WaHooooo!

Okay! Tricked you, I really don't have much to tell, just some daily ramblings. *wink* We have been blessed with almost a 1/2 inch of rain in two days time and we dearly needed it and it is an answer to my prayers. Isn't it amazing how you can water and water and the stuff grows but.... when it rains everything just has a more rich green hue and the stuff just seems to pop up overnight! That is exactly what has happened here, even though we'd irrigated the garden 3 times during our hot spell, a few things were coming up but it looked pretty sparse. We probably had a dozen beans plants up and a dozen more breaking ground and yet after this rain ALL of the beans are up. It appears our germination rate is 98-99% in the pole and bush beans. The corn has vacant spots yet, so we'll wait a few days after the sun is out again before replanting those areas. The cucumbers had a 100% germination, as did the Thayer cantaloupe. The potatoes( Russet and Caribe) are looking good and seem to be at an overall germination rate of 98% . Carrots are coming and with this moisture they should come on like gangbusters. The salad greens( lettuce mix, mustard, kale, spinach, beets and radishes) have been up for several weeks and soon we'll enjoy salads fresh from the garden. Right now, we'll be enjoying greens from the greenhouse. When the first planting of sweet corn is up about 4-5 inches we'll plant our second planting, this way we have corn further into the season. Well.... that being said, providing we can keep the coons, skunks and deer out with the electric fencing. On Sunday, Cortney discovered that the two turkey hens setting together on one nest had a baby. She checked again around noon and there was another newly hatched one, still wet. We put a baby waterer and feeder by the hens but didn't want to disturb them for fear they'd leave the remaining eggs. PTL, they are still setting on the remaining eggs and no more has hatched but with two hens laying in the nest there are bound to be different times of hatch, so we're praying they just keep setting. If not we do have a fall back plan, placing the eggs under the last and only remaining turkey hen setting( her clutch is due to start hatching around June 16th Yesterday, since it was rainy and we couldn't do much outside, we decided to take a trip into the city to check on a new hydraulic cylinder for our wood splitter, the old one Mike has rebuilt once or twice and it's just worn out. We can't complain because it's split countless cords of wood for us and even was borrowed by a friend a time or two. Mike also had some gift certificates burning a hole in his pocket to Cabela's. Cabela's just opened a new franchise store in the city three weeks ago. Mike waited patiently for the crowds to thin before attempting to take a looksee. We picked up a new cylinder at Shiptons for less than we'd been quoted from Mike's former employer( he was a cylinder mechanic for over 25 yrs before taking the manager position he's in now) We then made a few small errand stops and headed for Cabela's. It was not crowded, which was nice. We walked around the perimeter of the store first, then Mike went into the Bargain Cave while Cortney and I moved along slowly waiting for him. He then headed for the Gun Hall to look at all the fancy guns(psst... that we'd never afford, but he can enjoy and dream about *wink*) While he was dreaming and enjoying the guns Cortney and I went further along and found a few small candles that smelled good, not sickening or overpowering. Cortney chose a Lilac scent and it is faint and not sickening sweet smelling like most and I found one called Grandma's kitchen that has a mild cinnamon, orange, apple cider smell. They were priced about equal to most candles and in cute little jars with rustic looking lids. Typically we don't splurge on this sort of thing, but once in awhile it's nice. Mike found us and had looked at everything he was interested in, so... we decided to pay for our candles and hit the road for home. NOPE, Mike never used his certificates, instead said he'd just order what he wants through their catalog. The store was nice, new and the stuffed animals, and fish tank were fun to look at, was I so impressed that I'd return again soon, Nahhhh! Been there, seen that, most likely won't return unless looking for something very specific. Today we are going to clean house, do laundry and hang on our wooden drying racks, haul fresh bedding for the barns( in between rain showers), I'd like to work on mudding and sanding in the laundry/ back porch, if I can stand the wet dog smell long enough! LOL! , then I'd better fix supper( no ideas other than I have pork chops out) and do evening chores. Really nothing to exciting folks, sorry.