Garden Chores

Spring has finally started 

in our neck of the woods.

I've gone from starting seeds inside

to re-potting and moving them to 

the potting shed. 

I set up my Christmas light cord

with a dusk to dawn setting

and put two heat lamps out there in case 

of heavy frost.

It always feels good to get them out of the house,

and it is amamzing how much they grow 

between now and May 15th when I

start planting the garden.

I also started preparing my garden beds.

Last year I planted three tires with cucumbers.

This year I'm planting six :)

I've started working some of the 

earth in some of my beds and went ahead

and planted three packs of 100 onions bulbs each.

These beds that are covered in leaves . . .

I'm going to try the 

"Strout's No Work Garden Method" here.

https://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/no-work-gardening-method-zmaz08aszgoe 

We have this area behind the potting shed

that is adjacent to a graveled area where we park

our trucks and trailers.

I wanted to build some kind of a boarder

to divide these areas and soften the look.

So I bought some little trees and shrubs

and some trellis's and created this corner.

 

In time they will grow . . .

behind the trellis I planted two red twig

dogwood shrubs that will grow six feet tall

and six feet wide.

Some day it will be lovely . . .

give it a few years :)

While weeding out the garden beds

I came across this . . .

I think it is a baby pine tree.

So, I put it in a pot and I'm going

to nurture it and see what happens.

Walking around the yard I spied a 

few pleasant signs of Spring.

This is Steve's Dad's old wheel barrow.

I found this old log on the wood pile 

last Fall.  

It was rotting in the center

so I dropped in a couple Hen's & Chicks.

On the south side of the house we have 

tulips starting to bloom :)

And my baby Forsythia is blooming:)

Don't you just love Spring!

New life in the garden

gives me a new sense of energy:)

Happy Spring 

&

Keep Smiling!

Your blogging sister,

Connie :)