I was finally set up in advance to pump water into the pond when the rains came this evening.  I pumped for about 3 hours, almost continuously.  Stayed out in the rain from 3 pm to 7:30 pm.  Thank goodness it wasn't too cold.  Brought the pond up 5-6 inches.  It is now less than 2 feet from full pond.  I'm starting to feel pretty good about the water supply for the summer.

The bees have found the strawberry blossoms.  The advertising banners came today and we hung them at the road.  Had to quickly add a "Open early April" sign underneath because a customer pulled in the drive right after the signs went up. 

Made first fertigation today of 50 lbs calcium nitrate in 2 hours of drip.