How Does Your Garden Grow

It has been absolutely gorgeous here for the last day and a half. It has actually stopped raining for more than six hours. Of course all of the rain has really made the garden take off. Of course our strawberries didn't really produce. It's been three years since we've planted them. I see little tiny berries start, but they never turn red. The rogue radishes that cropped up are already going to seed. Of course, one of us has to be home to actually start harvesting.

I also think our raspberries are going to have a had time producing. The weeds have almost completely taken over, so I'll have to see if I can't transplant some of the younger plants to somewhere else. We have a couple of spots that need plants, so maybe they will do better there.

Finally, It's Done

I finally finished planting our garden yesterday. We went to the store and bought seeds for cucumbers and beans, and pepper and tomato plants as well as tomato cages. I got everything without incident and even got the tomato cages up. I found out our garden hose does not have any holes and had little problems rolling it up. Now we just sit, weed, water and wait. We're planning on putting a fence around it on Saturday, and I'm hoping to clean out the spot for my herb garden so we can get that planted. (I'm really hoping to get to can my own salsa this year!)

I am thinking that I have my husband convinced that we should try growing our own tomato and pepper plants next year. It was a little pricey buying already growing plants. Hopefully we'll have the capability to do it!

I'll put pictures of our bounty up, once we can harvest.

Our Lawn

My husband and I did some yard work yesterday. I went around and collected all the garbage (we live on a main road through town) and came up with a full garbage bag. Jason raked up the leaves and sticks in the front yard. He ended up with a very heaping wheelbarrow full. We decided to get an outdoor fire pot so we could burn the leaves and sticks in stead of hauling them somewhere. Once we got our fire pot put together, it burned merrily. Of course we didn't burn the whole wheelbarrow full seeing as it was starting to get late. We'll continue to burn it throughout the week. Now we get to work on the backyard and our gardens. I have some flowers to plant/transplant and more weeding around the strawberries. We have creeping Charlie everywhere, so it seems like weeding is a never ending chore.