Gardening

My hands are permanently dirty and I'm starting to get a tan.  I've been spending many hours in the garden in our unusually hot, sunny weather. The W's follow me everywhere.  Winnie takes her place on the witch shed porch.

Willie really wants to lay on that porch too but Winnie is the boss.

The second that Winnie runs off to check out a noise, Wil's makes his move.

But in this horrible heat, they both give up the game and lay in the shade of the potting shed.  The potting shed has a brick floor that is the coolest place around which Willie commandeers. Winnie lays on the cool millstone.  Smart puppers.

 

This is my new invention...a bean pole!

I used an old discarded patio umbrella stand.

I placed a metal pole in the tube part that held the umbrella.

I topped it with an old metal garden stake that had loops around the edges.

I tied string from the base to the loops on the top. Then I planted climbing beans around the base.

Within 2 days the beans have already grown over 2 feet.  I can't wait to see how this turns out. This is the year of the bean for me.  I've already planted a dozen different kinds.