Gardening

This is the planter Jon did while I was in Arizona. I had spent a few days in a row spraying round up on all the weeds. And it seemed like it did its job pretty good. So then Jon planted so irish moss, dahlias, and other little flowers. And added bark to help keep it moist. This planter gets full hot sun all day. And it seems to be helping with the weeds. We still have some, but as long as I keep up with them they stay little and easy to get. Zac is also helping me pick out the "little heart shaped leaves", not the plants we want.


Even after the camping trip we still had some big projects to do on that Saturday.

We had to get the garden in. Earlier in the week we (Jon) cleaned out the garden spot. It had tons of weeds, dead leaves, and branches. Previously, we had used it for our compost pile. Some things didn't breakdown as quickly as hoped. So now we have a pile of stuff to throw out and no where to put it. Another crappy thing is that it seems like the previous owner dumped their grass clippings here. The clippings aren't the problem. Its that the clippings were mixed with lots of trash that was mowed up too. And all kinds, cotton batting, silk leaves, an aerosol can, foam noodle pieces, bones, all kinds of plastic trash: ramen wrappers, Easter grass, etc. Very annoying and a big pain.

So then on Saturday me and Zac went to pick out stuff for our garden. We did a garden about 3 years ago and learned a few things: tomatoes plants produce a ton of tomatoes, so we only need a couple, the carrots went crazy and were either too small or way to big, stay up on the weeding and keep the soil damp.

Here's what we got:
Beef Steak Tomatoes
San Marzano Tomatoes (to make spaghetti sauce)
Zuchinni
Sugar Snap Peas
Green Bell Peppers
Red Bell Peppers
Strawberries
Raspberries (which won't produce until next year)
Herbs: basil (2), parsley (2), oregano, rosemary, thyme, pineapple mint (Zac's choice)

I kind of went a little crazy with the herbs. The food network really got me hooked!


Then I had 2 planter in the front that were still empty. I love these orange daisies with purple centers. Jon first bought them for me 3 or 4 year ago for our door step to an apartment.