Another chilly wet Tuesday here in New England. Heaviest rain today is 1″-2″ in southwestern Connecticut. This is the same area that had the most rain last week. The amount of rain in New Haven CT today, June 9, 2009, is 1.45″, most falling in an hour between 9 and 10 AM. Contrast with .08″ in the gauge here at NECN, where we have only .51″ from May 25 to June 9. On May 24, we measured 1.1″, our last soaker of a day. For New England as a whole, we are behind by 3″-6″ of rainfall for the year. The exceptions are northern Vermont to Aroostook County Maine, where rainfall is near normal for ‘09. But, in Aroostook County, we can not shake the cold. This morning 28° in Clayton Lake Maine, makes life tough for gardener’s. Do you have anything to report from Northern Maine? Please leave us a comment. As Amy Sinclair pointed out, our season is off to a slow start. And so am I.
I just got my tiny vegetable garden in this past Sunday, June 7, 09. Better late than never.
It is funny, for my entire life I have enjoyed working outdoors, much more than I enjoy working indoors.
But now my (paying) job is indoors, and with the advance of the World Wide Web, we are now enabled (required) to write (blog) about what we do outdoors. That leaves even less time to work (play) outdoors. This is why my garden is late, and I have not posted here in a while. 
This bird loves strawberrys!
Sunday was productive.. I did my third turning of the soil with beautiful compost, planted 12 Tomatoes, 4 Peppers, 8 Pumpkins (from seed), and a batch of Basil and Chives. I also buried four heavy pavers so Janet does not have to walk in the soil to get an easy harvest. The white rocks are polished by the waves of Massachusetts Bay.
The Sunday Planting was even more enjoyable thanks to a Father Catbird that feasted on insects and worms, upturned as I worked. The bird was landing on shovel handles and tomato stakes right next to me. Oh yeah, I saved time and staked and caged the plantings on day 1. Part of Amy’s Just Add Water Concept. Now I just water, weed, and prune through my last tomato in October. Piece of Cake.. Right?
