Week 4

Week 4 view of the garden...gotta stop taking these pics early in the morning.

The weekend ending with March 12/13 was pretty productive.  With the new tiller, and good weather, a whole bunch of stuff got done.  It rained a lot leading up to the weekend, but the garden soil dried out enough that we could till on Sunday.  Saturday the strawberry patch was cleaned and weeded.  Dad gave me a couple weird plants over the weekend, two "Dollar" plants that I planted in a shady spot under our dogwoods.  The other plants are very odd...maybe I'll put up a post about greenhouse additions later.

The Heart

Angel has been working for a while on this heart-shaped flowerbed in the middle of the backyard.  Mr. C, the previous owner, built it, and put 2 swan-shaped concrete planters in it.  He also planted 3 crepe myrtles in the heart.  Mr. C and his wife raised 3 daughters in this home.  The symbolism of this flowerbed is heart-warming.  (that was not intended as a pun)  Angel planted Lily of the Valley in the flowerbed, Tiny Tot Gladiolas, and Freesia in there over the past 2 weeks.  It's gonna be beautiful.

Kick-Ass Soil, with manure, composted leaves, and lime tilled in.

Angel also potted sunflower seeds over the weekend.  There are a lot of things happening with the seeds in the greenhouse.  Reclaimed Kung Pao Hybrid Pepper seeds germinated, along with Cherokee Purple, Big Beef, and Super Sweet 'maters.  Small and Large Thai Peppers, the ones I got from Dee and Scott in South Carlina, have also started to pop.  Eggplant and Cilantro are up as well.  More to come!