Utter Exhaustion
I don’t know that I have ever been so tired in my entire life. While I do appreciate the prompt customer service I received from the companies I ordered my plants from, I wasn’t planning on the arrival of these items until my husband was back from his trip around the beginning of May. I can do it by myself but it is hard and I am feeling sorry for myself a bit, this evening.
The biggest problem is that all the areas I wanted to plant in weren’t ready. I was planning on having this week to work on planting my veggies and next week to get those areas ready. Oh well, if I have learned anything over the years it is that few things go as planned.
I knew I was going to have to put up a second chicken wire fence for the pumpkin and winter squash this week. ( I am trellising many of my veggies to save space). I had also planned to dig the vegetable beds in anticipation of planting today.
I wasn’t expecting to have the added work of prepping the fruit areas. The back area where I put the berries, needed to be dug, leveled and weeded. We had to dig giant holes for the grapes in order to make sure their roots had plenty of unhindered space to grow. There is still a lot of the old tree’s root system under there and we had to cut a lot of roots out of the way. I am thanking my lucky stars that the bush cherries seem to be arriving according to the original schedule they sent me.
Here is the breakdown of what we planted this week:
3 Concord Grape Vines (I still have to find a spot for one)
2 low-bush blueberry bushes
12 raspberry plants
2 hops vines
2 pots of ginger root
kentucky wonder pole beans
scarlet runner pole beans
trionfo violetto pole beans
small sugar pumpkins
straight eight cucumbers
double yield cucumbers
sweet snow peas
more radishes
mesclun greens
baby spinach
more simpson lettuce
romaine lettuce
carrots
curly parsley
basil
rhubarb chard
silver beet chard
morning glories
moon flower
more nasturtium
decorative gourds
transplanted hostas out of the front yard to shadier spot by the back retaining wall.
April 25th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
Wow! You’ve been busy. I know the feeling of utter exhaustion! But it’s great to be able to see how much you’ve accomplished.
May 13th, 2009 at 4:49 pm
Do the double yield cucumbers grow as a vine? Or a regular plant. Trying to decide where to plant my seedlings. Any help would be greatly appreciated!