I love my summer garden.
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Firewood was delivered. Three cords.
With the help of our lovely assistants ...
We got it all stacked. It was a long day, but well worth all of the effort. I love the way it looks, and this "fence" makes our yard feel so much more private.
Woohoo! Is that enough for a winter, or will you need more? Or does that give you extra for the following year/colder years?
ReplyDeleteWe'll need a couple more cords of wood. We usually want to have about 5 cords to ensure we can get through the WHOLE winter. Some years there's more winter than other years and 5 cords is about what we need for the longer cold spells.
DeleteWow, firewood not only cut and split, but delivered! I remember reading that a Bavarian idiom, translated "wood in front of the hut," refers to a woman who could keep the speaker warm all winter. :-P We do much the same, make sure our natgas tank is full in spring when it's cheap (I have a pile of firewood that needs splitting and stacking, too). We also had a tree go down, away from the house but not far from the driveway, last week (lots of rain made the ground soft). That won’t be this winter’s firewood, but it will be next winter’s.
ReplyDeleteMy container garden is doing well, and I had nearly 20 tomato plants volunteer in one of the containers this year. I assumed they were Romas, but now I think they were the offspring of a single Yellow Grape I'd put in a different(!) container. I gave some away, and planted some others (in containers and ground). They're thriving, and trying to sprawl.
After two (relatively) cool, rainy weeks, we're getting more typical late-June early-July weather at FAR Manor. That should get more than the cherry tomatoes ripening. I have several jalapeños that are big and close to being ready to pick.
Hooray for volunteer tomato plants!
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