What a fantastic Sunday!
After a rocky start at a very busy garden centre (we went pre-coffee and food - not good), hubby and I made it home with all our gardening necessities. And we proceeded to spend the next three hours toiling and planting and planting and toiling until... voila! A full garden!
Oh and did I mention the two hours the day before tilling and clearing the whole thing to remove the grass and weeds from years of neglect? I swung a pick axe! It was a proud moment...
Today starts to make up for the sting of my front flower beds. I actually planned ahead and
planted bulbs last fall (I love bulb plants - so easy) and low and behold the tulips started sprouting as soon as the last snow fell.
And then we proceeded to strip the house of it's layers of siding and even though we were careful, there were some flower casualties.
AND THEN the crews came in to trim the windows and stucco... and they were not as kind (although at first they tried). Now I have one tough tulip left, barely standing amid the ruin of tulip leaves. Sigh.
Okay wait - back to the positive. I will have tons of veggies and herbs to keep the family (and friends) fed through the summer and our kind neighbours across the street have offered some flower cuttings for the front beds so once the eaves are done, I can have flowers once again.
Life is good.
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