Mulches Help Keep The Moisture In The Soil

Months after my husband pulled out the old bushes by the front porch, finally, we planted new bushes.  It's long overdue, I know.  But here it is.  My dear husband and I did a lot of yard work today.  I don't usually brag about accomplishments and stuff but it's a productive Sunday for us here in the Sefcik household.  I am just super happy that we were able to get our gardening going again this year including the front porch's flower beds.  New bushes in the row that will take years to grow into hedges.  But that's alright. The house is now happy that we came to our senses to beautify our home again.  

We bought the new bushes from Home Depot using the Visa gift card my dear husband claimed from the rewards he got from buying paints a month ago - also from Home Depot.  We bought a few Boxwood Holly and a Sky Pencil Japanese Holly to replace the Wax Myrtle that's previously planted in the corner where the water hose is.  Then we topped the flowerbeds with red mulch that according to my hubby will keep the moisture in the soil so the plants won't dry out in the summer heat.

I know it's quite silly but I had to pick the red mulch so it matches the red bricks of the house.  Target for this project is to complete the planting of flowering plants before the fourth of July comes.  It would be nice to have a newly planted flower beds when the holiday comes.

Starting Our Vegetable Garden For 2014

Just bought few tomato plants yesterday from a hardware store nearby.  They're selling $2.50 per box that contains 4 tomato plants.  I bought three boxes of different varieties.

We are starting our vegetable garden again.  For this year, we will be having tomatoes (mostly as usual), eggplant, okras, and bok choy.  We will also try to grow sweet potatoes for sweet potato tops and string beans.  Hopefully the string beans will give me lots of harvested beans this year.

My dear husband already planted the tomatoes this evening when he got home from work.  This weekend we'll buy the other vegetables seeds we can plant them as sooner.

Planting at Anytime of Year

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The Garden Soil Needs Tilling

Well, my husband was supposed to till the garden Friday but a thunderstorm came Thursday morning with heavy rains and strong winds.   And so the ground was wet.  The soil here is a type of clay so it gets really muddy when wet.  Hopefully the weather will be pleasant the whole week so the garden will be ready for tilling this weekend.  We are anxious planting vegetables and flowers again this year.