Terrie and Chuck 
Mom and Chuck
Well, my husband, Chuck, has been very busy trying to build a raised bed garden for my Mom, and also one for us. For those that have visited us before, you know that we have lots of trees. Since sun is such a valuable "garden growing commodity" we had to place the beds in just the right places.
Hers is now complete and after adding the final mushroom compost (6 bags no less), we finished planting the vegetables yesterday. He designed the beds so that they would be high enough for us to sit comfortably on the little ledge seats he put on both sides. (weeding was never so easy)! It works very well! Chuck built Moms last Sunday and when I arrived home from Chain of Parks, Mom had the wine glasses ready for the "garden toast."
He has worked on ours all day today with some help from Mom and our friend Joe, and hopefully it will be ready for the mushroom compost tomorrow. Then we can begin the fun part of planting some vegetables. We will all work on them together. The bed at Mom's has beans, tomatoes (several varieties), cucumbers, eggplant, bell peppers (green and red), and some hot peppers plus several varieties of basil.
We have had a very beautiful and a very productive weekend!
I finished my residency for VSA Florida last week and tomorrow will be the first Monday in several months that I haven't gone to teach. This residency was a good one and I cannot begin to tell you how much I appreciate the students' efforts in the art projects I presented and how much I value and appreciate their teachers!
So everyone go out and have a good week. From time to time I will let you know how the veggies are coming along!
'til later,
3 comments:
Terrie, I love my raised garden bed. What can I say. Chuck is a great guy. And his hard labor is much appreciated. The design,the hauling and cutting, the placement of the bed, etc. Now, we will look forward to FIRST HARVEST. Mom
Wow, what lucky ducks! The beds look great!
I can't seem to get herb seeds to grow in one patch of our yard even though it's the sunniest. I used to be able to grow dill and basil seeds but again this year, the dills look really tiny and don't seem to want to thrive. Otherwise, the other plants seem to be growing well this year.
Hi Mom, Hi Sara!
We are having fun and enjoying watching the plants grow.
Sara, you and Mark should stop by when you get a chance! We like to try some of the herbs, too, and I think we have some basil and Mom planted some rosemary in her yard (the rosemary really loves sun and she has a place near her back porch where it gets plenty. We bought some catnip for the kitties tonight!
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