Saturday, April 21, 2012

All In A Days Work

I love the weekend because it means it's time to devote some serious time to the garden.  The past week had been pretty much raining, so the sunshine today was very well welcomed- even if it was only 45-50 degrees.  Our to-do list is a mile long and we were eager to get to work.  Before noon we got ZERO done.  This is pretty much what we had to deal with all morning: A very crabby, sobbing, nothing will please child.


If you are queasy, pay no attention to the fact that she is licking the cry-induced snot off her face.

After some lunch and a nap, Finley was semi in a better mood.  We were finally getting some stuff done.  First, we built another garden bed.


Finished off distributing the 5 yards of top soil I had delivered this week.  This was by far the worst part of the day.  I HATE hauling dirt.  Luckily, my Father-in-law let us borrow his tractor and trailer to ease the pain. (as you can see I also got the laundry done... multitasking is key here!)


Finley loved the tractor.


As the sun was reaching the western sky, we finally were able to plant some stuff.  In the new bed we built today, we planted strawberries and a blackberry bush.  To start off our edible landscaping around the boxes in the front, we planted rhubarb (strawberry and rhubarb jam, anyone??).  And to end the day on a good note, we planted our potatoes!  A post about the potato bin will be coming shortly.



All in all... not a bad day!  Now if only Finley would stop being a crab-ass.

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