However, this year May was a little wild both with activities and the weather. I missed the plant sale completely. The weeds grew back in my garden and even though the thought of planting was in the back of my mind, the time to do it never appeared.
I had a coupon for $10 off at a local nursery that expired on Memorial Day. I knew there was no way I was going to be able to get there, but Ryan's office is right by the nursery and since he had to work that day he offered to stop by after work and get what I needed. (Isn't he great!) The pickings were slim, but he was able to get most of the things we wanted.
Now that the plants were bought it was time to focus. So Tuesday, after the Kindergarten Talent show, I put on my work clothes and spent the rest of the day gardening. I finished about 8:00pm and am happy to say the garden is in.
It ended up being better that I didn't get it in until now, because if I had planted it when I wanted to it probably would have been killed by the uncommonly cold weather we had in May.Now it will be up to Ryan to keep it alive while the kids and I are visiting my parents for the next two weeks. I know he will, because he enjoys the fresh tomatoes just as much as I do.
4 comments:
Be so glad you waited! We bough $25 worth of tomatoes last month. Planted them and the next morning they were dead. There was ice coming out of our hoses it was so cold the night we planted!! :) Your garden looks amazing! Enjoy the fruits of your labors!!
I'm with Sarah- after scoring most of my plants at the CTEC for dirt cheap, I planted them just in time for the snow. Almost everything croaked!
Now I have the second wave of veggies planted and feeling good about heading into nice weather!
I admire your green thumb, Hillary! And with such a busy month behind you, I am impressed you worked so hard to get it done!
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