Busy Summer

June just flew by!
The gardens are beautiful with perennials blooming like crazy and roses blooming all over the place. I just love those knockout roses. I got the garden at the mailboxes cleaned out and mulched today. I ripped out loads of quackgrass and put in a couple canna. So that is checked off the list of gardens to mulch.
The vegetables are doing great. Biggest onions ever and the tomatoes already have little tomatoes which is unusual but it is a great growing season with lots of rain, sun and warm temperatures.
Howard and I were worried we wouldn't be able to find a good mower deck for the cub cadet but we found a nice one for $150 that Howard will pick up tomarrow. That's what we get with the old lawn tractors, breakdowns and hard to find parts. We find everything new is junk and spends time in the shop which is a disappointment because the newer mowers aren't cheap.
I have the June bearing strawberry bed ready for mulch. It was a lot of work to get cleaned up and edged. We will have raspberries next year. I am astonished at how many canes came up with just planting 8 plants last fall.
The new raised bed is almost done. I have been filling it with composting organic materials (Lazngia method). I don't know what will I will plant there but it will be ready.
So once I get those two areas done I will move on to the pond. I am hoping to get it in a shape that it won't need much attention for a while, like a few years. then I would like to get some mulch in the perennial beds around the house. I am working towards having more shrubs than perennials for easier maintenance.
The ducklings are very confused about their mamas. Some are running around on their own, sometimes I see one duckling with what it thinks is it's mom only to have her fly away. There have been times that every one of the ducklings are with one mama.
As I have said many times, there is never a dull moment.
I hope I can find a good home for Oscar with the add in the paper offering the free neuter certificate to go with him. Found in the EatnPark parking lot three weeks ago, very tramatized, he is socializing very well. I think he will make someone a nice pet. I just hope it isn't me. :)