Git 'Er Done!

About three weeks ago, (yes, that's about how far behind on blogging that I am!) we were feeling a bit late with the spring planting in the garden. Between rains and our softball schedule, we just hadn't gotten the garden put in.

Finally, Todd found the opportunity, and he pulled out the trusty old rototiller. Trusty, because it's been fairly consistent about working when we need it. And Old, because -- well let's face it: it's been tilling the ground at the Haven for longer than Todd and I have been married. Yes, really.

I was doing some work outdoors too, when Todd started on the garden. He'd made one full pass, the length of the garden, and was halfway through the return trip, when I heard this huge,

** PING!! **

and then the motor went off.

Oh, no. That's NOT good.

And it wasn't. It was bad. Let's all have a moment of silence, in memory of the old Snapper rototiller.

We've looked into resurrection possibilities for it. We've looked into replacement possibilities for it. And with the growing season clock ticking at us, Todd decided that rather than waiting on the rototiller situation, renting a tractor to do the job and get ON with planting .... was the thing to do.

I told you all that, so you wouldn't go thinking that we usually till up the garden with a tractor. Because it really doesn't happen that way. Until this year:

I love the look on his face, too. Like a little boy with a new toy, making big engine noises....

And it did a great job, and did it faster than the tiller, because of the wider swath it can cover. (Those are the raspberries on the left... looking like another good year for them. I just hope we're here when they're ripe (and not on the road for softball!).

Next to the raspberries, we have a line of forsythias that divide the Upper Garden [above] from the Lower Garden [next photo]. The lower garden will have the corn, and whatever sprawling vines we decide on (pumpkin, cukes, summer squash and cantaloupe have all been planted in past years)

Whatever it takes to "git 'er done!"

Thanks to the rented tractor, we were able to get the onions, peppers, and tomatoes all planted that weekend. And hopefully this weekend we can get the corn in.

Just in case you cared about our garden!