Ooooh, there's so much work to do outside this spring! And I love it all!
On Saturday morning Tom rented an auger for all the new posts that will go around the garden. Our friend, Erich, came over to lend some muscle to the job!
All the old rickety posts and wire were torn down to make way for a new picket fence. I left instructions with everyone about big boots in my flower beds! "Watch those tender plants just coming up, y'all!"
This is the perfect time to put a fence in since all the cone flowers, yarrow, and hibiscus aren't blooming yet and getting in the way. Plus, Hannah hasn't planted any early veggies that need protection from the rabbits.
Gradually working a little each Saturday...it will be awhile before the fence is ready and the flower beds can be mulched on the outside of the pickets. If you want to see what I'm envisioning when the project is all done, see Susan Branch's garden here.
So this is what kept us busy on Saturday:
- holes augered and garden posts were put in
- Hannah's raised beds were better secured after falling over from 7 years of use and the rough winter we experienced
- stacks of bricks leftover from building the new addition were carted down to the second garden and shed and arranged for a flower bed border
- all of the old thorny blackberry bushes were dug up and put in the burn pile
- a tall poled birdhouse was relocated to a new spot
- a cookout to reward all the hard workers
- an evening looking at Jonathan's pictures from Panama
Hopefully, we'll get some more items on the "honey-do" list crossed off this weekend!
~Deb
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