the next day, so fingers crossed for more home made quackers.

We ended the week with Salisbury Steak, and a real long nap.

K&K