Thank you, all!

 I think I am over the hump.  It's the first day of July, the month when farming (and gardening) does its thing with a little less frantic intervention on the part of the farmer. There's always weeding, of course.  And watering...the latter made a whole lot easier with the use of 250 feet of soaker hose being applied judiciously, row by row.

And that reminds me:  remember Pete Seeger's song?   It's a goodie...here it is...

The Garden Song

written by Pete Seeger, sung by Arlo Guthrie and John Denver

Inch by inch, row by row

Gonna make this garden grow

All it takes is a rake and a hoe

And a piece of fertile ground

Inch by inch, row by row

Someone bless these seeds I sow

Someone warm them from below

'Til the rain comes tumbling down

Pulling weeds and pickin' stones

Man is made from dreams and bones

Feel the need to grow my own

'Cause the time is close at hand

Grain for grain, sun and rain

Find my way in nature's chain

To my body and my brain

To the music from the land

Inch by inch, row by row

Gonna make this garden grow

All it takes is a rake and a hoe

And a piece of fertile ground

Inch by inch, row by row

Someone bless these seeds I sow

Someone warm them from below

'Til the rain comes tumbling down

Plant your rows straight and long

Thicker than with pray'r and song

Mother Earth will make you strong

If you give her love and care

Old crow watchin' hungrily

From his perch in yonder tree

In my garden I'm as free

As that feathered thief up there

Inch by inch, row by row

Gonna make this garden grow

All it takes is a rake and a hoe

And a piece of fertile ground

Inch by inch, row by row

Someone bless the seeds I sow

Someone warm them from below

'Til the rain comes tumbling down

Sing along with Pete here:
Pete Seeger in concert with The Garden Song

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Thank you everyone for your caring friendships.  Hope your July will be wonderful!

Wish our national anthem was America the Beautiful instead of

"bombs bursting in air..."
but maybe, someday, we'll arrive at the doorstep of being a caring and peaceful  nation...it's going to take a lot of work, though...

Love you all!