Flight of the Bumble bee

Image via WikipediaOver the weekend I picked our garden. We had green beans, tomatoes, yellow squash, green bell peppers and hot peppers. For the first time in over twelve years I saw bumble bees in the garden. I wonder if it is because we put the squash inside the fence. If you are new to my blog, I live on six acres in Covington Georgia. We have deer who regularly come to our back yard. After our first year of gardening we had to erect a eight foot fence around the entire garden to keep the deer from eating the fruits of our labors. We had kept the squash and tomatoes out for the last 10 years since the deer had never been interested in them. Last year they ate the squash.

I saw at least 10 bees and I am excited not only is our yield up this year but it speaks well in Covington that the bees are back. There have been a lot of disease and other factors that have been depleting the bee population in Georgia. Getting back to the deer, Paul has had to put a fence around the upside down tomatoes. The deer have been steadily eating the tomato bushes. If they don't watch out they will be food for someone else....

Let me introduce you to our new pet

I was going to post about something else but, our new pet showed up. We have a doe who has been hanging out in our yard. I thought that she was just coming into the back yard to feast on our lush foilage. Today around 11:30 a.m. I was finishing breakfast after church and grocery shopping. The doe was in the back yard snacking. I went to our sun room just to look around and was I surprised! The doe has decided to lay down under the cool trees in the back yard. I guess we have a new pet!

On another front, our garden is really growing. We ate our first fruits from the garden last night. We ate our first tomato. The beans are about ready to be picked and the first squash was picked on the 4th. I plan to grill out ribs and corn. I also will be cooking squash and onions.