Never drink downstream from the herd...

Today we went to Geoge Washington's birthplace for a little shark tooth hunting and beach time, but first we stopped at the visitor's center and this was the sight we saw on the inlet.  And the cattle had right idea: it was in the 90's under intense sun.  We went with Laura, Mimi, Jeanne and Peter.  There were lots of shark teeth but all of them were tiny.  Kenny found what he thinks might be a dolphin ear bone, which is pretty amazing.   We had a blessed time.  A "cold" front came through on the way home, which brought a lot of rain and a thunderstorm, and tomorrow's high forcast to be a much cooler 81 degrees. 

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Welcome to the garden!

Here is the lovely fence that Ken built to keep the dogs out enclose our kitchen garden which consists of three 4x4 foot raised beds, two 2x8 foot berry beds, an herb garden and a robin nest.  The most beautiful plants in the garden at this time are the glorious cabbages.

And this is "Audrey", a trombocino squash that Betty and Bill gave us.  I am hoping Audrey will grow up the deck post, and perhaps even along the top of the deck.  Trombocino squash are alleged to be very vigorous plants that produce a big crop.  The squash can be harvested when very small or they will grow to be about 3 feet long.  Hello Audrey!

We also have a strawberry patch near the shed and three tomatoes and three rhubarb plants in the garden near the back fence.  The neighbors behind us have planted a very tall screen of evergreen trees that  shades the back garden most of the day, but the strawberries and rhubarb are thriving.  The tomatoes are right on the edge of the bed, so they get as much sun as possible.

So this is how the garden looks today.  We are so thankful to be off to a good start, and I am hoping to post pictures every Sunday, so that we can have a log of what is growing well (or not) throughout the summer.