The Yard goes Green

Amazing what a little time will do. The clover is coming up, we've got a few plants in the ground, we are putting together some frames for raised beds.   It's been a hot summer, so we've been using tons of water.  Can't wait to get our rainwater system running - but that looks like that will have to wait for next season.  Again, when in need of gardening help, call your mother.  Pictured, Laura Birdsall and Ben, oggling the new plants.

Life where for years there has been none...  

Note small fig tree on left.  Grow little guy, grow!

Using our Cobblestones

We decided to use all our cobblestones to pave an area by the gate for parking.  Here's our neighbor Victor helping us set the stones.  How many wheelbarrow loads of stones did we move?  That's some heavy stuff, stone work.  Wouldn't recommend it for more than a week.  

Et Voila.

Dirt Farm

We got a couple loads of free fill dirt from one of Irish Kevin's work sites, and one load of healthy dark topsoil from a nursery.  Above is a picture of the free dirt.  I guess we got what we paid for.  We spent a week cleaning out all the trash and rocks.

When you need help with your garden, call your mother.  Ben's mom came from Minnesota to help get things going.

Once we got the soil into reasonable shape, we seeded the yard with clover.  Dutch White Clover, to be exact.  We were incredibly excited when it started to poke up. This is like an ultrasound for clover.