Let's Get This Garden Started

The sun finally warmed the earth and the rains stopped.  We jumped on the chance to get our greens into the ground. 



The garlic & lettuce made it into the ground, but I'm not sure all the lettuce will make it to maturity!



The stawberries should be plentiful with all these little plants.



Making Sod While the Sun Shines

Looks like we are opening a pet cemetery

It's more dramatic in person, but Tom is lowering the yard by about 6 inches

Yesterday was our nicest day to date.  The entire afternoon was spent outside digging up sod and soil and filling the garden boxes.  Then I spent last night in pain with a cramp or spasm in my right arm.

Almost ready for planting

Can You Dig It?

Tom insists that the ground become more level for our future addition.  This portion of the flattening of "Schilperoort Manor" took a couple of hours and several wheelbarrows full to accomplish the task.  We still have another section to do and we're running out of places to put the soil!  Lucky for my back and arms it rained yesterday so I had a day to recuperate.

Just a Warning

Our friend Susan came by the other day & even though she was dressed up we gave her a pair of gloves and a sweatshirt & put her right to work.  She was a big help too.

Words to Live By

My friend Sharon sent this to me.  She doen't even know that I'm working out in the garden - however, it is Spring so it's not that unusual that I would be.  I thought the words would be appropriate for this site.

And now there are 3

The snow melted quickly, but the supplies & ground needed time to dry out.  We still got some work done in spite of the elements.

We are hoping for some sunshine & warm days in the near future so we can enjoy the goodness from our little patch of earth.

It's Spring!?!

Woke up on Thursday to a strange scene in our backyard.......... Can you believe snow on the ground on April 14th?

Grass Attack!

Tom decided that the lawn must come out, the ground must come down for the addition, & the garden bed needs to be level too.  So we rented a machine to slice the sod.

It was a perfect day to get outside and work in the dirt.  Lucky for me I had the camera job.

Waiting in the Wings



I bought these a month ago hoping that the weather would improve so the new planters would be constructed and I could get them in the ground, but it has been too wet for outside work.  I hope they make it.........



Getting Anxious



Tom tries out the lawn mower for the first time this season.  Wow, it actually started on the 3rd pull.



I needed some color in the yard about a month ago & planted these pots up.  So far everything looks like it's still alive.  Just looking at the cheery pansies gives me hope that Winter is over & Spring is coming.  Now the sky & temputature just need to get onboard.

One Day of Spring

The sun finally came out from behind it's curtain of clouds today.  This is the first time since the calendar said Spring. 
We had purchased a composter at Costco earlier in the week so decided to take a half hour & put it together since it was so nice & sunny outside.  Over two hours later it was completed.