Have Ben-Gay, Will Share!

35 bags of top soil, 20 bags of mushroom compost, 2 bags of peat humus, 8 bags of cotton boll compost, 3 tomato plants, some marigolds, 2 bell pepper plants, a rosemary, two basils, a greek thyme, a package of Contender bush bean seeds, a bee balm, one catnip plant, one cantalope and two echinacea plants later, the Denton's have a new vegetable bed. Woof! It's not much to look out now but hopefully in 60-80 days, we'll have fresh produce. There's still lots of room left for a few more additions but it may have to wait until it's time to plant some fall crops. (Hah! Crops. Farmer Jones has nothing on me!)

Kevin objected to the cantalope believing it will grow to strangle us in our beds but I don't care. I wanted to try one. If it will quit raining long enough, I'll get a picture posted so you can see it in all it's dirt glory.

I'm sure glad you're doing the walking regime. It's good for you and your flexibility and a lot more fun than a treadmill. Just be careful in this heat and don't overdo. I'm also delighted to hear that you're gonna get some pepper spray. I don't think they're super cheap but it's a good insurance policy.

We had glorious wonderful days this weekend and absolute frog strangler storms every night--including one 20 minute hail storm last night that sounded like an entire company of dwarven clog dancers on the roof. I guess I can't complain about the rain since it's kept things very clear and cool around these parts but we could use a little dry time. I'm sure those poor folks in Iowa and Nebraska would appreciate it as well.