June 11, 2007 - sore from weeding

Me? I am an eclectic back yard gardener. I grew up with strong gardening roots and a strong sense to use what you have, when you have it. I am sure more will come later about just who I am.

My garden space is not very big, but I do what I can with what space I have available. These past two days have been brutal. I have been spending a lot of time weeding my wife's flower beds (I am all about the vegetable garden); I am a little sore. Today, however, I was able to transplant some things in the vegetable garden, some cucumbers and tomatoes. I also worked on the step off the deck – at grass level. (We have some granite from the original foundation under the kitchen of my parent’s old farm house in Maine. They live behind it now in a house the whole family, with a lot of expertise and long hours from my brother-in-law, built.) I am rambling quite a bit, here, sorry. Anyway, MW (My Wife) and I had decided to plant some low-growing ground cover type plants between the granite pieces. Last year we planted some Corsican mint, and earlier this spring we transplanted some Scotch moss there. Well, today, we found some more Scotch Moss, and a couple other things, the names of which I cannot currently remember. I will have my first pictures of my VG (vegetable garden), and the GW (granite walk) tomorrow, with the correct names of the ground cover I planted.

Now, why the blog? I thought of doing this blog for three reasons.

1. I am a big fan of my garden;
2. J B.S. is on assignment and cannot see the progress in person; and
3. I thought it would be interesting to chronicle the growth of my VG and the creepings of the GW.

Some day, I may post some pictures of my wife’s FGs (flower gardens). I will definitely take some pictures of some things she is trying to coax back to life and probably her cooler varieties of flowering plants.

My posts will always seek advice, irrespective of whether I specifically request it. This blog is not, however, pure of heart entirely. As you may see in the future, I could have some Google Ad Words, feel free to click them. Interesting thing about Google, you sometimes get things you would not expect to come up on the page based on the text on the page. You see, as I understand it, they mine the website for keywords and place ads, which may be related, on the page. I will do my best to limit what you might find, as I believe doing so is possible and necessary.

I hope to post at least one or two pictures a day. Sometimes there will be words, other times only pictures. Thanks for coming; come again to keep track; and leave some posts.