Garden update & expansion…

My garden evolves every day. In the green house, I’ve been potting up the seedlings I planted first to bigger pots and holy shit do they grow fast!

Each day, I spend time potting up various flowers, herbs and vegetables. It’s so much fun!

I look forward to working in the greenhouse and get all my other stuff done so I can get out there.

The greenhouse is my favorite place. It’s warm no matter what the weather and I love the earthy smell.

I’ve mentioned before that I am a smeller, so is my son Sam, when I open the door I take a big sniff and always smile.

I get lost in there for a couple of hours where day practically. I have a strict no-phone policy whenever I am working outdoors or in the greenhouse.

I need to protect this time I have carved out for gardening. This time is precious to me and I don’t like to be distracted; everything else can wait.

Today, we finished putting together the garden beds we picked up on sale last year.

My original plans changed when Marty and I discussed the garden expansion. I realized my plan would take too long and the garden would never be ready for planting.

We laid out two large tarps. Next, we laid out the new galvanized steel beds. We tried them a couple of different ways until we were happy with how they looked and would function.

Then we took three large food safe barrels we got from a local food manufacturer which Marty cut in half and figured out the the best place to put them as well.

Finally, we moved the 6 robin’s egg blue raised beds into place. I finally have a solid plan what will be planted and where now.

We began filling the beds with all the cardboard and egg cartons we saved. Then I started looking for more fill besides twigs and sticks.

Then I turned around and remembered the eyesore on the backside of the packing room of the production kitchen.

Years ago, Marty filled this space with crumbled pieces of an old concrete lincoln log fire pit.

He also threw in lava stones from a different fire pit. Three concrete blocks he was once used in an old outdoor train layout found their way to this spot too.

I didn’t see this area since it is hidden from the deck, pool, and house. Well, now my garden is there and I knew it had to go.

As soon as my brain made this decision, I saw the space loaded with of lots of different sunflowers filling in the blank space at the back of the building.

I began removing the rubble until I had a wheelbarrow full. That’s when I stopped since I wasn’t wearing gloves and my hands were getting sore.

I used the rest of the nice day to plant more seeds in the greenhouse.

I started some pest control seeds of different varieties. I did a lot of research on this in the last few days.

It’s 5 pm and I just came in. Wow! What a super productive day!! We got done a lot more than I imagined.

Marty was a tremendous help to me today! Thanks hunny! The rest I can manage on my own.

I’ve got that good exhausted feeling and my body feels like it got a great workout. I am starving and so happy I planned a simple dinner.

Thinly sliced grilled steak in a salad with veggies, onion, bleu cheese, and balsamic dressing are on the menu. Yum! I’m drooling.

Of course Nelly & Roxy were outdoors with us. They loved playing on the big tarps. They played ball, wrestled and chased each other for hours.

Oh, it’s going to an early night for all of us I can promise you that.

Have a great night and a good week guys. I’ll talk to you soon! 🩷