We usually get our garden planted on Good Friday but not this year! It was May 1st before we got it going this year but it is going well so far. We have kept the weeds under control better than usual and God is providing plenty of rain. We got our first cucumber last week and squash and zucchini are starting to come in as well. Our corn is only about knee high so it will be a while yet on that. The okra looks good but no blooms yet. We planted several varieties of Tomatoes this year and we have several green tomatoes but no ripe ones yet. We got 5 inches of rain in the past week!!! That definitely caused some washing but we have got some dirt moved around now so it is mostly back to normal.
This is our rain gauge full of water! We haven't had this much rain in a coon's age. It is rare indeed when we have to dump out our gauge because it is full, but that is exactly what happened Monday. I would have really liked to have had this rain over several days or even weeks but hey, we take it when we can get it!
The bees seem to be having a good year so far. I have two "supers" on most of the hives and each one could potentially have 2.5 gallons of honey. Of course they will not all be full but some years we have not had ANY surplus honey so it looks like we will at least get some this year. Also we have not "seen" and swarms. That is not to say that we haven't had any but I try to check them pretty often. Hopefully they have been too busy making honey to think about packing up and leaving!
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