Suzy and Joel and Owen and Evie

Finally after many weeks of assembly—what with the help of a six-year-old and the constant requests for pushes on the swing by the four-year-old—I finally have a working electric fence to protect the garden. It was a false start really since the solar-powered fencer was defective and only sent out a faint shock that barely affected Joel, the only one brave enough to touch the fence. We did note that he was wearing his Dharma Initiative-style work boots which might have helped moderate the shock, but the voltage meter also showed very little juice. Luckily Tractor Supply gave me a new one.

Most of the garden has been loving this dismal spell of wet weather we been having for the last couple of weeks. All that soaker hose that I carefully laid out has been dry. We don’t have much to harvest yet since it took me a long time to get the garden planted. Because it is Year One for the garden we had to till, take out the sod and stones, and add manure which is really time-consuming. Next year I will have less prep so hopefully the seeds will get planted on time. We do have radishes and lettuce and maybe a small onion or two.

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