Yep, that’s right, I’m guessing I’m about halfway done the initial planting. Maybe a little less. I did the first and second veggie gardens today, worked in all my compost, sowed my seeds, and transplanted a few more plants. My back hurts, my wrists really hurt (there’s a new one – I blame too much knitting, it’s given me bum wrists now), but there’s more work to be done tomorrow – namely, digging in the rest of the compost into the front garden, and planting all of THOSE transplants, which are by far, most of my transplants. There’s at least 100 of them.

I also found myself perusing the tomatoes while picking up said compost today, and was pleased to see some ‘Moskvich’ and ‘Cherokee Purple’ tomatoes. I thought, what the hell, I know I have tons of room this year, I’m going to get them!

And so I did.

Tomorrow I make the big final push, and I’ll hopefully get all the compost dug in in the front yard and get everything planted. I WILL do that tomorrow.

But first, a few plants to say goodbye to:
Thyme – oh how I loved thee. For some reason, you didn’t make it through the winter in your pot. That’s okay though, I have tons more.
Sage – You didn’t make it through your pot either. What’s with that?

But I must say a happy hello to my ‘Oranges & Lemons’ Gaillardia. I thought it had died, so I dug it up, only to find some healthy young shoots popping up, WEEKS after all my other perennials had started to grow. Well, at least it’s alive!

Also, my Tri-Coloured Sage, which isn’t supposed to be a perennial in this climate, in fact survived through the winter and is now growing healthy new leaves – and lots of them! I guess I didn’t need to buy that new sage start this year. Oh well, can never have too much sage!

I didn’t have the energy to take any pictures today, hopefully I will tomorrow, but failing that, the day after.

B. proclaimed today that my spaces now in fact look like gardens (rather then bare patches of lawn – I added the last bit).