Well the garden has now been officially somewhat planted. Yesterday I transplanted the Rosemary bushes from the old garden to the new garden so that Heather and I could convert the old garden to a play area for the kidlets. We had planned to convert the old garden last week but I think we all remember the tiller story and in the end there just wasn’t enough time.
This week we got off to a good start though and made some quick progress. I removed some grass and Heather rolled out the black covering. Then we got to work spreading the mulch. This is when we realized we didn’t have nearly enough mulch. The bags always look so big and the area you have to cover so small. This meant yet another trip to the garden store for 20 bags of mulch and 10 bags of top soil. Luckily such a hefty load was a piece of cake for our mighty mini-van, although the mini-van’s bum did scrape while backing into the driveway. Poor mini-van bum.
Well 28 bags of mulch was just the ticket. We now have a nice (assuming you don’t get close to see the crooked line I made for the edging) little area in the back corner of the yard. There are no sharp edges and the mulch is soft so the kids can go crazy doing whatever it is they do to entertain themselves with little to no fear of severe injury.
There was one problem though – the kids area was done but the garden only had two rosemary bushes in it and our bush beans and squash had outgrown their little soil pellet homes. I was exhausted (have I mentioned how heavy raw dirt is?) so I initially decided to leave the planting until Monday and went in the house. Round about this time my appetite started poking at me, poking at me and so I rummaged around in our little jar above the fridge. I found some Easter candy and had somewhere between 1 and 6 mini chocolate bars (Mr Goodbar and Krackle). I was then able to draw from a seemingly endless energy supply provided by our friends Goodbar and Krackel and I prepared the rows and planted the bush beans and the squash. One of these days I will finish the rest of le jardin. Until then may the beans and squash thrive in their new home.
By the way, today is creme caramel Sunday. Let us pause and enjoy our little yellow friend creme caramel.
Strong work, Trev. Strong work.
Come plant at my house. Where is the picture of the new play area? Please share.
Okay, I added a picture of the play area. Eventually there will be a sandbox as well.