Saturday, May 14, 2011

Planting Our Garden

Today was all about the yard and garden.  We got our front yard looking perfect then started on the garden.
The process of tilling has taken three days. We borrowed a tiller where the blades were in front any the tiller moved forward. Unfortunately our soil is clay and the tiller didn't get more than about two inches below the surface. I  spent the last two evenings turning the whole garden area over with a shovel so the tiller could get down a bit further. So when I finally got around to tilling this morning, it went smoothly and quickly.
Katy planned out where everything would go and it all went in within about two hours. Nora helped me plant the rows of corn. I would point and she would drop them approximately in the right spot. While she was eating her lunch she bragged about what a "good dropper" she was.
We got the last few plants in the ground right as the first raindrops started to fall. Talk about good timing! By the time we got all the gardening things back in the garage we were soaked which was very nice. We sat together inside the garage and watched the thunderstorm and enjoyed the cool breeze.
Life is good.


1 comment:

  1. At first I thought Katy was writing this and was about to scold her for tilling while pregnant. Glad to hear she has man-help doing the tough stuff. You guys are an inspiration. We started digging out our garden area.... about a week ago. One of these days we'll get out there and finish!

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