As you can see (if you squint) we have little lettuce seedlings popping up in the garden this morning. The other plants look good, but this is our first seedling to emerge this summer. There are supposed to be various thunderstorms in the next two days, so I will have to keep my eye on these guys to keep them protected. You can also see our lovely Ohio clay soil. No matter what I do, I cannot seem to get that perfect Martha loam. Oh well, things continue to grow every year, so I won't worry too much.
I spent a few extra minutes walking around the yard this morning. Matt has been working hard every night cleaning up the flower beds. Everything looks so wonderful and green. I still remember when we first moved in and the entire backyard was nothing but grass. Not one single flower bed. But we did have two dead trees. We spent one year mowing and decided that we could not stand to mow for 2 hours in the backyard alone. Once we got a plan from a landscape architect, Matt starting taking out sod. He must have filled over 30 lawn and garden bags and he only used a shovel. Then to top that off, he planted all the shrubs after we had the trees installed. I might be the one that considers myself the gardener, but Matt is without a doubt the reason the yard looks so good.
As you can see (if you squint) we have little lettuce seedlings popping up in the garden this morning. The other plants look good, but this is our first seedling to emerge this summer. There are supposed to be various thunderstorms in the next two days, so I will have to keep my eye on these guys to keep them protected. You can also see our lovely Ohio clay soil. No matter what I do, I cannot seem to get that perfect Martha loam. Oh well, things continue to grow every year, so I won't worry too much.
I spent a few extra minutes walking around the yard this morning. Matt has been working hard every night cleaning up the flower beds. Everything looks so wonderful and green. I still remember when we first moved in and the entire backyard was nothing but grass. Not one single flower bed. But we did have two dead trees. We spent one year mowing and decided that we could not stand to mow for 2 hours in the backyard alone. Once we got a plan from a landscape architect, Matt starting taking out sod. He must have filled over 30 lawn and garden bags and he only used a shovel. Then to top that off, he planted all the shrubs after we had the trees installed. I might be the one that considers myself the gardener, but Matt is without a doubt the reason the yard looks so good.
1 comment:
Terry, Really enjoy your blog. Your garden looks beautiful, lots of work but worth it. It is so nice that you and Matt work on it together. Aunt Polly
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