countrylane's Blog

It's been a wonderful Friday afternoon and weekend! It was warm and the sun shone and no rain, except at night! I've been outside enjoying every minute of it, planting, digging, and more planting. I'm not near done yet, maybe half? I have to plant the rest of the pole beans yet and the pumpkins, watermelon, marigolds, more tomatoes,cucumbers.  I do have all the peas, onions, carrots, and okra planted. I need to find some more things to set up so the viney things like pole beans and cucumbers can climb on. Maybe I will use some more hog panels to make arbors with. The kids sure like to watch me bend those things. :) I did see a trellis that was easy to build in the Cottage Living, May/June 2006 issue, that I would love to make. She has tomatoes growing on it. It would be perfect for pole beans, cucumbers, etc. But we'll have to see. The budget might not budge on that. The kids are eating so much now, that groceries cost more each week.

I've planted the purple zinnias along with a variety of others down by the road, in the same bed as the knock-out rose and the rose of sharon. Hope they all come up. That would be real pretty. I want to plant them around the raised beds, along with cannas. I planted cannas in planters last year. It was okay, but didn't turn out like I wanted. So, I'm going to try around the raised beds.

Mom's also giving me some elephant ear bulbs. I would like to plant them on the east side of the house. It's part shade there, and I think would be neat to have there in the front bed.

Friend from church is bringing out a start of raspberries. I will be planting that next to the LP tank in that flower bed. Mom suggested planting that there. It will protected from the north wind.

I thoroughly enjoyed this past weekend, and hope the trend continues with the weather. Sunday I got a well-deserved rest, or at least a well-needed rest. Parts of me were hurting that I never knew could hurt! :)