We had visitors. Our friends Tim and Erica who live in the Bay Area came with their three boys to stay over the weekend. The boys set up camp in the back yard.

Tim and Erica's boys with Doug's grandson in the middle.

At Corrieganville

The garden

The chickens pecking around

A view of the pool

Another view of the garden

I have been doing a lot of work on the fish pond and vegetable garden areas. The pond has plants in it and 15 gold fish. The veg garden has a lot of horse manure in it and gypsum for the adobe clay soil. Six broccoli plants and six runner bean plants. Planted are sweet peas, chard, garlic and arugula.

It rained for almost a whole day so no work was done on the pool deck area. But then we had very high winds and everything got dry fast. All the metal has been put in the back of the truck to recycle. I have planted a corner where the deck was with Chard, lettuce and garlic.  Today we are going to get some black plastic to put in the pond. It will look more like a fish pond if it is dark colored .

Smokey and Ciel in the hammock in my office.

The deck removal is coming along slowly but surely. Whoever built it did a good job and it is really held together well, with many nails and metal braces. 

 

 

Thanksgiving here was busy. We invited Don Peake and girlfriend Linda. Doug's ex Nancy, Jody, Jonathon, Jessie and the three grand girls. Don and Doug played some music together and we all had a good time.

I decided to take down the deck and remove the swimming pool. The space will be great for more garden and to grow vegetables. It is a lot of work and we will have a lot of wood. I plan to make several benches, The wood is redwood and stained on one side.

The garden October 2013.