About Pot Gardens

Well, yesterday I potted heirloom beefeater tomatoes in a large pot and dropped seeds into the old grain tub we used to feed animals on the farm long long ago and then I removed all the wood chips from three gardens, removed the weeds (gratefully only a few) put down landscaping mesh and then raked the chips back onto the mesh.  I even "washed the border rocks" that my grandson "picked" from their farm in Dakota County.

This morning everything hurts more than anything else!  My shoulders are screaming that they hurt SO much more than my hips and knees and back.  Ridiculous.  This is an equal high level pain morning with a chorus of muscles screeching and screaming and ouching their way into every bend and twist and it really does feel GOOD.  I can still do it!

Looking out my windows, stumbling out into my yard holding on to stair rails are pure joy!  Ya, I know it is late in the season to be doing this work...but this season is LATE.  I was going out to take pictues of my potted tubs but discovered there are other people who plant in tubs, so I just grabbed this one off google images.

Today, I "want" to finish up but my body is arguing against that plan.  There will be another day.  Think I will explore other options like reading a good book or checking out the new Swing Bridge Park in Inver Grove Heights or calling family to do some summer kind of exploring here at home or ...