A scorching hot break between heavy rain storms gave me a chance to finish the carrot bed. A friend came to visit for a few day. Her visit was jinxed with bad weather and my period being particularly painful. Nonetheless, we harvested and processed cherries, dug for potatoes, and weeded the tomato bed.

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CHAPTERS: 00:00 Introduction 00:44 Three sisters bed 02:05 A new phone? 02:35 Toxic potato fruit 02:44 Scything the meadow 03:15 Weeding the mulched bed 04:19 Another heavy rain 04:51 Moving water into storage 05:34 The first tomatoes 06:00 Beets and chard 06:16 Making currant syrup and juice 07:41 A visit from a friend 07:57 Mulching potatoes 08:27 Harvesting cherries 08:34 Harvesting mullein leaves 09:24 One sunny afternoon 09:41 Digging up potatoes 09:57 A beach visit