3000 Pounds and Whaddaya Get?
May 19, 2008
The Husband is such a ROCK STAR. He laid 3000 pounds of flagstone for our new backyard patio a little over a week ago, with only a tiny bit of help from me. Well, I helped enough to still be sore 3 days later, but really, he did most of it. AND he built two new raised beds for our garden, finished this weekend. I’m so lucky he married me. They look awesome, they make our backyard feel like OURS, and the space back there is starting to come together and look like a really nice, usable yard. I can’t wait to have a fire in the firebowl and chill out on the patio and gaze at the tomatoes.
I planted under threat of impending rain this weekend, seeds for pumpkin and carrots and green onion and all manner of greens that my father sent me for Christmas from the Pacific Northwest, including broccoli rabe and swiss chard. Woo! Exciting. NOT for bunnies. I’m nervous about that, in this new ‘hood. The carrots are a new venture for me, I’ve never grown them, and the pumpkin is just because I SO loved having the volunteer pumpkin last year. I also put in a roma tomato, and the heirloom tomato seedlings will go in in a couple of weeks. They still need some time to acclimate to the stresses of the outdoors.
The fleeting lilacs are almost done, so here’s a sniff. That’s spring, right there in a purple package.
My name is Tracy Harris. 
May 19, 2008 at 9:49 pm
Ahhh, I can smell the lilacs. I can’t wait to see how your garden progresses.
May 20, 2008 at 5:02 am
Had to de-lurk to say, MAN, what an awesome husband. My husband did help when our flagstone went in last fall, but that’s a big job! AND raised beds in one weekend? Wow.
Have you decided what to do in the cracks? I was really shocked at how quickly the weeds set in. I planted a low growing thyme this spring, and I love, love, love how it’s filling in.
May 20, 2008 at 6:44 am
We planted grass in the cracks of the flagstone. We actually have considered some creeping thyme as well. The patio should be level enough that I can just run the lawn mower right across it. That is, if I did my job right.
May 20, 2008 at 6:48 am
How nice! I wish we had done more than 1 raised bed because the one we have is overflowing with plants. We plan to start our patio project this weekend. I think I’m feeling sore already!!
May 20, 2008 at 6:50 am
The beds turned out great! That’s our project for this weekend. I’m worried about rabbits too (we have open fields behind us), so we decided to put a small wire fence around it. Hopefully everything will turn out
May 20, 2008 at 7:10 am
looks fantastic! i wish i had enough courage to plant carrots and pumpkins! (and that husband. amazing man.)
May 20, 2008 at 1:09 pm
wow, wow, wow! that fella’ is a keeper.
thanks for sharing your lilacs. mine crisped up and never bloomed, thanks to my ‘water conservation’ (ie. i didn’t water them enough).
May 20, 2008 at 2:06 pm
Great work, kids! Can’t wait to see it in a couple of weeks. Love you both.
May 24, 2008 at 6:16 am
Is that your mom commenting? That would be great. My parents are arriving next week and I hope to make a good impression with the vegetable patch, if not with any other work that has been accomplished (because any other work has. not. been. accomplished. Unfortunately.). Like in ‘well, I did take care of something, nobody can deny that.’
June 10, 2008 at 10:14 pm
yes, I can smell the lilac!