So here we are, a few months after my first post about our garden transformation. We’re several steps closer to the garden of our (my) dreams, though we still have quite a bit of work left to do.
My husband has been diligently working, in between the ever-growing list of in-home renovations (does the incessant breaking of things/maintenance thereof ever end?) and the needs of family.
To date he has: torn down the small fence/grass border, pulled out the two sad fruit trees (we decided not to save them because of location/lack of actual fruit/the amount of pruning that needed to so be done), moved the enormous rosemary bush into a pot in the front yard, enlisted the help of his cousin with a tractor to dig up all the old plants/root systems that still remained, and contacted a local company about bricks to build our retaining wall-style raised bed. ALL while working full time and being an active father. Talk about a busy body!
On top of that, he has also planted a free-stone peach tree , and moved all the big stones from the back into my small Outlander-inspired standing stone fairy circle in the front lawn. Oh! And let’s not forget the PVC pipe grow light suspension rig he built for me inside our house (I’m seriously such a lucky wife, thanks babe).
My contribution to the project has been to start seeds and buy more plants, plan the garden layout, and food preservation/meal plans for the coming harvest seasons, and to be helpful where I can be (which mostly involves child rearing and keeping the other parts of the household running).
We are making so much progress!
We still need to: purchase our bricks and build the raised bed, purchase soil, lay everything out, and plant, Plant, PLANT!
By Land or By Sea 