Sunday, May 25, 2008

Garden Edition 2008

This weekend we did some more work on the garden. We picked up a small selection of veggies and herbs at Mahoney's Garden center. We realized that last year's garden was more ambitious than we were, especially since we're away for most of July. We returned to a crazy weed patch, as I noted in a post here: http://83durant.blogspot.com/2007/08/home-sweet-home.html



There were quite a few things that came back on their own this year, which was a nice bonus. We're adding a few things, but this photo has notes that shows what came back from last year (Click through the photo to flickr to see the details.)

So we have some new tomatoes and herbs, but nothing too huge. I refused to get a cart while I was at the garden shop, so that I could only buy what I could carry in my arms. Without the big cart to fill, I was much more discriminating in my selection. I'm afraid we just don't have the time or energy to take on a full scale garden this year. You can compare this year's garden to last year's garden by looking at the flickr map of last year's garden on this previous post: http://83durant.blogspot.com/2007/05/83-durant-garden.html



Also, Carter has been wreaking havoc in the garden. I've put up some completely ineffective wire fence around it in an attempt to keep him out, but he just doesn't seem to get it. We fight about this daily. He likes to eat dirt, and he seems to think that the garden dirt is especially tasty. Infuriating dog!

That's all for now. Happy Memorial Day.