Plant Buying Day

 

Murph basically plans our day.  Mark is our designated driver.  Our first stop was Grant's Farm and Greenhouses in Williamsburg, OH.

Mark took us to breakfast at Moma's Porch and Grill in Batavia, OH. After we ate and hydrated, we headed to Kinner's right down the road.

We got 10+ 5 gallon buckets of Nanny nuggets or Baa-berrries also know as goat poop to use as fertilizer because we had such good success with the beds in the goat pen once we had no more goats.

Here are some shots of Jamie's babies.

And Murph thinks we need to go back for more.

Then off to the other side of the earth to one of our favorite places...Funke's!  They have everything and lots of plants you don't even realize you need.

Sometimes, every single time, we seem to go a little overboard with the number of plants we buy.

Back home, we head to our last stop...the Tomato Tree Man.  He was having a sale, so again, we have extra..

I am almost out of space.  It must be time to head home to unload it all.  Tomorrow, planting begins.

This is just a quick partial list.  Murph has some plants at his house, and we have seeds to plant too.  A better count will happen once we get it all in the ground.

Let The Gardening Begin

 

Beckett was my little farming helper today.

Claude says that gardening is hard work.  She loves to sleep in the sunshine, anywhere I am working.  I'm feeling the love!

We are off to Evans for that good, rich soil to top off all of the beds.

The man is a machine!

Some places are tight, and we have to take a bucket on the overland trail to get to them.

Murph's first Sun Tea of the season.

Mr. John from next door is checking to see how far along we are.  He has to rebuild some of his beds that but up to the fence.  I think we have a friendly competition when it comes to gardening.

First beds complete.  Now to add goat poop.

This is where we start next time we get dirt.  One truckload equals about 10 wheelbarrow loads.

I love ending my night with a campfire, listening to the birds, and listening to the neighborhood dogs talk to each other.

I'm Loving It!

 It's Spring Break, and the weather feels that way, but they say it may not last long.

So I have to get while the getting is good.

Bloom garden is all cleaned out and ready to sow seeds.  I am dreaming and dreaming.

The Goat Pen

All the tall raised beds are ready to go.

The garlic bed is waking up from its long winter's nap.

This bed is cleaned out but still needs lots of TLC.