This morning we paid our dues and helped out with the garden work day. The first work day always has the most people- there must have been 40 gardeners there. This time Mark and I got to help remove some old rasberry canes- much better than sorting through the compost piles for trash! Afterwards we relaxed in our garden- it is looking good this year. The only side that needs a large amount of work is the back left where the grass has taken a strong foothold. We were happy to see that the black plastic did a good job keeping the weeds down- need to remember to use that next year! We also didn't notice many nine-stripped gofers nor their invasive holes throughout our plot. We heard talk that some feral cats have been reaking havoc on the rodent population in Dane County- perhaps that is what happened here. This will be our last garden at Eagle Heights since Mark will be finishing up his Ph.D. next May- so this year I am planning to use all of my seeds up- some of them are rather old anyways and may not sprout. This year we will have a jungle of color and a bounty of food!