Garden Work is Well Underway!

 Mrs. F.G. has begun the annual spring clean-up  and tune-up for the garden.  In particular she and our garden helper have carried out the bags of soil and reconstructed the 'towers', adding the soil as they went.  Mrs. F.G. uses a number of soil amendments to achieve the balance she wants, so it all requires mixing.

A great deal of the garden work goes on indoors where Mrs. F.G. has lights set up in the basement and grows many of her plants from seed.  This year she has tried geraniums, and she has already moved them into the garage to harden off.  They won't get planted out until the end of the month.

In the back yard work began on building the towers, starting with the soil mixture.

By the end of the day three towers were in place, ready for Mrs. F.G. to try out various little plants in them.

The big job was filling each layer with soil as they were built.  These towers are taken apart and the soil removed for the winter.

In other news the onions and peas have been planted.

The decorative trellises for the peas have been installed.

And the grandchildren's giant dragonfly added.

Mrs. F.G. has also begun her annual translocation trapping for chipmunks and red squirrels.