Tough Week!!!

Thursday came and went and no one from the nursery was able to make it out. Sister Mary and I walked around the gardens and tried to find some things in my book, but decided maybe it was a little premature. In a couple of weeks more things will be blossomed and easier to identify. She insisted on staying and helping me rip out some ground cover. That's back breaking work, but we made more room for vegetables. She went home and I went back to working on the raspberries. There's lots and lots of dandelions and thistles. The only way is to use a hand spade and dig down to get the tap root. Slow process.


Here it is before I started.........




Here it is after!!!









Friday Chuck was off, and spent the morning cleaning up the outside at 1617 12th Street. I cleaned house. The realtor is having an open house on Sunday. It's the pits trying to keep up with both places. Those of you who know me well would agree that keeping a spotless house is not typically my focus. Definitely not my idea of being creative.

After lunch we went to the country and attacked that garden together!! It took us 4 hours but we got most of it ready for planting.


Saturday, Chuck and Rick traveled to Waterloo to pick up a small excavator that they used to get rid of some of the bushes and trees. They took out a total of 18 shrubs/trees -- 11 of which were planted WITHIN the garden! Most were overgrown or had severe winter kill.

We took out the 'Gateway to the Garden'. Now I'm looking for something prettier. The debate is on between something made from wood (manly) or something iron (girly). Don't know what it will be.


Resting on Sunday was not an option since the Open House was going on back at 1617 12th Street. We decided, heck we'd just go out and keep working at the 'other place'. However, we just couldn't seem to get anything going. Didn't realize just how tired we were, I guess. Rick and his dad come to finish pulling out a few more things and we had burgers and stuff for lunch. When they left, we just sat in the lawn chairs and waited for 2:30 to come.

It was a long, tough weekend. The heat and wind were murder!! But we're through the worst of it now, and WE'RE STILL STANDING!!!