In spite of the heat wave we had we have been blessed with decent rains... 2.2 two weeks ago... 1.8 over the last 3 days... Plus we keep the ossilators going bewteen rains...
Right now we are getting the last few beds around the house that haven't had the "full treatment" ready for a garden tour the 2nd week of July... The full treatment consists of weeding, puting down two layers (sheets) of newspaper, then landscape cloth and then the appropiate mulch... We use a chipper to grind up leaves and use them around acid loving plants... But we also buy double shedded mulch which is delevered in a big truck (12 yards) and we also have friends who have a large pine forest and we collect bags and bags of pine needles... The veggie garden is mulched in straw which is great for keeping down the weeds and holding moisture and then at the end of the season I just hook up the plow to the tractor and plow it in for the winter...
All in all, most everything looks fine... But we all know that there is always something calling out for attention... Right now our pond is completely covered with algea and we have to find a bale of barley to throw in it... Barley bales aion't wasy to find... I'm not too sure if a bushel of barley would do the same thing???