We spent the day spreading 40 bags of cedar mulch over our back area and putting soil and compost in the raised planter (with a break to run to BK for lunch and Lowe's for more mulch). We are going to actually PLANT things tomorrow, as we are both too damn tired to do anything more tonight. Looks and smells good, though!
It's all about choices, Faith. The ones we make, and the ones we don't. Oh, and the consequences. Those are always fun.
Angelus ,'Smile Time'
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Scrappy - Apr 25, 2010 4:10:43 pm PDT #25069 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Sue - Apr 25, 2010 4:18:07 pm PDT #25070 of 30001
hip deep in pie
Exciting Scrappy! I love making beds and planting. I am hoping to make twi raised beds this summer.
Speaking of which, I accidentally weeded some phlox out this afternoon. It was only in my second bed that I realized it was something I planted.
tommyrot - Apr 25, 2010 4:37:10 pm PDT #25071 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Scrappy - Apr 25, 2010 4:39:36 pm PDT #25072 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Gardening is hard work, but it's satisfying in so many ways. It gives you instant gratification when you finish a job like planting a plant or weeding, happiness when you watch a flower go from bud to bloom, and long term inspiration as you see plants grow and change over years. That nature shit is cool!
Sue - Apr 25, 2010 4:42:29 pm PDT #25073 of 30001
hip deep in pie
Eating from your own garden is great too. Though I suspect that I should really have my soil tested for lead. I guess most of the soil here is high in lead?
Jesse - Apr 25, 2010 4:43:52 pm PDT #25074 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'm pretty sure what we learned when trying to grow stuff in my childhood was that anything that grew above the ground was OK (tomatoes, herbs), and stuff underground just didn't grow (carrots), which was a good thing anyway.
Sophia Brooks - Apr 25, 2010 4:44:41 pm PDT #25075 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
When I was a gardener, I also got to feel like I was in Little House on the Prairie. I once fought to save my poor little lettuces from hail by covering them with a shower curtain and bricks. And I yelled at rabbits!
Amy - Apr 25, 2010 4:48:42 pm PDT #25076 of 30001
Because books.
Garv grew some delicious tomatoes last year, and he's done pretty well with herbs. My favorite thing was the fruit trees we had in Florida when I was in middle school, though. Walking outside to pluck a mango or a lemon was just awesome.
Scrappy - Apr 25, 2010 4:49:18 pm PDT #25077 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
We decided to plant in raised beds, just because we had no idea what was in the soil and thought it was safer, as well as better on the DH's bad back.
Sue - Apr 25, 2010 4:52:32 pm PDT #25078 of 30001
hip deep in pie
I am ready to go to raised beds after a couple of summers because it's a battle to keep the grass and weeds from encroaching in my dug out beds. Stupid grasses!!