Changed the filter in “my” water pitcher. I like this “Total Home” brand, from CVS.

Planted the asparagus (9).

Made blueberry pancakes; drove R to and from work; transfer station; sheets and laundry; light shop; fish chowder for supper.

That’s the story of the June SPEA annual meeting.

Guilt-ridden, bullying fools.

Best Summer Ever

Fung-Onil’d the little maple yesterday evening.

Cleaned up gone-by tulips and destroyed a wasp nest. Feel badly about that, but it was in a spot where people could get hurt.

It’s muggy and I had a rough night, moving slowly today. Uploaded new files to NEPS with filters for “callin”.

Chicken sausage, mustard greens from Pariah Dog Farm and asparagus from the garden for supper. Stopped by Woodruff’s for a photo exhibit opening, including work by our friend John Moore. Ron made it to the bank in time to deposit his check; good thing, otherwise my * would be grass for getting supper on the table so late (6:30).

FungOnil-d the roses (there are buds!) and the Eastern Redbud.

Finally remembered to put up tomato cages.

First CSA pickup.

Applied for a job.

Busy day yesterday but NO ERRANDS today.

Rained last night and most of the day.  Good air tonight, and it looks like the Three Sisters seedlings survived.  Radishes have started!

The little rhodie that I transplanted to the “woods” from the corner garden has produced gorgeous purple flowers for the first time!

Planted lettuce, plants and seeds, today. Visited Mahoney’s.

Neptune’s on the roses and other flowering plants. Nine gallons.

Spinosad on the little maple and the roses. Deep pruned the roses.

Fish, spuds and one asparagus from the garden for supper.

Supposed to get a storm on Monday but only 0.5 inch of rain.

Put a fence around the newest garden yesterday and covered it with Agribon to catch the Gypsy Moth caterpillars. Set up a soaker hose today and gave it a good watering.

Have some problems with soaker hoses around the fence. Otherwise, everything else is working well. Watered the oval and most of the “U” as well as the new Three Sisters (corn/bean/squash) garden, the asparagus/herb garden, Emma’s garden and one of the little grass islands.

Proud of James, he spent all day yesterday helping with the Special Olympics at the High School.

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Went with Ron to Hyannis. Bought planting soil, squash and tomatoes at Home Depot.

Planted 5 tomatoes and 1 squash, sowed radish seeds and transplanted basil and radishes.

Beans and maybe even corn are sprouting!

Ron and I had dinner at Wimpy’s tonight.  What a meal!  He even got a piece of chocolate cake to take home.

Ron had Wimpy’s Seafood Stew:
Shrimp, crab, scallops, swordfish, clams & calamari simmered and finished with cream

We shared a Hot Shellfish Sampler:
Two oysters Rockefeller, three clams casino & two scallops & bacon

All in all, the cost of Ron’s 70th birthday frolics came to around $150-160: pretty modest amount for a three score and ten milestone.