We finally got a good rain.  It started Sunday night and rained off and on all day Monday so in the end we had 1 1/2 inches.  The rain came so slowly it all had time to soak into the ground.  All of the plants are happy today and now the sun is out making everything perk up.  We spent the morning down in the lower garden.  I side dressed the tomatoes and onions with super rainbow (13-13-13), then we put wet newspapers around the tomatoes, not touching them but all around, then Norman put on a nice layer of mulch.  This will hold the moisture in the ground and keep the weeds from coming up.  I weeded the peas and vines.  The butternut is up and getting it’s first true leaves, the zuchinni is up and getting their true leaves, the cucumbers and mellons are up but only the seedling leaves so far.  The peas are still getting more blossoms but have lots of small peas and some are even starting to swell.  We should have a good crop.  No futher sign of the vole so have not lost any more peas.  The green beans are still blooming but now there are lots of tiny one inch beans on the vines also and the second planting is blooming, the third planting is just coming up.  The second planting of lettuce must have not made it as there is only a few plants up.  The greens are all still growing well and we have one or the other every day as well as a salad every day.  The beets are getting big enough now to be a main vegetable one or twice a week.  We emptied the small freezer today and put the last of the corn and greens into the large freezer.  We are cleaning it up now and will have it all ready to freeze some beet greens and spinach for next winter.  The grapes are growing but there will be only about a dozen bunches of grapes this year.  Last year we had three bushels of grapes.  We will miss the juice but will fill in with apple juice.  There is an orchard just down the street from us so will get several bushels this year to press.  I have one set of Raggedy Ann and Andy done and the second set almost done except for the hair which I need to get tomorrow when we go to McMinnville.  I want orange yarn for that.  The pair of Raggedy Andys for the twins are almost done also.  When I get these done I want to make a couple Kewpie dolls.  I sent for the arm and leg joints for them.  I have had the pattern for years but never got around to make them, so now it looks like a good time to do it before the great grand daughters get here.  I am hoping both Gina and Dyhana get to visit this summer.  I will send Dyhana’s Raggedy Ann and Andy to her grand mother so when she get back to NM they will be waiting for her.  Dyhana loves dolls but Gina has never been much for dolls I am hoping she will like the rag doll types.  Have a great day.