My Home Garden

Over the past few days, we were setting our late garden into full swing. I was almost ready to skip this year, but the weather is still Spring-like. So, we went to our local gardening store and purchase a few bags of compost manure. Surprisingly, it was under $3.00 a bag, when I was expecting to pay close to $5.00 a bag--a 40-pound bag.

And, yes, I lifted 120 pounds of compost manure--in my nice clothes. I do not know what I was thinking. It didn't hit me that I was about to get dirty, until I saw a local shopper pull out their working gloves, before they took their bags of topsoil.

So, I found myself in a dilemma--there was no way I was lifting those bags with my bare, feminine hands. I looked around, and my eyes landed upon a make-shift solution--clear plastic bags to transport ripped compost or topsoil bags--whew!

In my hands went, and I was soon on my merry way to enriching my soil.

It would be over the next few days that the girls would go out and turn the soil and plant seeds. It was a pleasant surprise, as I've been a little under a stack of duties, that seemingly had no breaks within the near future. Maybe it was my sad frowns, or maybe it was the fact that I had a garden for almost every year of their lives. Children are so special.

We've had rain galore! I am so happy about that, because my concern was missing all of the Spring rains this year. We're waiting to see what will sprout up first.

Until next time, grow a vegetable for health!