Sunday, April 25, 2010

The Garden

Have I told you all how wonderful my husband James is? Well, let me tell you again.
Today he worked six hours in the sun putting in a small garden for me. He had to rototill the rows, hoe up the grass, bricks, rocks, etc, put in some top soil, plant the plants and then he watered everything down. And in the famous words of my mother (if you knew her you would understand) "I Supervised!".
I am sunburned as red as a tomato. But it was so wonderful to see it taking place.
The pics I am about to show you doesn't do it justice. We have a little scrap of a back yard, but he made the most of it. We have red, yellow and hot banana peppers:

Broccoli, zucchini, cucumbers, grape tomatoes and regular tomatoes and for Craig, carrots:


My daughter gave me a topsy-turvy for Christmas and we planted a grape tomato plant in it:

We moved my Mother's peach colored roses to the other side of the yard with the other rose bushes. And with the wagon of petunias & snapdragons it is quite colorful!

I also have strawberries, mint, lemon thyme, more petunias and of course, hot lips (which isn't blooming yet):

I know everything looks pretty rough right now, but soon I will have a garden full of colorful, fresh vegetables! I can't wait!
James, I love you so much and thank you so much for doing all this for me!

8 comments:

Meari said...

Before long you'll have an abundance of flowers and veggies!

Carolyn NC said...

Wow, that sounds so inviting and looks lovely! Pretty soon you'll be overflowing with all sorts of goodies! Kudos to your DH!

Dani - tkdchick said...

Looks fantastic Donna! We're not quite at the planting stage yet up here, not for another month. Would you beleive they're calling for snow tonight?

Karan said...

What a labour of love... in all ways. :0)

Katrien said...

You have a beautiful garden. Enjoy those veggies! :)

Rene la Frog said...

What a sweetie you have. Your yard look beautiful

Anonymous said...

Can't wait to see the growing product.. SUNSCREEN girl.. Sunscreen

Daffycat said...

Ouch! Careful of that sun! The garden looks fantastic, Donna! I can't wait to hear how that grape tomato does!