Planting Tomatoes and Other Garden Jobs

Amy and I went to Home Depot today ~ our mission was to get dirt, stakes, and other items in order to plant the tomatoes.

We got a flat cart and a nice guy named Mike helped us gather all our supplies.  Dirt, stakes, string, pretty fencing (to keep the dogs out of the tomatoes) ~ a flat of geraniums to plant in the front, a package of carrot seeds (Amy wants to see if we can grow them) , a Pinata climbing rose and one scarlet Mandevilla plant later, we came home to plant.

Our yard is solid red clay.  Rick, our landscaper's Dad, tilled up along the back fence for us, but may I say that digging the holes in the red clay is a giant mess.  And it was wet.  But we made it.

Here is the tomato bed.

 

The one in the middle is the rose bush.

 

A tomato plant combined with the mandevilla.

 

The very sad orange and lemon trees ~ you can just barely see the tiny leaves coming out.

 

That red clay may be permanent.

 

My footprints on the deck.

We need more fencing.  We forgot the mulch.  There is always tomorrow.  And I need a shower.  And a beer.