yum, can I have some more please

I went to Como yesterday to deal with the house there, seeing if it was vacant and turning it over to a new tenant. I was blessed with a house full of furniture and televisions the tenant left me...in the yard. I'm not sure yet how I'll arrange it all.

gate latch

Today I unloaded things and hung a few interesting pieces on the shed. Also, I finally made a letch for the gate- since the tuck pointing on the lower chimney is done. I attached a bit of salvaged cedar to the chimney and then made a latch with some oak and an old plumbing valve handle.

elderberry?

The garden in front is doing well. The asparagus is pushing up second stalks and there are red raspberries ripening. I put cages around the tomato plants finally. I have let some "bushes" grow by the side fence- stuff that came back after everything was cut down last fall. I think they may be elderberry bushes. They will have to mature more before I can be sure. I also found some purslane growing, only one plant so far- bit I added a little to my evening greens I foraged for dinner.

purslane

the main garden