Batnavel's Blog

| Add a Comment | Report

Apr 19, 2008 | 1:05 PM PST

I let a perfect gardening day go by yesterday, but I am blaming the weather man in part. I had to work all week, but was off Friday, and I checked the weather on Yahoo every day approaching Friday, hoping the forcast would change. Well, it didnt. It said "Rain, thunder and wind" and the little picture didnt look pretty. So, I decided to stay up all night and go to bed at 8 am when my wife got home from work and was ready for bed. I awoke several hours later to find a PERFECT gardening day. I did get one project done.....added some river rock that I got free from a friend to my back corner, but I could have dug my 19 foot sunflower / veggie bed, and probably sealed the inside of my ginormous flower box. Oh well, you live you learn.

Anyway, I am planning massive planting days for May third and fourth. The local Master Gardeners have a sale on the third, and I plan on being there early. This will be my first time there, but I hope to chat up some folks while I am there, as I plan to take the course this fall, and become one with them. I hope to get my veggie bed dug before then, so I can do it all, ( or most of it ) next weekend. The wife is off too, so I have to plan on spending some time with her. She usually sleeps a lot later than me, so early morning digging will probably be the best.

I always like to post pics in my blog.......so here is an extreme before, and the current state of the garden. After the master gardener sale and a trip to lowes, there will be lots more to shoe.

What I started with in Aug 07:

And where I'm at in April of 08:

5 Member Comments

Page 1 of 1


bsmitch	Apr 19, 2008 \| 1:32 PM PST What! Didn't you feel the earthquake, it was 40 miles from you. Oh well, you had other things on your mind waiting for wifey to come home from work. (private). Now, don't you live in Kentucky, just about 90 miles from the Kentucky Derby on May 3rd. I guess you are more of a gardener then a horseman. I wont be there either, I'll be in my garden. Great pictures. You have a great day and happy gardening. Bill Mitchell
Batnavel	Apr 19, 2008 \| 2:33 PM PST Felt the earthquake strong here, it was the talk of the town. We had a second tremor at 10 am that was pretty strong too in my opinion. ^v^
fairygarden	Apr 19, 2008 \| 6:33 PM PST Your yard/garden has come a long way! Glad to know that you are Ok.
grannylee	Apr 20, 2008 \| 3:43 AM PST Don't ya just hate when that happens,bat. We had an earthquake here in central Va., some years back.Windows rattled, some prettys walked off a shelf, that kinda thing.Scary! Glad ya'll are O.K. Grannylee
BrownThumb	Apr 29, 2008 \| 12:28 AM PST Wow, that is a night-and-day difference. I envy your sense of order. I am more of an ad hoc nature-is-as-nature-does type, and yet I like the ordered nature of the 4 matching pots, the squared lines of (...uhm....) tulips(?), etc. I am sure that your neighbors love, love, love you for fixing that mess up.

Add a Comment