Garden Checkup - May 7, 2025

Frustration drove me out of the sewing room about noon today.  I came out to the back porch for some air and saw the little red garden tiller parked beside the porch.  Son #2's family had used it last week to till up the flower beds in front of their house.  I decided to push it down Nanny's driveway to the garden shed, to get some exercise, check on the garden, and get the tiller out of the weather.

Nanny's garbage can was sitting empty at the end of her driveway with the lid open, so I decided to pull it back to her house.  But I was pushing the tiller, too.  I thought about stuffing the tiller IN the garbage can, but I couldn't lift it high enough to get it in.  So it was (1) push the tiller and pull the garbage can or (2) make two trips.  

Option 1 worked remarkably well.  It was actually easier to push the tiller one-handed than to use both hands, and it was a piece of cake to pull the garbage can with the other hand.  However, about halfway down the driveway, the garbage can began to resist, and when I looked back, I saw that one of the wheels had come off.  I stopped and put it back on, but something was missing - a hubcap of some sort - and I expected that the wheel would come off several more times before I got the can back to the house.  

Sure enough . . . . 

To make matters worse, Nanny saw me coming and came out to help.

I'll spare you the details.  (You're welcome.)

Considering how much rain we've had for the past few weeks, the tomatoes, broccoli, peppers, and onions are doing surprisingly well.  Last week's squash seeds have sprouted.  But that's all we have in the garden so far.  

The unplanted section of the garden is wet and weedy.  It'll need tilling again before I can plant the rest of the vegetable seeds.  I was hoping to get that done this weekend, but it's supposed to rain today and tomorrow, so the ground will be too wet.