A Garden Update

I'm really very pleased with this year's garden overall. Everything did eventually sprout, including 2 sets of watermelon plants. Today, since I had a day off, I decided to get some yard/garden work accomplished. I tied up the tomatoes (almost waited too long for some of them) and weeded most of the garden. I did lose the cantaloupe plants. Too long out of the ground coupled with too much rain when they first went in resulted in their early demise. I still have not yet planted the fruit trees, strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, rosemary, or marigolds. They'll have to wait now.

On the animal side, the ducks are nearly big enough for processing. They now have all their feathers. Sounds like there are actually 2 drakes and 1 hen. The red chicks are half-size to adulthood and appear to be mostly hens, which is good. The nuggets are growing well and almost ready to be separated again. The goslings have had a rough time. They are quite large now and we've had some trouble finding the best way to keep them from harm. Therefore, we are down to 4 with one possibly crippled (it's a long story, his name though, is Speshal). The rabbits are going along at their usual pace. I bred around a dozen does recently. Not sure yet how many of them will take. The previous round of youngsters are almost ready for weaning from their parents. There are several Hollands, Jersey Woolies, Mini-lops, and Havana youngsters.