Moving right along

Last Sunday our nephew Connor lent us his hand in the garden, what a huge help he is!  We were able to pull most of the weeds, Carl built over 10 furrows, we finished laying out our plants and for the first time in weeks I see progress!  It was a huge relief and I believe the hardest part is over.  The work is strenuous but oh so satisfying.  In ways planning the wedding for September is perfect because it gives me that much more motivation to take immaculate care of the yard.

I also got rid of more plants, fingers crossed they work out for the ones I gave them to.  My plants are very healthy but they've been grown in a stable, temperate environment.   If you do not harden them off before planting in the ground they'll go into shock for up to 3 weeks, maybe even more.  I learned this lesson with the spring garden.  I planted most of my broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower and onions almost a month ago and they are just starting to settle and grow. 

Carl also finished our "kitchen" herb box last week.  The box was placed near our soon-to-be patio for close access.  Now, instead of walking to the garden for my herbs I can go out to the porch and pick them right before dinner.  It was also a good use of the space and squared off the the house and patio.  When I speak of the patio, my father and I are going to lay pavers and brick soon to eliminate the last un-designated piece of dirt in the yard.  He did a beautiful job on his own patio last year and I've enlisted his help on ours.  Pictures will come soon.

 

I love the rain and it's great for my plants, especially my spring garden but Christ when will the sun come out?!  I'm starting to feel like we live in the tropics, we'll be lucky to get 3 months of summer this year. Hope everyone is doing well and life is treating you good.