Garden is in!
I'm so glad Dave came by on Sunday to help with the garden...well, check that, he did most of the work on the garden and I just assisted where I could. He is amazing! He turned all of the beds and pulled up tons of weeds, we even made the executive decision to cut down an evergreen shrub that was inconveniently located right in the middle of one sunny spot, and was ailing anyway. I still felt incredibly guilty but I'll admit it looks a lot better with it gone.
After turning and weeding and de-stumping, Dave ran some fencing around the ground-level parts of the garden to hopefully keep that Caddyshack groundhog's cousin from eating all my broccoli and beans again. I was really happy with how it came out, it was a lot less obvious than I thought it would be and still low enough that I can step over it to get to the plants.
Here's a short list of what we planted:
Tomatoes, two varieties (one early-yield and two late-yield)
Basil, one huge row
Onions
Bell peppers
Pumpkins
Yellow squash
Acorn Squash
Yellow beans
Broccoli
Buttercup squash
I think that's it. Something is nagging at the back of my mind that I'm forgetting. Hm. I also planted a bunch of marigolds in the spaces between so they can act as a natural insect repellent.
In addition to that we weeded the nearly tasteless scallions that came back from last year. We also found a total of four random squash plants around the yard, though we have no idea what they are as most squash plants look more or less the same until they actually produce something. Our best guess is that we ate watermelon in the back yard last year and spit the seeds around. Watermelon would be cool! We transplanted one inside the fence and left the other three around the yard where they were, we'll see if they survive and don't get eaten, and then we'll know what they are.
We managed to get things done just in time, as I was putting in the last of the marigolds it started pouring. There were even a few hailstones in the first minutes of the storm. I stood inside and looked happily out at my garden, thinking, "Well, at least I don't have to water it today!"
After turning and weeding and de-stumping, Dave ran some fencing around the ground-level parts of the garden to hopefully keep that Caddyshack groundhog's cousin from eating all my broccoli and beans again. I was really happy with how it came out, it was a lot less obvious than I thought it would be and still low enough that I can step over it to get to the plants.
Here's a short list of what we planted:
I think that's it. Something is nagging at the back of my mind that I'm forgetting. Hm. I also planted a bunch of marigolds in the spaces between so they can act as a natural insect repellent.
In addition to that we weeded the nearly tasteless scallions that came back from last year. We also found a total of four random squash plants around the yard, though we have no idea what they are as most squash plants look more or less the same until they actually produce something. Our best guess is that we ate watermelon in the back yard last year and spit the seeds around. Watermelon would be cool! We transplanted one inside the fence and left the other three around the yard where they were, we'll see if they survive and don't get eaten, and then we'll know what they are.
We managed to get things done just in time, as I was putting in the last of the marigolds it started pouring. There were even a few hailstones in the first minutes of the storm. I stood inside and looked happily out at my garden, thinking, "Well, at least I don't have to water it today!"
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