June, June...

Well, we almost have the garden in. Just a few more days of planting to get done, but we keep getting delayed with rain.
Not that anybody objects! After the bad drought recently I for one will not take rain lightly. It can come on down about any time it likes, we will simply work around it. No problem!
But it does make our garden planting a bit strung out. Which is actually all right, seeing as we are planting second batches of a lot of things, like pole beans, bush beans... it will spread the harvest a bit. Which is good!
Gotta love it...
But today is a very nice after-the-storm day, with the damp earth drying out a little, so it makes for a pretty beautiful evening. I really like to make a point of enjoying the beautiful things about spring, and summer, well fall, too, even winter, (though that's not such an easily beautiful season, what with our, {Very Much Appreciated!} open winters, which means a lot of brown scenery.)
What a terrible shame to live in the midst of beauty and ignore it because we're 'too busy'. Terrible! So I try to remind myself to take a minute and take a look around, even just as I'm walking to the barn for morning chores. It takes no more effort to look around me while I go than to keep my eyes on the ground, and it brightens my attitude for the rest of the day.

Cool and Cloudy, a Quiet Spring Day

It's a cool and misty day today, and we hope to get some rain out of it before this front is over. The oats are all in and just waiting for some moisture to get started growing. One of the prettiest things I can think of is a field all green and growing.
We planted some peas in the garden, and I put in two short rows of red potatoes. That should ensure that we get some fresh vegatables as soon as possible, even though the weather is a little uncertain for many other plants quite yet.
We have also been waiting for the fields to be finished so the tractor can come and disc the garden. Since they were finished up yesterday, we should be next on the schedule.
We checked the hives again this month, and were faced with a very sad thing. Hive A, which we had needed to feed some sugar to in February, was dead. The loss of a hive is a minor tragedy in itsself, but I had little idea of what exactly had caused it. Today I did some research on the computer and found out here that they had most probably starved. (I feel so awful! I should have made more candy in Feb. or checked on them in March!)
I will definitely know better next time.
I'm so sorry, bees!
But the other two are really doing great, so I hope to get my third hive back yet this spring. Perseverance is essential in any new endeavor, and while I cringe at my mistakes, I will use them as fuel for future sucesses. Hurry up flowers, hurry up balmy days... we have a hive to make!