In the ground

Well, I finally planted my garden. Shocked? Overcome with pity for my late start this year? I think it will be ok though. I planted a bunch of short time crops that should do just fine. Here is the run down. Row one: sage( still there from years past) and Cilantro
two: two types of carrots (yellow and red)
three: two other types of carrots (purple and normal)
four: rutabagas, parsnips and turnips
five:  beets
six: radishes and dill
seven: cucumbers ( I don't have a lot of hope for these cukes seeing how late I planted this year, but who knows)

Its all in, and I am happy with that.

I am also getting some returns on my gooseberries this year. I planted last year and had to wait a year for them to fruit. I have pink and green this year. I remember these from when I was a kid and used to walk down the road from my Aunt Paulette's house. They used to grown on the stone walls on the dirt road by her neighbor's house. They should be ripe within a couple of weeks.

This morning I walked Chauc, scared up some rabbits, and stumbled across old smokey again. He had a new camera with him, that was causing all sorts of problems. Still, he had managed to take close up pictures of a bobcat and a flurry of birds I had never seen before, plus a sick fox that came up to him for help. He is amazing. He said today that he felt like the birds followed him around. I totally believe it. While we were standing there, this little Yellow Throat kept chirping around (they are typically pretty shy) and all of a sudden, its babies come out of nowhere. One dove headlong falls into the tall grass at our feet and the other stays aloft clinging to a branch over head. This never happens, but as long as Smokey's around, who knows what could happen. We walked around for a while and he kept showing me pictues of things he's taken photographs of. He is a sweet old guy. He always has a treat for Chaucer. Chauc actually sat at his feet for a while while we were talking. I like running into him now and then. Here are some pics from my walk.