Sunday of Memorial Day Weekend, 2014

Any portion of the yard that gets full sun all day long is now growing something other than grass.  Grass is a taker, not a giver.

I spent six hours in the backyard gardening yesterday.  Good times!  It feels fantastic having a garden established once again.  We are counting down the days until we can eat a freshly picked tomato like an apple.  

Herb bed in foreground; main raised bed in background;
strawberry bed running along the left of the raised bed; and the garlic bed,
on the right of the herb bed, wrapping around and then running the length of the raised bed on the right.

Strawberry bed and newly planted raised bed.  The blue cups are acting at cloches
to keep velvety lips and beaks from eating the tiny vegetable sprouts.

Newly established tomato bed!
That's 98 square feet of additional growing space.

Thank you for your service.