Now that it’s May, it’s officially gardening season for us! Jimmy and I generally plant around Memorial Day because we’ve found that we aren’t in any danger of frost by that point. While we still have a few weeks until our big planting day, we have plenty of prep work to keep us busy.
We kind of failed at gardening last summer because we ended up becoming busy with a few pregnancy complications and some of our plants got munched on by deer and rabbits.
We didn’t even tear down our plants from last year, so we’re truly at square one. Here’s what the garden looked like earlier this week…
I decided enough was enough and brought my new gardening buddy out with me to do some work!
Sadie tolerated hanging out in her ball out pretty well! Soon enough she’ll be crawling around in the dirt right along with me 😉
I pulled out all the old plants, did some weeding, moved the stepping stones, and removed the tomato and green bean stakes on Wednesday afternoon.
My parents babysat Sadie on Saturday evening (thanks, mom and dad!) so I got back to work by finishing weeding and pulling up the landscaping fabric and metal clips that held it down.
Here’s what the garden looks like now!
We have just a few items to cross off of our to do list before we can plant:
- Till the plot
- Lay down fresh landscaping fabric
- Finish building the fence? (I added a question mark because I’m not sure if this will happen, haha)
I can’t say it enough: I am so excited for this season. Our little garden is my happy place and I’m really looking forward to gardening and all the joy it brings this year!
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Love 💕 You Allie we had so much fun hanging
with you guys yesterday!
Dad
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Thank you so much for your help, Dad! I love you!!
I think I would love gardening too~ I just never take that step to start one 😣 Watching Sadie while you and Jimmy worked outside was such a joy~ she is an amazing content 7 month old. Her attention span is unbelievable! Can’t wait to (hopefully) reap some of the benefits of your garden (like cukes 😜)
Love you beautiful Mama
Aww, I can always help you, mama! Thank you so much for watching Sadie while we did our work! We will totally be bringing you some of our harvest!
The fact that you and Jimmy worked on this from scratch amazes me!
Thank you so much, P! We are having a lot of fun with it!
You made great progress on the garden last week! I can’t wait to get a few herbs to have a tiny baby garden
Thank you so much, Maureen! We are having a blast with it! I hope you get to enjoy some fresh herbs this summer 🙂
Woww you did so much!! It looks amazing and you made incredible progress! Way to go doing all of that on your own as well! I hope this garden season is great for you guys!
Thank you, Courtney!! We are loving putting in the hard work and then (hopefully) reaping the benefits later this summer 🙂
Oh my gosh y’all have been so productive!! I love that you are jumping back into it!! Can’t wait to see everything you grow 🙂
Aww, thanks Mackenzie! I can’t wait to share when we finally get some veggies in there!
You have such a good little garden buddy! ❤
I agree! The cutest one out there! ❤
A good start to the garden! Your little supervisor is adorable.
Thank you so much, Amy!! She’s a great supervisor 😉
Your garden & Sadie in her little play thing are both so cute. I can’t wait to see what you grow!
Thank you, Hunida!! Sadie is a good garden buddy, haha!