Spring Clean Up

Last weekend I loaded up a couple of large waste containers with debris from the garden making sure to leave enough cover to prevent frost damage to the budding plants. Early morning is definitely my favorite time to work in the garden and the work flowed well...

New Garden Plot on the Horizon?

My daughter and her boyfriend are in the process of buying an older home in an established neighborhood and I believe they are receptive to my wife and I taking over the vegetable garden for the season. The backyard is very large and I believe the garden plot covers much of the area. I think this will be a wonderful opportunity for a number of reasons:

1) Particularly that I understand the elderly owner (who recently passed away) was an avid gardner and we are very curious to see what he had planted (what the perennials look like) and the condition of the soil.

2)The house is a fair distance from our home which will provide an excellent bicycle riding destination.

3)Perhaps our presence will encourage my daughter to take up gardening-one never knows??? Our present garden plot is not too large so having more square feet to garden in will be a bonus.

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I have set an intention of spending more time gardening in 2012. The main focus being the "ongoing" attention to the care and feeding vrs our typical "gung ho" approach at the beginning of the season with diminishing attention as the summer progresses and then intense attention at the end of the season...

Talking with a Friend-Weeding etc

My wife and I had a friend over for dinner yesterday and the topic of gardens came up. We agreed it is exciting to contemplate the upcoming planting season and all it represents. My wife stated that "we" always start off our gardening season with gusto but our enthusiasm starts to drop off as the season progresses and the weeds start to take hold?? It will be interesting to see if we approach the season with awareness around our tendencies outcomes will be different?