Remember how i told you that recently something shifted with my little ones? I finally feel like I can take them places or do my own activities with them puttering beside me and I don't have to monitor them every single second.
I honestly don't know how I managed to put in a garden last year as well as teach a few beginning gardening classes with my crazy, dirt-eating 1 year old daughter in tow. I do know that I often reserved working in the garden for early (early!) mornings, nap times, and after bedtimes because I just couldn't trust the Littles to not pull up all the plants - to not eat dirt - to not step in that one random stray piece of poop that didn't get picked up.
But now - oh glorious now - I can actually work in the garden. The past two days here in western Oregon have been bright, sunny and cool. You should smell the air - it honestly smells like spring if spring had a smell. I put the awesome upcycled T-shirt leggings I made for Lane on her (click the link - the easiest leggings EVER, I don't know if I'll ever buy a pair of leggings again!) and gave a shovel and pail to each of the Littles with instructions (that they actually followed!) to only dig in the large bed of dirt.
Oh my goodness - did they have a blast!
While they worked, I managed to dig out a trench by my Raspberry Bushes (Yeah!) and make plans for a hedgerow wire trellis to contain them. (high hopes of getting that built in by next week!)
We already have ladybugs doing their work on the raspberries! Here's hoping for no aphids this year.
I finished off each container blueberry plant with a healthy topping of used coffee grounds, peat moss, compost, and some blood meal.
Put in more beets and Romaine lettuce in the hoop house (since I'm hoping to avoid flying insects laying eggs on them)
The spinach, cilantro, and parsley bed
Last but not least, my dicentria (bleeding hearts) have all sprouted and ready to go for a beautiful spring/summer show~
So my spring garden is officially planted. On a side note, a girlfriend of mine commented that she would love to have a garden but her yard is mostly shaded. While it is difficult to grow edibles in a shady yard, some of my most favorite perennials in the world are shade plants. I'll look forward to sharing them with you in a bit. Until then, hope your spring is looking and smelling as beautiful as mine~
Want to know where I get a ton of inspiration and ideas? Check out An Oregon Cottage's Tuesday Garden Party!
5 comments:
You got a lot done! Yay for spring. It was gorgeous here today and I was outside for hours! It felt good!
Oh! I miss those days with dirt eating toddlers! What sweet memories you gave me! Enjoy every minute with them!
I think you are growing two little "Life-long Gardeners"!
So many neat things happening in your garden--I loved the ladybug, and the blueberry in the container especially! Thank you for stopping by my blog and leaving a nice comment--I appreciate it! And thank you for the "pin"--I think that's my first! I'm glad you liked the video--my hope is to add more of them this gardening season. I found fruit tree pruning kind of complicated as well, but really, if you just go out and don't get intimidated by the jungle at the beginning of the process, you can start by pruning a few branches, and you get the hang of it fairly quickly. I also did start by taking an inexpensive pruning class--you could check with your cooperative extension office--Master Gardeners-- to see what they offer. I do like espalier, because I never would have had room for anything else in my little garden.
Looks like you all had fun in the garden. Shesh! You're all way ahead of me!! I'm only now braving the outside to see how much work I'll have to do this spring!
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