Cloudy and relaxing....

Today was a day to weed, plant a few short rows of extra spinich and turnips, and just wait for things to start appearing.

To the left is the rhubarb that we planted last year. Its doing very well and should turn into a very produce stand for years to come.

Richard laughed at me as I would stroll around the veg area from time to time today looking for seedlings. I was rewarded with turnips in one of the "wall" planters and a few nasturtiums peeking through where I planted them between my raspberries.

It is supposed to be getting warmer over the next few days which would be wonderful as this cool weather does little to excite growth in most of the young plants.

This is the row of built in planters that were here when we purchased the home.

They are wonderful as a "its already here" bonus but you will notice that there is no space alloted for walking back and being able to work the planters. Just a solid row of raised beds. Planting here has to be planned for access and placing those plants that you will not have to work for awhile or will harvest late into the most difficult areas to get to.

Eventually these will have to be altered into a more gardener friendly scheme.

This is one of the beds in the regular garden that Richard and I have moved on to. It is completed with selected plantings and new mulch. Every day we try to get at least a few more feet done in this area now that the veg garden is set and progress is being made.

At the opposite end of our garden from the veg area is this. A lovely patio with firepit. Unfortunately it is surrounded by scrubby pines that are simply messy. We are having them removed and where the garden "V"s behind them will be landscaped and brought back into the scheme for the rest of the garden. The Fire Pit will be built up with a small wall so its not just a hole in the ground.

Little D likes relaxing behind these pines during the day in the warmer weather so we will incorporate a Dog House for her in the landscaping plan. Work starts on this end as soon as possible.

If we continue to make a bit of progress each day by the end of the season we hope to have a relatively low maintenance bit of Heaven in Idaho Falls.