I planted Canada Crookneck Squash, Honey Boat Delicata Squash, Patisson Golden Marbre Scallop Squash, Odessa Squash, and Dwarf Grey Sugar Peas in the strawberry bed. I also planted Marvel of Four Seasons lettuce and Table Queen Acorn Squash, but I suspect the local chipmunks had a snack as none of them came up.
I planted Grey Zucchini, Black Beauty Zucchini, Fordhook Zucchini, Golden Zucchini, Hmong Speckled Squash, Dolya (Share of) Pumpkin, Interception Pumpkin, Titovka Melon, Malachite Watermelon, Bozeman Watermelon, Kentucky Wonder Bean, Little Greasy Bean, and Ever Blooms Bean seeds into grow bags in a broken plastic kids pool.
I planted San Remo Melon, Mexican Sour Gherkin, Boston Pickling Cucumber, Blue #2 Cinderella Pumpkin, and Cushaw squash in a raised bed near the fence. So far only the San Remo has come up.
I planted True Lemon Cucumber, Seagull Melon, Mulatto Watermelon, Sugar Magnolia Sugar Pea, Blue Lake Pole Bean, Guicoy Squash, Fur Crusher (F1) Cucumber, and Armenian Cucumber seeds into buckets in the small fenced garden - so far everything has sprouted except the Armenian cucs.
I planted Chicago Pickling, National Pickling, Marketmore, and Dragon's Egg cucumbers, as well as Beni Kodama Watermelon, Golden Crispy Melon, Zolotinka Zucchini, Svitozar Zucchini, Graduate Student Zucchini, and Burpee's Stringless Green Pod Bush Beans in grow bags in a new garden area beside the barn.
Last week #3 was able to get several varieties of flower planted too. It looks like we will have sunflowers and zinnias and butterfly / pollinator mix flowers growing in the new garden and along the west side of the house by the fenced garden. An excellent balance of edible and insect friendly seeds planted for this year.
Today we welcomed a litter of eight baby bunnies. Mom (Extra Stuff) made a good nest in the nest box and didn't mind me reaching in to count them. Looks like it'll be a nice colorful litter. A couple dark ones, a couple spotted ones, some pink ones, a few that might be brown. Mom is a broken black lop mix, dad is a torte lop mix. I'm excited to see how these babies look as they get bigger. If all goes well, these bunnies will be ready to move on to new homes in 6-8 weeks depending on how they're doing with eating and drinking on their own. Right now all four of the adult rabbits are on a grass-only diet. I cut fresh grass (and weeds and whatever else is in the yarn) to give them every day. They do seem to be maintaining their weight and they eat until they're full, munching away all day long. The geese appreciate the grass that falls underneath the cages.
In other news, our dear #3 graduated high school and is looking into out-of-state colleges for this fall. Congratulations #3! I am so proud of you!