Oww, oww...oww. That is me trying to move. This weekend was quite a doozy, but such a productive one!
It all started Friday evening by turning the soil in our raised beds. With my strong muscles, I was able to do one bed by myself. (Boy did my arms pay for it the next day!). Saturday was spent doing some more shopping (oops!) and planting some of the beds. Sunday concluded planting of the beds and transforming our patio. This is the main cause of my pain. Most of the day was spent crouched, digging ALL of the plants/weeds that had sprouted in every available crack. I am amazed at how sore I am from doing that all day. Looks like I need to get out and garden a little more often.
It all started Friday evening by turning the soil in our raised beds. With my strong muscles, I was able to do one bed by myself. (Boy did my arms pay for it the next day!). Saturday was spent doing some more shopping (oops!) and planting some of the beds. Sunday concluded planting of the beds and transforming our patio. This is the main cause of my pain. Most of the day was spent crouched, digging ALL of the plants/weeds that had sprouted in every available crack. I am amazed at how sore I am from doing that all day. Looks like I need to get out and garden a little more often.
Anyways, here is the transformation. Below are a couple pictures from when we moved in and this winter. Notice all the interlopers on the patio:
Now check it out!
We still can't believe how different it looks, and the patio looks so much bigger now! Pretty cool.
Today was spent planting blueberries and a transplanted rhubarb and putting together some new acquisitions. Because we bought a BBQ, we needed to get patio furniture!
We were also able to do a little identifying in our yard. There are some beautiful peonies and poppies just starting to bloom. Mint plants were also discovered, along with some scallion type onions. But one of the coolest discoveries was this:
We couldn't figure out what it was, so I dug up one of the plants. Once it was scraped and odor tested we were pretty sure we knew it. A quick perusal on google confirmed our suspicions. It is horseradish - and a whole lot of it! This yard continues to surprise us. Whoever started it planted so any things. We love it!
I hope everybody else had a great holiday weekend as well. As usual, I don't really feel like returning to work. The weather has been beautiful and all I want to do is sit in our yard.
I promise to post about knitting stuff soon, because I have been doing a little. But I am just so excited to share our yard with people. Hope I didn't bore you!
3 comments:
Wow! What an awesome job you did with your garden! I can well imagine the sore muscles you're having now after doing this - it seems like a major job that you got done there - but it's been so worth it! Now you can enjoy the beauty of it, sit down and relax with a bit of knitting, and your muscles will be feeling better soon, I'm sure about that!
I'm tired just reading about all the work you two did. I better pour a cocktail and knit awhile. You too!
Your patio really does look amazingly different! And believe me, I know what it's like to do a ton of work on one day and totally pay for it the next day. Don't worry, those sore muscles were worth it, it looks great!
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