Arbor construction

Today Dad come over to help finish construction on the grape arbor. Here's a photo of his efforts. He did stomp on many bluebells, tulips, and hostas, but that's how it goes when Dad comes to help with a garden project.











Garden news:
The magnolias are finishing their show for the year. The redbuds are about ready to pop, and the maples are in flower. The tulips I planted in the side yard are putting on a nice display. The crabapples are starting to leaf out and we should have magnolia leaves soon. The Virginia bluebells are blossoming right now, as well.
















The composter is doing its thing. I put the kitchen trash in it today and it had heated up nicely inside!





Unfortunately, Ned got into the sunroom, which had been inadvertantly been left unlocked, and ate almost all of the rest of the beans which he had previously not yet destroyed. (!) So I will have to start over with the beans for the year. I planted some black-eyed peas in some of the bean cells which were previously decimated by Nibbly Ned.














In reading:
It took me more than a week to read Elizabeth's Rake, by Emily Hendrickson, due to constant interruptions.

The story was very predictable, but not badly written. The characters were engaging, with the small problem of the heroine and her aunt both being compelled to call their male aquaintances "sirrah" quite frequently.



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