Digging in the dirt is good for the soul :)
The kids & I have been sick all week, and we are all starting to get a little stir-crazy from being stuck at home! In fact, by Tuesday we were getting a bit of cabin fever, so Caleb & I took advantage of a sunny afternoon while Ella napped, and we went into the backyard for some sunshine.
While there, I started pulling weeds out of our overgrown garden boxes (which we haven't planted anything in for...close to 2 years I think!). It felt good just to dig in the dirt :) And the great news is, we found lots and lots of worms! I'm pretty sure those are good for the soil, so I am looking forward to some good garden produce :)
We will be simplifying from the garden we planted 2 years ago--last time, we did everything good I could think of: tomatoes, eggplant, zucchini, butternut squash, bush beans, climbing beans, carrots, asparagus, cabbage, onions, potatoes, cucumbers, etc., etc. Most of it didn't do too well, I think because I was afraid of fertilizer and so I neglected to use any. At all.
This year, Joe wants to just focus on tomatoes and beans, and we are throwing in a pepper plant and pumpkin plant, because our sis.-in-law was kind enough to give us one. I also want to add butternut squash (because I love it & didn't get to taste any last time), and zucchini (because of an amazing Zucchini Chocolate cake recipe from my mom), but we'll see if there is space. We took out the boxes that were just behind the house, I can't remember why. Now we just have the ones along the fence, like so:
This is Day 2 of clearing out the weeds.
Notice the overgrown (invisible) box behind me?
Still gotta clear that out...
