The garden is planted-2008

Rain is forecast for tonight and the weekend so I planted most of my garden today. Last evening, I got it all ready to plant...all my rows marked with sticks and string...I have my garden plan all ready to go....I still have planting to do but most of the veggies and flowers are in the ground.....please, please, dear Lord, let there be rain on my seeds and transplants tonight.
I also filled some pots with flowers and they are outside also.
Tomatoes are still waiting to be planted.....it is still a little cool for them to leave the greenhouse.
Also, another row of lettuce-mesclun mix-one of my faves-will be planted tomorrow, hopefully.

It's too cold to plant my veggies!!

We have had chilly weather for the end of May.....I am waiting to plant my vegetable garden till June....which just happens to be starting on Sunday.
Tomatoes are still growing.....marigolds are getting bigger....I lost some of my basil seedlings to aphids, so I have transplanted some of them and misted them with warm water and I must be vigilant in doing this a few times a day. I promised Mark lots of basil for his garden this summer and hopefully it will grow better now.
I have bought few plants at the Foodland Store garden centre and today I bought some seeds at the $ store.
Last night, there was a frost forecast so I lugged a lot of my pots into the greenhouse and some into the garage....I know the heat is coming soon and will likely knock us over when it gets here as our blood must still be winter thick.

Here is a photo of my friend, Roger's, pond in progress....

Rotilled!!

This AM I finished transplanting my tomato seedlings and this PM, my hubby rotilled my gardens....now I will have fun transplanting things into the soft earth....yeaaaa
Weather was cool and windy today but perfect for grass cutting and rototilling.

Tomatoes

It was rainy and chilly today so I baked buns, bread and cleaned out my kitchen pantry. This PM, my sister and her husband came to visit and stayed for supper and I gave her a tray of perennial plants for her church plant sale...some herbs and shastas that I dug up and potted recently.
After supper, I started transplanting tomatoes.....LIDI, yellow mini...my seedlings .... yellow pear-shaped tomatoes...my neighbour's seedlings.... which I am growing for her. Tomorrow, I hope to complete transplanting the rest of the tomatoes...bush beefsteak and red tiny tim's.

Ready to rototill....

After digging tons of plants from my garden, it is ready to rototill.....I dug out all the plants in front of the greenhouse and my hubby will rototill the garden and in the greenhouse area as well....it was full of mostly herbs....I want more flowers there....with lots of colour.... it will be fun to draw a plan and replant things.
Yesterday, I gave some plants to a friend who has a small yard and is really getting into flower gardening....he is making a pond feature also....can't wait to see the end results......I will try to take photos to post as he progresses.
It rained this afternoon and is actually quite chilly for May long weekend.

Gardening, gardening

I haven't been blogging as I have been gardening......my husband and I moved my arbor from the edge of the garden to another area in our yard...it was difficult to rototill the garden with the arbor where it was located. Hubby had to make new posts to hold the arbor in place as the originals were rotten, rotten wood. To prepare for the move, I dug and dug loads of perennials, and potted them. I took three flats of perennials to a church plant sale and I am still digging plants and will take them to another plant sale and give some away to friends. I have been using my wonderful compost for these plants and some old potting soil that I dumped in the garden last fall....a great mix for these transplanted flowers.
Everything survived the winter and is growing like a speed demon....I can't believe how big the rhubarb has grown...we had a rhubarb upside down cake last week....and the chives are 12" tall.
Tonight, I planted 5 large pots with geraniums from the greenhouse and used a 70litre bag of potting soil...hope they will do well....it is early to place them outdoors but I desparately need room in the greenhouse...I have at least 6 plants to bring home from my church....they need some tlc and lots of sunshine.
This week I bought a pilea plant in a tiny pot for $1.79 at Home Depot....tonight I took it apart and discovered that I now own 8 pilea plants.....hope they grow well.
I also bought a prayer plant for $1.79 and it had 2 babies in it.....don't you love it when you get these bargain plants....
Time to sign off......