Look what my garden grows

It is 68 degrees right now. Hot and sunny. They boys and I went out to work on the garden. We pulled weeds, we turned over the dirt in the boxes, we put more bark down on the spots where the weed cloth was showing, we watered the chives, which are already coming in.

And then Tracy came out to play. At that point it all went down hill. Tracy, a hose, innocent, unsuspecting boys. Mud, head to toe. I'm sure some of the water got on the plants. Mostly the boys were just using it to cake the mud on, deeper and deeper. At one point I looked at Rhys and all I saw was blue eyes staring out of a three foot tall mud pie.

Needless to say, they loved it. They were not so thrilled with getting stripped naked in the garden and bundled into the shower, though it was warm at least. Once they were clean it was off to a nap. Rhys was NOT on board with that part of the plan.

In the picture you can see the box that had herbs, peppers, green beans, lettuce and spinach in it last year. The chives are the green bits in the back of it. Behind the boys there is a pile of wood, which will be cut up for fire wood. That spot is where the pond is going to go. We got a kit on sale last year for $30, so it would be a waste not to use it. The long thin box will have squash, zucchini and such in it. I built it at the end of the year last fall, so it still needs dirt. All of the ground that is not garden or pond will get covered with weed cloth and mulch.