The plants are really going wild in the fish tank. We've picked 3 tomatoes and 2 bell peppers so far. I'm trying to get a gutter set up on a portion of the garage to catch water for the fish. On one of the last really heavy rains that we had the fish tank was in danger of running over so I opened the valve at the bottom of the tank just a tad bit to drop the level... you guessed it, later that day I realized that it was still draining the tank so the water level is about 2 feet lower than it should be. I'll add pictures a little later.
One of the ongoing projects here is to get the south side yard set up with a brick paved patio. We had about 250 bricks from an old fireplace that a friend let me have just to get that part of his yard cleaned up. A pretty good haul but not quite enough to do the job. Well I've had my eye peeled while driving back and forth to Bunkie and have spotted at least 3 fireplaces that will never be used again. So ask and see all the owner can say is yes or no. Well it turns out that one of them that said no has changed her mind and let me have the fireplace that was left after the old house that used it before was destroyed by termites and then fire. I've been getting about 100 bricks a day for the past few days and should have a total of about 400 when the job is complete. These added to the ones we already have should just about make the patio happen. Now I need to get a couple of yards of sharp sand for the base. I hope to have pictures of that soon as well.
The garden is doing great considering that I don't commit very much time to taking care of it. Still have a problem with grass but we've started picking green beans every other day, a few bell peppers, Gypsy peppers, okra and fresh new potatoes, as well as 2 ears of sweet corn. The pumpkins are down to just one plant but what a plant it is going wide open and has at least 5 baby pumpkins on it now. I've also planted a patch of zinnias for the bees.
The BEES are doing great even better than I thought they would. they have almost filled the top box that I added a few weeks ago. They are flying from first light to almost dark hauling pollen and nectar as fast as they can. The worries that I had of causing a slow down when I had to remodel some of the brood comb that they had attached to the top cover of the bee box seems not to have had too much of an affect on them.
Also go a new bulb planter shovel.Works even better than the little one that I started with. Pictures a little later
