Friday, June 3, 2011

Watering the Garden Monster

Our garden is like a giant pet that needs constant upkeep. From the time the ground thaws you are weeding, hoeing, boosting the compost in the beds, planting, de-bugging in an organic way (VERY time consuming) and watering. It inspired the following:


9 comments:

  1. Those are beautiful beds...34?? Wow. Steph, it doesn't rain during the summer and you still need to water? Anyway, I see you struggling with that coil hose. There is no hose in the world I've found that is easy...they either get a kink a half mile away and you have to go back and unkink for a half hour, or the coiled ones get too coiled. Best of luck with all your fruit and vegetables!

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  2. Thanks, Dee! John really should get the credit for us having such an amazing garden!He does a huge amount of work when I'm at the library Saturdays.

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  3. Benita! Nice to hear from you! Thank you! We had rain all spring but, Yay, now it's SUNNY! I just bought 2 new hoses and now have 3 that reach all over. Supposedly non-kinky hoses! Do you have a garden?

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  4. Hi Stacy,
    I've thought sprinklers or perforated hoses might make things simpler but John is a gardening Luddite. I'd like a more modern wheelbarrow, too!

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  5. Steph, no garden this year, just flowers. It turned out we got so much rain and it was so cool (10-20ยบ's cooler and twice as much rain), so just as well I didn't plan on tomatoes and such. Besides, we live on a hill of rock. I'll just wait to see how spectacular your vegetables are.

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  6. I kinda love this. But then, all artists are suckers for quick sketches.

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  7. Thank you, Donna. I am a huge fan of your incredible, brilliant work!

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