Messy Yard

Things are sure messy around here right now.

With the freezing temps we had a couple of weeks ago,

most everything is brown and crispy.

The days are starting to warm up and

Brian and I have decided to start a vegetable garden

on the west side of the house.

We were lucky to have a raised bed

in that space already.

We went crazy with the rototiller yesterday

and the soil is very rich and easy to turn.

We now need to pull out some of the existing soil

and mix in some manure and compost.

We are planting:

Strawberries

Corn

Lettuce

Tomatoes

Green Onions

Yellow Onions

Red Potatoes

Gold Potatoes

Carrots

Watermelon

and Cantaloupe.

That sounds like a lot for such a small space 

but we are not planning on plating a lot of each.

It's trial and error for us.

We'll just see how it goes.

Does this look like the worst

Valentine Banner in the world?

That's because it's not actually a banner.

These are seed mats that I made and

 I have them drying in the guest room.

I made seed mats for our carrots and green onions.

I used a napkins,

A sharpie,

a ruler,

and Elmer's glue.

You can read about these here or here.

Next week I will be laying my seed mats in the garden

and waiting for our veggies to pop up in rows.

Here are those things I told you about in my last post.

They are growing like crazy but I still don't have flowers

so I'm not sure what they are yet.

On the east side of the house

we have a garden shed for our yard tools

and two flower beds.

I just sprinkled some wildflower seeds in

with the existing plants and am excited 

to see what pops up.

Well, off to work on the garden then

get ready to head to the bar with friends

 to watch the commercials.

xxx-ooo

Holly