Today was a goodish day. We pulled one single raspberry off our bush. We didn't expect any actually, because this is the first year it's had a solid growth. It was only sticks last year. That raspberry (which tasted damned good) was the first piece of food we've ever grown on our own. My garden is doing well. I have some snowpea pods growing. There are officially tomatoes growing (they are still small and green). The greenbean plants have exploded and the cukes have begun to vine and are simply insane. I've counted about 7 flowers so we'll get at least 7 cukes. The corn is a riot. It's growing but all different sizes. Yesterday I turned in a great deal of rabbit poop. The neighbor gave us, pardon the pun, a shitload of it. The other neighbor told me to push unlit matches down near the roots of my bell pepper plant. He said the sulpher is great for it. ::shrugs:: I'll try it. He has crazy amounts of peppers every year.

Greg spent the last few hours bottling his honey. He also baked a loaf of honey wheat bread with his own honey. It was delicious. Our neighbor Julie came over and offered us a bowl of her first raspberry harvest (hers are older bushes). Greg gave her a small bottle of honey in return. That felt really good. Exchanging gifts of the land. We'll use some of her raspberries in some sort of dish for the blot on Saturday. Greg will bake a fresh loaf Saturday morning.

Friday Greg and Tim are going up to the hive to take off several more boxes of honey. Greg, Tim, Jill and I will harvest. We'll probably make a day of it. I wanted to go to the Farmer's Market Friday after the harvest but they're closed for the 4th of July. I'll have to go Saturday morning. Maddie has an adorable pink hand basket that she takes with us when we shop at the corner market. (We buy a homemade pickle every Friday) She loves the Farmer's Market. Her pre-school goes there for walks every Friday morning.

You know, I feel really content right now. ::knocks on wood::