It feels like all I've done since I've been home from Denver is work in the yard and gardens! The oh so late spring really set me back so I've been trying to catch up on two months of gardening in May! There is, finally, some light showing at the end of the tunnel. The Dandylions are under control-mostly. The veggies and flowers are planted-at least the ones I've bought. On top of that I took everything out of the garage on Saturday, last, and hosed it out returning things in a more orderly fashion. While that was in progress I also cleaned out my yard storage shed as I discovered things in the garage that went to the shed and vice versa! The garage isn't quite back in order but I'm making a bit of progress each day.
I'm not finished in the garden but here are some photos:
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| The vegetable beds. The one you can barely see is tomatoes, peppers and marigolds. The near one is peas, lettuce and bush beans. I have 10 tomato plants total-maybe I over did it? |
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| The sunflower bed. There are four varieties of sunflowers, heights from 4 feet to 12 feet! As well as some pole beans. They are barely up-look close! |
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| The flower and herb bed! |
I'm not finished, sigh. There is some hardscaping to be done, short walls, edging and a walk to be built. The rest of the vegetable gardens need fenced as Quinn likes to take short cuts through them! Also, the little Skinks (lizards) like to hide in the rocks and they drive her nuts! The pad in the front that I built in 2009 for the bench Larry made for me is being taken out. Sadly, the bench has deteriorated to the point that it must be retired and rather than replace it I've decided to take out the pavers and reuse them elsewhere. Then that area I'll fill with plants-which I must first go buy.
Now, I'll have to get caught up on the house work and the million and one things that need to be repaired!
I'm so tired at night I don't dare stitch for fear of just having to pull it all out! Soon though, it will be really hot and Quinn and I will be inside in the air conditioning. Right now we are both enjoying the nice weather and being outside.
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Phew! I'm exhausted just reading about it. It feels good to have a good work out in the yard and you can never have too many tomato plants. My mandarin tree is under attack from a flock of cockatoos. They just pull the fruit off the tree and drop it all over the neighbourhood.
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