June 15, 2026
On May 30th, it rained again. During a break in the rain, we picked a few handfuls of blueberries.
The sunset was pretty. The stars in the sky were twinkling and the stars on the ground (fireflies) were flashing.
On May 30th, Bruce mowed. The grass was so tall that it looked like he was making hay.
The peas started to give up, and the grass in the garden bed is growing well. I wasn’t able to weed the low beds as I recover from surgery.
The bucket brigade is looking good.
Bruce played with the tractor by using the backhoe to remove more dirt from the roots of Pine Tree Three.
Aphids found the Japanese persimmons!
On May 31, more rain, so we didn’t do a lot. It did clear up in the evening. We enjoyed sitting out on the front porch, watching the sunset and the fireflies.
June 1st, we harvested more than a quart of blueberries.
The bean plants are starting to make beans.
Some of the potato plants are starting to die back.
The other two rhubarb plants have become sad. The first sad one died.
The Japanese beetles arrived.
This sunset makes me think of a Star Trek plot.
Blackberry Homestead 
Glad to hear you are taking it easy and not weeding those beds!
What an unusual sunset. đŸŒ…
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