It's the first chance to really use the 'greenhouse', which is more sort of an over-windowed potting shed, really. We didn't use it last year because we were just entirely too busy to have a garden of any size. It makes a lovely place to work in the rain, and call people on the phone, while spooning starting medium into large numbers of small pots.
Friday, we had the tenure party for John, and managed to completely surprise him---so much so that he is still sort of trying to figure out what happened! The look on his face, when Brad's talk turned from pictures of birds into a slide of John, with the title 'Tenure!' was priceless, and now he won't trust any of us ever again! ;)
Yesterday, it was actually sunny and warm, for what felt like the first time in months. We made our semi-annual trip to Honeyville in the morning, loading up on all the staples, and today J is making bagels---hooray!
I caught a better picture of the willow fence around the raised beds:
And one of the path from the barn to the back porch:
Still a fair amount of work to do to get the porch set up for summertime. Sure would be nice if the sun would come out and stay for a few days! The sump pump has been running for almost a week, and the south lawn is completely underwater!
The little chicks have moved outside, to the west half of the 'chicken taj mahal', and all 20 birds are starting to get used to each other. As a special surprise for us, three of the new chicks have feathered feet, which looks particularly hilarious when they are small!
This week is finals week, and we have dean candidates coming as well, but that means the big wind-down is coming. Thank goodness!
Oh! I see sun! I'm going to go weed the asparagus bed right quick...
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