Halfway Through May...Already?

I believe I am all done planting in the main garden. As soon as the zucchini and squash and watermelon plants start growing more there will be much less room in there. I am hoping that I'll be able to keep them all separate from one another and they won't turn into a big mess. Here is the finished project:


The kale, on either side of the garden in the front, has been growing like crazy. Our juicer broke last week so we haven't been picking it as much as we would normally. The broccoli and brussel sprouts, far back left, have gotten pretty big, too. I am so glad I took a chance and planted everything a little earlier than advisable. All I lost to the cold were a couple of basil plants and some sweet potato vines.

Then I don't know what came over me but I decided to start a whole new project. Actually, I was milling around at Home Depot and found these short posts and decided to clean up the yard a little bit. With all of the dogs running around the grass got pounded out a couple of years ago. So now the backyard is weeds and dirt/sand - the house gets so dusty and dirty and muddy. We've been talking about either seeding it or just mulching it. Seeding it is so much work and then we have to try and keep the dogs and cat off it while it grows. No thank you. You can see below what I've started and what we'll be finishing in the next couple of days...it actually turned out better than I thought.


I also got some ornamental grass that I'm going to put up in front of the house but I didn't have enough daylight last night to start that project - tonight!