Watch out Jolly Green Giant!

This picture is for R - don't laugh, I literally threw some watermelon seeds on the garden about 2 months ago and voila! Watermelons, just like that! Sorry....

Some Lilac saplings that I dug out of the side garden and behind them the Corkscrew Willow... The White Pine was planted at Christmas and seems to be taking. Hurray!

The "Shade" Garden. I took the Hostas from beside my door and replanted them here. I'm hoping they'll take off and fill in the space. I also planted a bunch of different ferns and some Lily of the Valley (understated yet beautiful - it's my birth month flower).

The newly planted Vegetable Garden. Rows upon rows of future salads! I'm even hoping to pull a broccoli or cauliflower out of there... Here's hoping!

I spent the weekend (mostly Saturday) attacking my gardens. It was freakin' fabulous. There was dirt and worms and manure and plants everywhere! Did I say it was freakin' fabulous??!!! I started around 10 am by visiting the amazing Worthington Plant Fest. If you didn't go, you should have (unless you live far, far away then I kinda get it...). The prices on trees was cheap, cheap, cheap and it was great to talk to some knowledgeable individuals - not that I don't get a chuckle out of the 20 year old at Lowe's that reads the labels and tells me exactly what they have written there - and the range of plants was..., well, freakin' fabulous!

Anyway, I had to call my husband and ask him to tote the wagon down for me (we live within walking distance) so I could lug all the trees home. I am the proud new owner of a corkscrew willow (I've always wanted one - did you know they grow like crazy??), a high bush blueberry (called E!) and a lovely, lovely Japanese Maple (*sigh*). I also bought a huge number (lost count and A shook his head repeatedly) of shade plants to put in the 'patio' area outside. They are all planted, fertilized and watered. A job well done if I don't say so myself.

Now, I just have the side area to fill in (possibly with native plants - stuff that drags the butterflies by my house) and some herbs. I can hardly wait! I've got a coupon for Oakland Nurseries... ooh, they are going to love me!!! And who knows, by August it could be a virtual forest out there. I'm dying to get a pear tree for the backyard as well...maybe a cherry tree... hmm.....