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The summer of 2010 makes the summer of 2009 feel like a season we spent on another continent: the persistent rain, the never-ending chill in the air, the moldy vegetables and blighted tomatoes of last year have given way to cracking soil, vibrant vegetables, and early-ripening peppers. We’ve put away the muck boots and raincoats of last year and started gardening barefoot and dreaming of a pond to wallow in.

Our little flock of ducks would like a pond, too–they’ve outgrown the little koi pond they colonized as ducklings (and, incidentally, eaten most of the koi–who knew). But they’ve been plenty happy foraging for slugs and sleeping the hot afternoons away in the shade of cornstalks and potato plants.