Charles added a new raised bed to our backyard. It took the whole weekend and he did a great job.
You start with this...
and add this...
and you get this...
Those are blueberry bushes. I am going to order strawberry crowns and plant them in the middle and around the edges.
Then I harvested enough basil to make pesto all year long. This was about half the pile washed and trying to dry it a little.
This was all of it with the stems removed.
Then processed in the new food processor with olive oil.
I filled a few ice cube trays and popped them in the deep freeze. Now I have two bags of basil cubes. It only take one to make enough pesto for one dinner and some leftovers for spreading on toast for my lunches.And lastly, Logan went to a local YMCA overnight camp for first time campers. It was from a Sunday afternoon to a Friday afternoon. From the moment he got up Sunday and every two minutes, he was asking if it was time to leave yet. He was so excited! After about two hours of "Is it time to go yet?" I got out the digital timer and set it to count down to the moment of departure. Then for the next five hours I heard, " Only 4 hours and 23 minutes until we leave." He wouldn't go play or do anything else except follow me around and announce the minutes to go every two minutes.
This is his bunk. We got to help him set it all up. Camp was a great motivator to get him to start doing things on his own. Like he would usually not take a shower without someone turning on the water and waiting until he got in and then you had to magically be there when he got out. I told him that if he didn't learn to do it himself that he would be the only one there with a Mommy in the bunkhouse. It also got him to start cutting his own pancakes and such. Worked like a charm!
These last two were added because Dad thought Logan looked a little worried. He was really jumping off the walls. The last ten minutes he was really quiet and didn't say anything.Oh and I was also in a car accident. I was rear ended by a pickup truck and the driver had no insurance and no license! Luckily I have uninsured motorist and rental car on my policy. Hopefully I will get it back next week. No one was hurt at least!
Hope everyone has a great weekend!
That last picture of Logan looks like it could be captioned: "Uh oh, what have I gotten into - looks like mom and dad are going to leave".
ReplyDeleteWell actually he didn't get that way until the last ten minutes. I will add another picture that shows him excited!
ReplyDeleteAfter reading your posts on gardening I feel so ambitious about it. Then reality hits and well that pretty much sucks the life force out of me when I think of gardening on top of everything else at the moment.
ReplyDeleteDid Logan have a good time at camp? or is he still there?
Sorry about the car accident. I hate those things.
Most of the work with gardening comes with setting it all up. Once it's in its just pulling weeds and watering. You should try doing a container garden first. Get a big plastic pot and plant a tomato plant you buy from the store. It's easy. Make sure to give it plant food (organic if you can) and you will have fresh tomatoes after a while. That will inspire you to do more. But you will have to wait until next year. It's too late to start where you live!
ReplyDeleteAwsome looking garden bed! Way 2 go Logan. Hope fist day of school goes great. Hope you get your care back soon.
ReplyDeleteJenn