Why I Didn’t Plant Today

Mitch and Charlotte helped!

I did it again. I told you all I was going to do something before I did it, and then I didn’t do it. I went out to the garden to poke some holes in the dirt for seeds this evening, but when I flipped the paper envelopes of seeds over to read the instructions (I love how all things come with instructions these days), each one said to “plant in spring after the last sign of frost” or “plant in spring when the ground has warmed”. Well, the ground hasn’t really warmed. In fact, it was kind of chilly last night. I’m not really concerned about frost in April, but I also know that it’s going to be in the 40′s for the next couple of nights. This can be a good thing, however. I desperately want to include my son in this project, and he’s with his dad this weekend. I think if I get the seeds in the ground before the rain comes on Wednesday then I’ll be successful. This will hopefully give the ground a chance to warm up and my son a chance to get nice and dirty. In addition, Earth Day is this week. What better way to celebrate than to get seeds into the ground?

If you’re wondering what I did do this evening, I’ll tell you, and I’ll show you with my pretty camera phone pictures.

This is me, being resourceful.

First, I decided to cheat a little bit. I know that you’re supposed to take some string and section off the rows where you are going to plant. Luckily for me, I found some criss-crossy shelving that we never assembled after we moved. Instead of string, I’ll be using the metal grids to help me space the plants. Clever, right? I know!

This garden rocks. Get it? Rocks?

Then, I felt that where the dirt met the grass was a little boring looking. Now, we’re poor folk up here in the northeast part of the city, and I didn’t feel like shelling out the bucks to buy edging. Fortunately, I found some decorative rocks lining the the outside of the house. You should know that before we moved in here we had a deck built on the back of the house, and it is raised so that a car could be parked underneath.

This is my favorite rock. It looks a little bit like a brain.

Apparantly the woman who lived here before us had put a rock bed where the deck is now. Over the years the rocks had become covered and buried, but I dug them up and lined the garden with them. Beautiful! Beautiful and free!

Can you see Frogger's little arm laying on the ground next to him?

While I was being clever and beautifying the place, however, I broke Frogger’s arm. Frogger is a little frog statue that also came with the house. In fact, when we bought the house, we insisted on them leaving Frogger. So what do I do with our little treasure? I break his arm, of course.

I want to tell you that I’ll be planting seeds on Tuesday, but I don’t want to be a three-time liar. I can tell that they’ll be planted soon! In fact, I have a few plans involving tomatoes and cauliflower, but I’m afraid if I tell you what they are, I won’t do them. I have a poor track record with my garden promises.

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