I just got back from doing my evening rounds and had a lovely surprise harvest.
Our first ripe raspberries of the year!
These are from the ones growing pretty much wild in the old compost heap that have been there since before we moved here. With how much rain we had this spring, I honestly wasn’t expecting any to be ripe for at least a couple more weeks, so this was such a bonus.
Speaking of bonuses, while walking past the garlic at the end of the old kitchen garden I spotted one last garlic scape that I missed this morning, when I’d picked another that I’d missed when I did the last harvest of them.
While heading back into the house, I had to step over another bonus. Kittens!
There was two of them, this time, and I’ve even been able to pick up and cuddle the fluffy one. Button seems to have quite the preference for that spot and I often see him napping there.
The problem is, between him being so incredibly tiny, and the losses we’ve had this year, when I see him conked out there, or in the middle of the floor (another favourite napping spot of his!), I find myself checking to make sure he is okay.
Before doing my evening rounds, I topped up the kibble and was happy to see Broccoli’s two, curled up on the sidewalk block by the rain barrel. The black and white (Kohl) immediately ran off towards the garden shed, but the calico (Rabi) just stared at me, ready to flee.
Now, if they will just start going into the sun room and the shelters…
The Re-Farmer
The Re-Farmer 