The Gardening Has Begun

I have been very busy the last couple of days getting my self-watering container garden going. I spend 2 days getting the potting mix assembled and the buckets filled. So far I have 8 for tomatoes, 6 for sweet peppers, 2 for carrots and Jake's old toy wheelbarrow for herbs.

I want to try and get the garden rototilled and get my cabbage started today. I also need to string the pea trellis and get busy sewing the fabric bags that I am going to grow my potatoes in this year. I pre-cut my potatoes this morning and hopefully I will get them planted this afternoon.

Well I've got to get busy. If I get a chance later I'll try to post some pictures. I was trying but blogger wouldn't let me post them now.

Good News

We took Hollie back to the vet this morning to have her stitches removed. Praise God the tumor was not cancerous!!! Thank you to everyone who was praying for us. She is well on her way to recovery.

Surgery Update

I appreciate the prayers for Hollie. She came through surgery very well. The tumor did not look good so it was sent out to pathology for examination. It may be cancerous so the vet said to have it examined to find out for sure. Hollie is doing much better today. She's still limping badly and favoring the leg that the dew claw was removed from but she's up and moving. Please continue to pray for a speedy recovery and for the tumor not to be cancerous. Thanks.

Prayer Request

I have a prayer request for my dog Hollie. I had her to the vet today for a lump that came up on her chest last week. She is having surgery tommorow morning to remove it as the vet thinks it may be cancerous and should be removed as soon as possible. Please pray that it is harmless and that she recovers quickly. Thanks.

They're here......

my blueberry bushes that is. I was so excited when they arrived this morning. I ordered 2 Ka-Bluey jumbo grade and 1 Jersey jumbo grade bush from Gurney's. I am very pleased with the stock that I received. They are a very nice size (18-24 inches), have a lot of roots and are starting to bud already. I was able to get all three of them planted. We are supposed to be getting rain and snow this weekend and I really wanted to get them in before it arrives. The rain should help them to get established more quickly. I hope that we don't get snow because I don't know if it will affect them, being newly transplanted. I did apply a heavy mulch around each bush to help keep them warm if it does snow.

I still have an apple tree and 2 different types of potatoes on order. They should be coming by the middle of April. Spring is definitely in the air around here. I have a bunch of tomato, cabbage, pepper and herb seedlings started. I still need to start some broccoli, zucchini, eggplant and winter squash yet.

I need to get busy and finish making my self-watering planters and my fabric planter pots (for growing my potatoes in). I've got about 12 self-watering planters made already and have nearly that many more to make. I'm also planning to make at least 4 fabric planter pots. Soooo much to do and spring planting time is coming on so very quickly.