Dawn Brocco's Life & Design Blog

Took a break from working on the mitten design to have lunch (yogurt) and pick some lettuce and snow peas from the garden, to have with dinner tonight. Gotta water the garden later, though. Must keep the new zucchini and tomato plants from drying out! I think the asparagus plants are almost done this year - there's just a few more sprouts coming up, and soon it will be too hot.

We have an acre-sized frog pond - not good for much, except watering the garden, as it's quite nutrient-rich. I never have to fertilize, thanks to the pond water, though every so many years I get manure for the beds, just to make sure. And every year, I add our 3-year old leaf compost to the beds. The only time the pond looks good is in winter, after the watermeal has died down for the year. But frogs, turtles and our yearly family or two of geese don't seem to mind.
Dawn