Cooler Day

It has finally cooled down here for a few days. It has been dangerously hot here for several weeks. It felt so good today to be able to go outside in the morning and again this evening to get some stuff done. This morning, I spent time cleaning out the chicken coop and getting the nest boxes finished since one of our chickens is regularly laying eggs. We are hoping the other two will soon follow.

After that, I started on the flower beds. I did some weeding and dead headed all of the flowers. This was long overdue. I moved a couple of the butternut squash vines that were overtaking the grass area. It was exciting to see a couple of squash on the vine already.

Mary picked tomatoes and tonight I canned 6 quarts of juice from them. We also finished digging up one of the rows of potatoes and put them out to dry. Tomorrow we are hoping to get the other row dug. The freshly dug potatoes tasted wonderful with our dinner. I planted peas and replanted our green beans. Tomorrow I am hoping to plant some more cabbage and broccoli plants. My seed did not do too well. I think it was too old. We are hoping to cover these crops when the frost starts coming and have veggies into late fall.

We are hoping to get more done outside the next couple of days. Hope those who live around here are enjoying this nice break in the heat!