More gardening

Well Dad, for the third weekend in a row we have diligently worked on our gardening and other projects. And for the third weekend in a row we are exhausted. On the plus side the yard is shaping up nicely.

I bought more row cover fabric, 6 broccoli plants, and some celery seed. That's all the vegi's I'm going to plant for now. I try different things each year in order to test which vegetables will do well in our coastal Pacific Northwest weather.

The garlic bulbs I planted around one of my roses last year are doing well. I will have to dig those up and plant new cloves this fall. I originally planted them around one of my rose buses as an experiment. Apparently they help reduce black spot on roses when planted together. Funny enough I don't think that bush has any at the moment. So maybe it's working. Bonus is that I will have my own supply of garlic!

The lettuce and arugula seed I planted earlier have sprouted and even some of my sad little onion sets seem to be surviving.

We built the new dahlia bed in the front yard! Yeah! Jim took the rototiller to the new bed and we added soil. So I was able to plant 8 more dahlia tubers. I also dug up the tea plant and transplanted it to the new bed. It just wasn't getting enough light where it was. Hopefully it will perk up now.

The other 'new' project this year is the old flower bed on the east side of the house. It has some base plantings; a pink camellia, an azalea, the rose bush, and a couple of other plants. The rest has been weeds and grass which I dug out. That was a lot of work! I see why that rose hasn't been doing well, the soil is very sandy. So I will have to do some research on what will work in a sandy soil in the shade.

Jim dug a deep trench from the craft barn to the green house so the electrician we have coming can install power in the greenhouse. He also cut the table top for the table he is building me. It's to go in my study to give me more desk space.