Weekend Update: Gardening and Yard

This was a really busy weekend! It started early on Friday and went all the way until Sunday evening. I almost gave myself a concussion while trying to plant my vegetable seeds, completed painting the upstairs hallway, learned that de-dandelion-ing the yard is a daunting task and enjoyed the Cinco de Mayo festival down the street from us. It was a very eventful weekend! The weather was so great that we had to spend most of it outdoors!

Each weekend the yard has become nicer and cleaner... it actually looks like a garden now! The grass in the back is coming along well and hopefully in a few more weeks it will be looking more like a lawn than a patch of dirt. I cannot wait to remove the large pile of pea rock from the yard so we can lay down more grass and plant some apple trees. Our garden is beautiful but what are yard is really missing is more trees.

With the help of my lovely friend Jessica I planted my climbing rose bush... How many people does it take to plant a rose bush? The answer is: Not Hilary. We walked around the yard aimlessly for like an hour (okay, more like ten minutes) trying to find a sunny place that my rose bush could climb. Without Jessica's help it would never have been planted. Finally when we do get it planted it is not deep enough. So Nick has to come to the rescue. Hilarity and a second try at planting it ensured, and we finally got it planted! At least I was able to cover the hole with dirt!

I also started my vegetable garden. In the process my head and a cabinet in the shed got in a fight and after seeing stars, blood shed (seriously!), tears and an icepack I was back to work. I decided that this year I am going to have a potted vegetable garden since I am not sure where I want my permanent vegetable garden to be. I figured this way I could try growing from seeds more and control the garden a little better. I have sugar snap peas, pumpkins, melons and tomatoes. I planted a few last week but I am pretty sure they drown in last week's rainfall. I tried them again this week and will have to wait and see if they worl. The pumpkins will be moved into the yard once they get bigger. In the yard I also planted rhubarb and raspberries from some seedlings that Nick's mom brough over. In a few more weeks I am going to buy some tomatoes and will hopefully have a successful garden!

My brothers were over all weekend and were really helpful to me and Nick. They worked on de-dandelion-ing our yard. We don't want to use weed killer becasue our grass is still growing so we decided to go at it the natural way by digging them out at the roots... after working all day, there were still dandelions left. In fact, I am pretty sure they were reproducing as we were weeding. It is looking a little better now.

After a long, hard weekend, I was able to relax on the hammock for a little while and enjoy our yard!