Growing Like Weeds

I have spent many hours digging, weeding and tilling my garden...and then doing it all over again! It is crazy how fast those darn weeds keep coming back! This past weekend I mixed some mulch into the soil and I finally started to plant some seeds outside. I planted spinach, beans and mesclun lettuce. The strawberry plants that were left behind from the previous owner are starting to blossom. Since there are numerous birds, squirrels, and other creatures constantly surrounding the community garden I decided I needed to protect my plants so I bought some netting to cover my berries and seeds. Hopefully it will do its job. If not I may have to buy a fake owl to scare them away!

I also trimmed back and pruned my lavender plants, sage bush, rosemary bush, and my huge bay leaf tree. I will admit, I don't know a thing about pruning, I just took my clippers to my plants and went to town! I filled to overflowing two (broken) wheel barrels full and moved them to the compost pile. It looks so much better now!

My strawberry plants

My bean seeds covered with netting to protect them

These pretty tulips just grew all on their own, it was a pleasant surprise.