Category: Gardening

It’s been hectic, and since the weather is now warm, I’m enjoying spending time when I’m able outdoors. Over the past several weeks, I have completed a lot of work outside, and there’s still much more to finish.

The plants on our property are native to our location, and I want to keep it that way. I’ve relocated a few plants to different places.

One of the plants I relocated is some of our mint. It has been doing its own for about twenty years. I moved some of the mint growing on our property to a different location. The above mint was growing in a shady part of our garden. I transplanted some of it in the above planter pot and placed it on our front doorstep; the remaining was placed on the side of our house that does not have any plants. It’s the only side that does not have plants as a border.

Both of the new locations receive full sun. As active as the mint was in the shade, I know it’ll do even better with that much sunlight.

Besides the mint, I’ve also purchased additional native plants to welcome to our property.

Yesterday, I picked up six lavender plants from Lauren’s Garden Service. Initially, I’d purchased four lavender plants, two more blueberry bushes, and two foxglove beardtongue. However, after placing the bought plants in my vehicle, I went back and purchased two more lavender plants.

As you can see, they’re in full bloom! Lauren’s Garden Service is an eco-friendly landscaping and plant nursery. They’re located about an hour (one way) from where we live; however, it’s worth the trip. They’ll be a welcome addition to our property. My daughter and I were commenting on lavender plants in bloom last week, so it’s nice to see that I could snatch up six large plants for our home.

I’m looking forward to transplanting these beauties and watching the pollinators flock to them.

I snapped this photo a few moments ago, it definitely stands out since it’s surrounded by a lot of green plants.

Warning this is a picture heavy post…

The past few weeks we’ve received heavy downpours of rain, and our garden has shown it’s appreciation through the overabundance of produce we’ve received.

Watermelons picked from our one acre garden.

Early morning is my favorite time to do gardening work, and so you usually can find me in the garden shortly after 5:00 am. This morning, I was pleased with the amount of watermelons we had in our garden. I needed a wheelbarrow to get all  the watermelons. We also have cantaloupe, and honeydew melons.

This morning my daughter awoke early enough to join me outside, and while I wasn’t expecting her to be awake at 5:30, I enjoyed her company!

She and arranged one of the collectible Barbie dolls that I’d given her onto the watermelons. Mario, one of the crocheted amineko’s I’d made, joined Julie the Barbie (my daughter named them both) as they basked in the early morning sun rays…

Here’s a photo of some of the beans my daughter and I shelled, last evening. There were a lot, so it took about two hours to complete the task. The time flew by quickly as we worked, we chatted about the day, and talked about upcoming activities we’d be doing, such as the chart recently mentioned on Curls&Q, my daughter is a list maker. Of course, my fingertips are still numb from shelling all those beans.

Gardening can be hard work, but I enjoy it immensely. If you put effort into your crops, it can be rewarding.

Last evening, I did knit a few rows of my Elizabeth cowl, but it wasn’t completed. I could if I’d pushed myself, but I was exhausted from yesterdays activities.

This morning, once my gardening was complete, I was able to finish the Elizabeth cowl! It’s not exactly like the pattern, since I added extra stitches/rows, and I opted for a heavier yarn (worsted weight) I still like how it’s turned out. I might keep this cowl for myself, since I do prefer them over scarves.