We gardened all weekend

We've been busy gardening! Jim made me frames out of PVC for two of my raised beds. I'll try to get a picture for you later, right now I'm just too tired. You put row cover fabric over the pipes and use clips to hold it. That way it creates a little greenhouse and raises the temperature a bit. I'm still trying to get a decent tomato crop. The first year I planted tomatoes they did great but it's been too cold lately, especially last summer. So we'll see if it helps.

I have four tomato plants in the ground, two in pots in the greenhouse, and four others in pots on the patio and in the yard. So ten plants altogether.

I put in lettuce and onion seeds today. I planted some onion sets yesterday but they look a little old so I'm not sure if they will survive. I also put in seed for arugula (salad type green) and bok choy. Later I'll put in carrot seeds but they like it warmer. I also potted a lot of herbs I started from seeds. And a few flowers here and there.

Jim is going to make me another raised bed in the front yard for more dahlia tubers. More of last years dahlias are coming up then I thought would and I have already bought more.

The current bushes (2) are doing great and the logenberry that a fellow librarian gave me is doing very well. It looks like a blackberry vine except it doesn't have thorns. I'm going to plant the other one this year and train both of them up a couple of trellises to disguise the compost heap.

Both columnar apple trees are making apples! We are watching those with great interest. Hopefully I will be able to give Jim apples to eat!