Spring to My Step

It's SPRING!!! I love the springtime. I love the flowers and the grass, the birds and the balmy weather. But most of all, I love gardening. Three weekends ago, Kris and I decided to take a walk down to our garden plot at Winfield Village and it had already been tilled. We wasted no time at all getting our landscape fabric down to stifle the weeds. We also put in our lettuce, spinach, and Chinese cabbage.
Two weekends ago, I spent all of Sunday installing a rabit fence. Since rabits can go right under a fence, you have to bury it about 1/2 a foot down. It wasn't easy, but I'm sure going to appreciate having a crop of broccoli and peppers this year. Last year the little vermin nibbled every single plant, right down the row. Thankfully, the peppers kind of bounced back. But the broccoli never made it.
So, this past weekend, Kris and I bought some broccoli transplants and I planted them and the onion sets, as well as some more spinach and lettuce. I can't wait until we can plant the corn, peas, beans, and peppers!
Our strawberries and raspberries that we planted in our little back yard are really taking off. We're going to get a bunch of yummy berries this year.
At the end of the day last Sunday, Kris and I had just barely enough energy to clean out all the dead plant material on the side of our townhome to make room for all the herbs and flowers we are seeding there this year. It looks nice, now. We were really tired, but gardening fatigue is a good kind of tired. I love that feeling.