Tuesday began with a trip to the hardware store for 10 bags of sterilized steer manure and 10 bags of top soil. Miniature princess emblazoned gloves were purchased for Nutmeg and a kneeling pad for myself.
Then we went to Farmington Gardens and purchased bare root strawberries, a concord grape, a boysenberry, some freesia bulbs, and silverskin garlic.
Then we stopped at Aloha Feed and longed over the Americauna chicks and bought a haybale and a variety of seed potatoes.
After lunch the grape and boysenberry were planted in Berry Row and corner bed on the south side of the drive was attended to. The sod was shaved off, the retaining wall rebuilt and the soil broken up. 2 bags of top soil were added and 3 dahlias, the freesia bulbs and 36 ranunculus were planted.
On Wednesday I was up early with the sunshine. I planted seed potatoes from last year's harvest and organic potatoes from the winter that had gone to seed in the North bed near the front door. 5 holes were planted and and I added fresh soil on top of the rhubarb in the corner as it looked like it was growing in a pit.
I also laid out where the roses and tomatoes would be planted in the bed along the drive. Then I added 2 bags of manure and 2 bags of topsoil to that bed. This in addition to the lime that was added on Saturday.
Still unsure about the east bed for the strawberries and thinking I should keep them where they were last year. Trying to find places for the remaining seed potatoes, garlic and remaining onions. Still need to find a place for a mint patch and decide where to move the thymes to.
Need to start indoor seeds including impatiens.
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