Sunday, June 3 - We had a beautiful day today and in fact, when I woke up this morning, it was a little chilly. I went to work in my vegetable garden around 7am this morning. About 15 minutes later, my neighbor came over to lend me his mantis tiller for the work I had ahead of me today.
Around 8am, my neighbor put on his outside speakers for me to hear, "Breakfast with the Beatles". This has always something we have kidded each other about, as when we are both working outside, he puts on his radio to keep us entertained. Also, we both realize that when the music is on it is also summer time!!!
Today, was a long day in the garden. I ripped out the large strawberry bed I had planted 2 years ago. It was amazing to see how only 25 plants had taken up almost half of my garden. The strawberry plants had produced so many runners which had rerooted many new strawberry plants for us to enjoy.
After removing all the plants, I also tilled the area 3 times to make sure all the roots were removed and also to add air to the soil. I usually wait 24 hours to plant, but knowing there was a chance of rain today and tomorrow, I decided to plant 14 zucchini and cantaloupe plants and 5 tomato plants which had started to grow in my garden from my compost pile. Many of the plants this evening, looked shocked from their move, but I am hoping the water from this afternoon and the possibility of rain tonight, will help these plants stabilize.
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