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3-11-08 Beautiful weather and more progress!All that nasty rain moved off last night (Sorry Toni I think it was headed for you) leaving nothing but beautiful skies, bright sunshine, and nice cool 74F weather! I wish I could capture the feeling of being outside on days like today and store it up so that when we hit 100F and 80% humidity I can just hide away enjoying today's wonderful weather. Well I definatly made the most of today, I was up early and I let Emily sleep in, so I got to sit out on the porch this morning and enjoy coffee for the first time in a long while. By the time Emily was up I already had her supervising seat all set up and waiting for her so after breakfast she got to go straight outside with Mommy and I got to go to work. Supervisor's seat: 
Well the first thing on the list was what to do about those beans, I should have checked the stew! Well it's a bit late now but I thank you all for advising me not to pull them, had I been thinking I would have looked here first and known that they didn't need the extra nitrogen. I dug them out, most of them at least, I noticed a few scragglers throughout the day but not many. The unlucky ones I did get out have a new home and they have become "sacrificial beans". They are my offering to the deer and rabbits, planted in the food plot behind the pipeline, far away from my little garden, in hopes that they will prefer the dark, good cover, and the distance from the house/dogs that the food plot provides. I'll be getting new seeds to put out when I finally get to planting. *Fingers Crossed* Next I put down the peat humus, I just spaced the bags equally and then sliced em open and dumped them since that way I would at least have even coverage even if it wasn't as deep as I wanted it. Peat Piles: 
After the beans were so carefully dug out and the peat was out with three bags left over for the bean's area I decided that the next logical thing to do was to plow those rows down and rake in the humus then rake the garden flat again, kinda start over from scratch. That was a workout for sure! I haven't really done much working out in a year or so since I have been preggo and then I had Emily around to work me out, I was ready to call it a day with just that done! Emily encouraged me to take a break, she "said" we should have lunch and then see how we felt. She's a smart girl, and a really nice superviser, making sure I take a break every three hours, reminding me that it's important to play in the sun as well as work, and she never lets me miss a meal, ever. LOL Well she was right, I just needed a break, after lunch and looking out the kitchen windows at all that rich dark dirt just waiting to be played in I forgot all about being tired. I went out and spread in the fertilizer (Weed & Feed, they said it would be fine for the garden I hope so) and watered it in. I spent almost an hour fighting with the 4-wheeler and the disks. James has been using them on the food plot and so they were tied down on the back of the 4-wheeler with these rusty ratchet straps that just got tighter and tighter the more I fought with them. Finally I noticed the nieghbor's grandson sitting out on the porch, he was kind enough to come over and get them unhooked and set up for me, such a sweet kid, even after watching me fight with the darn thing for an hour, and him getting them all ready to go in just ten minutes he didn't make any jokes about it, he was just as polite as can be, I love seeing teenagers with manners, there aren't enough of them around anymore. Anyways, before long I was disking away at the plot, and Emily was just cute as a button, watching me the whole time and every now and then she'd give a squeal and I'd rush over only to find her laughing and batting at the carseat hood, happy as can be. After I disked up the plot it was getting on around 3pm and Gracy had to visit the vet today so I decided to wrap it up and get cleaned up, as well as get Emily good and full before we went. ******Side note on Gracy: Gracy is doing very well now, she is constantly under foot/rake/dirt/etc. in the garden, and the vet says other than worms that we are already treating, she is very healthy considering the situation, she's definatly a lucky pup! Also we got an age on her 10-12 weeks, she is the same age as Emily, no wonder she likes her so much!****** After a very positive vet visit, and all the rest I had on the drive to town, I again forgot about being tired. It must be this amazing weather, I felt so energetic that I decided to rake the plot flat again so I would have a fresh clean bed to work in tommorrow. The second time around was much easier than the first time and it went much faster since everything was all disked up. Emily had moved over to the back of the 4-wheeler since the sun had made it to her old spot, she was in such a fantastic mood that we had to take some pictures before we went inside for the evening: 
Hi Stewbies! 
Hey Mommy! Come on over here and see me! 
That's right Mommy, now you see me... 
Now you don't! 
With daylight savings time kicking in it was still light at 5:30pm so I went ahead and took advantage of Emily's good mood and started making rows instead of retiring inside. Her good mood didn't last too long with her 7pm dinner looming on the horizon, and bath/bedtime being not too far behind it. I got through 3 rows before the first tantrum called me away and then she dozed off, so I tried for more, in the middle of the 5th row she pulled rank on me, since she's the superviser I had no choice, my gardening was over for the day. I snapped a couple quick pictures before coming in though: 
She didn't last long once we were inside and eating she had such a busy day today. 15 minutes after coming in and sitting down to eat: 
She had her bath and tonight she didn't fight to stay up at all. When we started our story she already had her eyes closed. Now she's sound asleep and I am relaxing in the stew (with a heating pad on my back in hopes it will forgive me tommorow) and couldn't be happier with all the progress in the garden. If the weather holds onto spring, (and my back forgives me) I may have more to share tommorow. *Fingers Crossed* Thanks for reading & Healthy Harvests, Lily Last edited: Fri Mar 14, 2008 12:32 pm This blog entry has been viewed 739 times
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Congratulations on everything done! You have the sweetest supervisor I've ever seen. :) Lovely to hear about Grace. Hope she learns how to scare those bunnies.
Well all the good weather and the fresh air were the ideal things for Emily today weren't they?. She was obviously pleased to see her mothers progress in the garden so allowed her to carry on until she felt she'd done enough for the day. It must been exhausting supervising so neither wonder the little 'un was sooooo worn out at the end of it.
You accomplished so much and today is to be another wonderful sunny day.I think Emily is one of the best babies.Mine would have been screaming their little heads off.
Its soo good to hear you have such nice weather to work your garden area. I getting ansy waiting for our snow to melt so I can get out in my garden to work. Little Emily looks so wonderful. You did so good on getting so much done.
Great work Lily. I'm with Glendann, my little one would never have let me do anything. Hence the reason I'm just getting my garden gloves back on after 4 years. I hope you continue to get great weather. I'm still waiting for my snow to go away but I know spring is coming and am waiting patiently...well most days. :) Keep us posted on your progress.
Lily, you are one hard worker. And with little Emily's help I know you get a lot more done. Good luck on your plantings and harvest!
Glad you had a good day! My! What a cutie for a supervisor! She is precious. Your garden is looking good. I am sure hubby is proud of his girls!
Gosh Lily - I wish I had your supervisor. What a lovely little bundle - so precious, so beautiful.
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