Yesterday’s work party included another person who wants to learn how to grow food. Great! Welcome Nathan!

Meanwhile, we got a lot planted. Felt good.

Meanwhile, Camden was in the greenhouse, planting lettuce seeds for our two Garden Towers. (My son Colin Cudmore is the inventor!). In order to plant such tiny seeds, we use a very narrow pointy stick, dip it in water, and then touch one of the seeds . . .

Today, Sunday, I took a quick walk around the place.

Top left: rained a lot last night. Filled the pond.

Middle left: still have a lot left to plant!

Bottom left: the platform for the 12-foot yurt nears completion. Still to do: the steps, to match the yurt door; so the bottom right corner, facing the garden and patio. Tricky design problem; we’d like the steps to be rounded, and it’s a 90° angle . . . Colin’s going to build it today.

Right top and bottom: I forgot to leave a space between these two photos, but in any case, the top part of what looks like a single long photo is one view of Joseph’s fairy garden. And the bottom is a sweet little bird bath with what we thought were daffodils until we realized the leaves were wider . . . so what are they? Aha, now that they are in bloom, we looked up the flower head, and it’s allium, otherwise known as ornamental onion.