Hello Hive Gardeners!
We finally had some good weather on this bank holiday weekend and I took the opportuntity to complete a couple of simple jobs in the garden. First of all, I got the bbq started ready whilst I pottered about in the garden.
As you can see here, the bed for the plants has not been completed and there is still grass growing and weeds and soil that needs to be removed. In its place, I will put some fresh stones to make this corner look nice.
Here I have already removed many of the huge weeds that had built up over the winter, this was my messy corner of the garden and I have been really keen to clean this up.
I was waiting for some nice weather and could get my hands dirty in the soil. The plan was to re-use some of this soil to plant some seeds with my son and give us a little mini project that we can do together and he can monitor how it is going.
Therefore, he got started first to gather the soil we needed for our seed project. He was very excited about it and was happy when we finally got started.
My choice of seeds were lettuce, carrots and zuccini. I think the lettuce ones were the best ones to go with as they can grow easily and at most times of the year. It is probably too late for tomatoes now.
With the soil gathered, we added some water and will now let the mini greenhouse do its work and check this each day for some progress. Hopefully we will get something growing and can plant into some pots or the bigger plant holders that I have.
Once I put down the cover to stop weeds coming through, I spread the stones out over the top and now it looked a lot nicer than before. I also topped up a couple of places with some extra stones too.
When I had some time, I also did some weed extraction from the grass. There are so many weeds and it seems like a never ending battle. I was tired of doing this after 20 minutes, so the battle will continue on for another week.
Overall, even though it was pretty hot in the early afternoon, it was great to be outside and touch some grass. I have been trying to touch grass every day and earth myself each day. It feels great to feel some grass under your feet.
Later in the evening, we went for an ice cream to the local shop where my daughter can buy the vegan chocolate one and finished off a great day. I hope you had a great Monday too.
Thanks for reading.
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