Yesterday was May 16th and that is the latest it’s been for me to plant a garden. Â I would have planted earlier but it has been way to wet or too cold. Â Just two weeks ago we had snow. Â Finally it was dry enough so the guy who tills our garden came.
The second he left, I was off to the nursery to purchase plants. Â The forecast was calling for rain overnight so I was racing the clock. Â Thankfully my son Karl was willing and able to help.
I had a LONG afternoon and evening of garden planting…and listening to my book on tape….and watching Ruby play outside. Â She was a dirty mess!! Â She would dive into the creek and then come back and roll in the garden. Â UGH! Â She really did have fun though.
I am so glad I finally got an opportunity to plant. Â With rain chances coming up for the rest of the week, I need to grab the opportunity to plant when I had it!! Â By 8 pm the veggie were planted and the annual flower plants. Â The veggies weren’t watered yet and I didn’t get the annual seeds planted as Hubby called from the tractor and said I needed to come help move to a new field. Â An hour later I was back to the garden only it was dark and I wasn’t able to finish. Â I guess the annual flower seeds will just have to wait until in dries up again.
Today I am sore but oh so thankful that I got a little window of opportunity to get things planted.
Glad you got the veggies out before the rain. I also took a window of opportunity this past weekend when it was low pollen and very cool and breezy out (it is usually stinkin’ hot in Georgia by now) and dug up a couple of new garden patches out of our hard, heavy clay and planted things for three days in a row. Then I spent a good three days unable to raise my arms above elbow height! Argh – out of shape! Glad you had a tiller and your dirt looks SO much nicer than the red clay here!
If you get the chance/time could you please explain this comment you made in this entry in more detail: “Hubby called from the tractor and said I needed to come help move to a new field.” Move what? Equipment? I love hearing about your farm life and wonder how you fit in all that you do! Oh, and I love the quilt posts from you and Kelli!
Glad you got your ‘home’ crops out! Our garden always gets out late. DH won’t pay someone to till it and I can’t handle the tiller on my own, so it waits until he’s done with planting. I hear you about moving equipment. I get that call a lot too, since our fields are not close together. DH thought he didn’t need a cell phone but he sure does use it a lot-especially in the spring!
What a beautiful view from your verandah!