plants by the van load
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free plants | Posted:
Wed May 03, 2006 3:54 pm
Spent the week end at moms again and brought home more plants. Spent the last 2 days getting them into their new homes. Free plants, the best kind.
I think I'm almost done with what I can take from her place, as she has mostly shade & I have mostly sun here.........so, other than a few evergreens, I've exhausted her yard as a free plant source. Need to wait til fall on the evergreens too.....some are pretty big, so would rather not have to be carrying water!
My first flower seeds are up that I put directly in the garden. I've never been successful doing this in the past.........so I'm pretty excited by some barely there green specks in the dirt.
The grass seed is now showing as green too, in the repair patches in the front yard. (need to do the same thing now in the back) Can't wait til this fills in and I can mow the whole area.
I have called my friend with the dozer/tiller & am hopeful he will be here within the week to work his magic on my garden space. I should measure this area..........it seems absolutely huge to me. I've never had a veggie garden this big in my life. Has a 4' fence all round, with a big livestock sort of gate on one end. (yeah, the tractor fits through the gate!)
I've had the veggie patch "cooking" all winter, can't wait to see if I made any progress at all getting the soil into better shape. We added a layer of compost, then leaves, then lime and covered the whole thing with black plastic. Once it all gets tilled together..........I'm hopeful I will see rich black soil. Then, the work starts!!!
Supposed to be 70 here today........although there was ice on the bird bath again this AM. Heading outside to water my new little sprouts!!!
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