Begin Phase 2

Well, we did it. Matt turned over the soil in the top bed (by hand) and we now have garlic and lettuce planted. We have several other plants and seed packets to put in the garden, but I want to make sure that I have the right combinations. Besides, Matt still needs to turn over the other two beds, and they get more sunlight than the first one. Until then, my plants will have to tough it out on the kitchen counter.


I can now wander around the yard to see what else is going on, and there has been a lot of activity. Our poppies look wonderful. Hard to believe when I took them from my mother's yard that they would survive. We had dug them up shortly after they bloomed, so of course they looked horrible. Plus, I had forgotten how they die back and started to panic when they turned brown and disappeared. Yet more than 5 years later, they look great and keep spreading. Luckily they have some company with the purple cone flower and columbine, so the bed stays full throughout the season.

We also had a visitor looking for food. I saw this cardinal jumping around on tree limbs and had to stalk her to get this picture. My zoom was set to the maximum, so she might be a little fuzzy, but I was happy to get the shot. I will need to get some advice from my dad about better ways to catch wildlife on "film."

Throughout everything, Goliath has been keeping me company. I often find him laying in the grass getting some sun, but this time he was hanging out on the deck while I took pictures. Hopefully the next time you see the deck, most of the paint will have been removed, thanks to the power washer. Maybe I can help out with that project after my piano lesson tonight.