Finally catching up!

Well, on Monday, June 23, I planted my potatoes, and on Wednesday night, after recuperating from a migraine, I planted the corn and peas with Donovan. A little late, to be sure, ...more like a month late! But with Oma's passing and the distractions that this brought, we got a little behind.

My pond pump has finally bit the dust. I bought the kit from Zellers for Ken's Father's Day gift 4 years ago, and have left it in the pond every year since! However, this spring I couldn't find the filter that keeps the pond gunk from entering the motor and it didn't last long. So, I guess i'll have to get a new one of those, since Ken really likes the waterfall.

I had a pleasant surprise on Wednesday, not gardening-related, but kid-related. I had sustained a muscle cramp in my neck on Tuesday, (that was probably gardening related--I'm always lifting things I shouldn't!) and woke up with a wicked migraine on Wednesday. I went back to bed, dreading what the house would look like when I finally got up, but surprise! The boys had taken it upon themselves to clean up both the kitchen and livingroom. They're not for sale anymore:)

Why I garden...continued...

Well, that was an exciting weekend! My cousin's wedding on Saturday, followed by a surprise visit from an out-of-town Aunt and Uncle, followed by my sister's automobile accident in which she totalled her vehicle! I'm so glad that gardening is theraputic.

I've decided that the reason I garden is because it's the perfect combination of art/beauty, a good workout, and science. I love learning the botanical names of the plants and all the other info that makes them wonderful, I definitely can use the exercise, and plants are certainly a gift from God.

So, I'm thinking that this year I'll make up 2 Picasa albums: one strictly informational, with beautiful photos, of course, and the other, more of a diary style. Now, if it would stop raining and I could actually stop gardening long enough to take a few pictures...

Okay, a few more pages of a gardening magazine and my insomnia is history for tonight!

Why I Garden

So, I've been giving this whole gardening compulsion a bit of thought, since when I was a child, gardening was viewed as a form of punishment. I grew up with a garden that was 175 X 150 feet. Which meant that one year, when we calculated the combined length of the rows of peas, they stretched over a 1.25 MILES! As the middle child of 5, I understood the need to raise our own food, though now that I'm a mother, I realize that the need to combat summer holiday boredom was, perhaps, even greater!

So how does one go from viewing gardening as punishment to recognizing it as one of God's gift to man? Good question...something more to ponder as I weed and till and plant and weed and till and plant!

I finished cleaning out the pond today...just a small pond, but a major job. The smell was almost overwhelming! Note to self: clean pond out in May next year, before the algae reaches epic proportions! AND the next time I find a rotten egg at the bottom, someone will be in BIG trouble!

I think I'll go grab the camera and start compiling this year's Picasa Gardening Album...

Welcome to my Earthly Eden

Hello! Welcome to my blog.

It happens every year you know, as surely as Spring arrives, I feel this incredible desire to share my gardening journey with the world. So this time I caved...I have become...a blogger! Ahhhhh!



So here is where I'll brag...bawl...and, of course, bore you to tears, with the minute details of my gardening life...complete with ooodles of pictures. So hang on...here goes the gardening ride of your life!