Mrs. HB sent me a text last night to show the vegetables she had just harvested from her new garden patch and man oh man, everything looked so nice! Fencing in the garden has really paid off for her and I couldn’t be happier. Mrs HB if you are reading this… WHEN ARE YOU COMING TO VISIT ME?!
Over here in New England, my garden is coming along as well. The forecast for this week is much more appealing with highs in the low 80’s {rather than mid 90’s} so it looks like I’ll be able to get some weeding time in.
Which will be a good thing because as you can see from the view behind the strawberry pot, I’ve got my work cut out for me. 😉
One thing I find rather curious about gardening in New England is the fact that I have only watered my garden once. And that was when I was setting out my tomato and pepper plants. Since then, we haven’t had to water the lawn or the garden {although I do need to water the flower pots on the back porch from time to time}.
Not having to water your lawn, or your garden …. and it’s still green. How cool is that? It was like this last summer as well.
The bunnies found the bean plants… But luckily, they could only reach the bottom third of the teepees so it looks like we’ll get some beans after all. They must not like basil though, because they haven’t touched ours and we have a ton this year {I forgot to snap a picture!}.
This is the spot I weeded about 10 days ago. But I have a feeling that if I can just stay on top of things by going over the garden beds with a rake about once a week, I should be able to keep the weeds at bay for the rest of summer.
And because I know someone is going to ask…. I have a new favorite shoe brand… DuckFeet {you can get a $30 off coupon HERE}. I have a wide toe box and so finding shoes that fit well has always been an issue for me. These shoes those fit like a glove though, and only took a few wearings to form to my feet. Oh how I wish I had found this shoe brand sooner.
Plus, they look cool.
Blueberries! It looks like we’ll have a nice harvest this year.
And then there’s the squash…. I have a feeling this will be an epic year for squash at our place. This is the “big” pumpkin patch where I planted all the Cinderella, and Howden pumpkins along with a few warty ones and even some Hubbard squash back in early June.
And the front fence is starting to fill up with oodles of spinner gourd vines {I’ve even spotted a few flowers already!}. These sweet little gourds should be ready to pluck from the fence around early September. Every other day or so I have to carefully re-direct the straggler vines back to the fence…. It’s kind of fun and sweet at the same time. Like re-directing a toddler or something.
And the sweet little Jack Be Little pumpkins….
They’re coming along too. I even spotted a few vines creeping along the back patio.
And last but not least, the Festival of Day Lilies has begun at Casa de Butterfield. Not only do we have them in orange and yellow, but also pink.
And magenta.
And some sort of fiery red color. Plus, I also spotted a patch of creamy white day lilies too. It’s like they’re trying to tell me something, like they’re putting on a show and trying to entice me to plant EVEN MORE….
NEVER!!!!
Ahhh Wednesday, let’s do this!
I’m off to pull weeds.
Have a great day everyone,
~Mavis
P.S. What are YOU harvesting from YOUR garden these days? Curious minds want to know.
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Market Basket $68.82 {$13.40 on steak, $6.08 on Washington State {!} cherries and $10 on chips and cereal were the big purchases}
The highlight of the week was our 15 hour date day that started with a crueller from 
After a quick bite a Lil’s, we headed up the coast driving around Owl’s Head, Rockport and Camden. We finally stopped in Belfast on an errand and tried a new spot, Traci’s Diner, for brunch were I had the best eggs benedict I’ve had in a very, very long time.
But then again.. when you order food from a place with funky hand painted murals, wall to wall carpeting and rows of old chipped wood veneer tables, you know it’s going to have an if it ain’t broken, don’t fix it type of vibe to it and the food is going to rock.
And then, on our way home, we stopped off at a BBQ joint where the food was forgettable {Did I mention our little adventure date was 15+ hours?}. We ordered some sort of BBQ sampler to share. The cole slaw tasted like moldy cabbage to me {the HH thought it tasted like plaster} and the potato salad wasn’t much better {but honestly, after you’ve tried 
Oh, and let’s not forget about the cones from the local ice cream stand. Lets just say it was a 3 cone week. Ha! Winter, with all it’s chilly days, puffy coats and bowls of hot soup, it will be here before we know it.
Goal #1 — Spend More Time Doing What I Love
Goal #2 — Garden, Garden, Garden
Goal #3 — Plant an Orchard 
Goal #5 — Grow Enough Extra Vegetables, Eggs and Flowers to Earn $1500 at my little roadside vegetable stand.
Goal #7 — Create 12 New Rug Hooking Patterns {with at least half of them being large ones}
Goal #11 — Run, Walk or Crawl a 5k, 
Goal #12 — Read or Listen to 26 New Books {15 down, 11 to go}
Goal #16 — Finish Furnishing Our House
Goal #17 – 52 Dates with the HH {24 down, 28 to go}
Goal #21 — Visit 12 General Stores
Goal #22 — Compete with Carole….. Get on My Front Door Game On