June's Beginnings

It’s a new month. June. It’s supposed to be almost summer, but when I woke up yesterday, the temperature was 32º. Brrr!

Monthly features:
Magnaclam Calendar:
Magnacalendar Images: June

I love those little "Magnajets" in the background!

June birthdays:
My nephew’s wife, Dawn – June 20
Great-great nephew Nehemiah (Dawn’s grandson) – June 21
Brother Tommy – June 25
Niece Suzanne (Tommy’s daughter) – June 25
Nephew Larry (now deceased) was born on June 15, 1949

Once again, it looks like my “check engine” light problem has been solved. This is the longest I’ve gone without its coming on since late January.

I dumped a bunch of shredded paper inside my fenced-in garden area. I covered most of it with newspaper weighted down with stone. It seemed to be staying in place pretty good, even where not covered. The grass and other plants are growing up through it. But I suddenly started noticing a bunch of it on the ground under the nearby hemlock tree. It didn’t make sense, because there wasn’t any evidence of it being blown about by the wind. And periodically the amount under the tree seemed to increase. I wondered if perhaps the birds were carrying it about. I looked up in the tree and saw a big gob of it hanging from a branch. I guess I need to cover the rest.

I have several bags of shredded paper that I want to spread out in the garden area. I put some out there once before, long ago, and it improved the soil in those areas considerably when it deteriorated. I’m also putting out big pieces of card board, hoping to kill out most of the weeds – especially the quack grass! And the peppermint which is virtually taking over the garden, and not being worth much because it always gets leaf miners very early. There is better peppermint growing down by the road, but I have to get it before the deer eat it off.

I’ve got my "burning place" rebuilt where I want it, and without any concrete blocks or pieces. I will probably build it higher, bit by bit, by bringing rocks from a pile in the southwest corner of my property. Someone was dumping them there before I bought the place and I have continued the practice.