The Garden This Year

Fortunately, our spring spent hauling manure, wood chips and straw around in the yard has finally paid off. Those of you familiar with the "gumbo" type soil we have here at the house can appreciate just how MUCH hauling of soil amendments was necessary. This is where having a county extension agent as a member of the household really is a godsend! We now have Jackson Perkins roses growing off the porch (I buried the medallions with their names, but will track them down), more spinach and lettuce greens than we know what to do with, onions, radishes, carrots, peas, tomatoes, squash, cranky cucumber plants and a personal fav....the pumpkin started carefully inside when it was still snowing. We will both cry if something happens to it before it decides to produce anything aside from leaves. The dogs (Brie on left, Pip on right) are usually very interested in our activities but have a tendency to make the best poses on the tallest of weed patches not hit yet by Roundup!