Mowing the front yard was a slog this afternoon, even after having already mowed part of it yesterday. With this rainy weather it shot up so tall that I was pacing myself slowly so I didn't lug the mower in dense growth. But it looks good now. I'll also go around the edges with the trimmer tomorrow. I did clobber another soaker hose, but it's very old and probably needs replacing anyway. I'll swing by Harbor Freight for a couple more; theirs are more flexible than the stiff rubber ones from the big box stores. (I cut off and keep the ends because the hardware they use on them is reusable for repairing hoses.)

The first round of garlic harvest was last week in the various odd spots it has popped up around the front yard; I hope to have gotten it all so it stops growing there. Tomorrow morning I'll dig the garlic bed itself and trim the oregano growing around it (I dry it then vacuum seal it in jars), then plant the my large pots of cucumbers for the summer. The garlic corms and rounds (small bulbs that didn't grow enough to put up flowers) will stay put in that soil and sprout again in the fall, long after the cucumbers have finished. The yard is green and lush at the moment, and I know to enjoy it while it lasts. It can get pretty grim if we go through a long dry spell.