Doot, doot, doot, lookin' out my backdoor

[msmcknittington]

So, I'm trapped inside today because I was running a fever last night, and I decided I'd better stick to the house this morning and rest. We'll see how I'm feeling when Mom gets home from work, because we're supposed to plant the garden before chores, and I really want to get out in the dirt and dig. But right now it's just me and my can of diet Dr. Pepper and a pad of graph paper.

Pad of graph paper? What are you going to do with that, Sarah? I hear you ask. Well, I will tell you, friends.

I am mapping out the garden plot, so we know where to plant what and what we've planted where, on the off chance our markers are destroyed. We'll also be able to figure out what to plop in the overflow plot that is going in our backyard. (The current garden plot is in the backyard of our old house, which we still don't know what will happen to. It will probably be torn down sometime in the next year . . . I think.) I think all the early stuff will be going in the first plot -- lettuce, radishes, etc. Peppers are being potted. The stuff that needs more maintenance -- tomatoes and squash, for example -- will be going in the overflow plot.

Wish me luck, folks! I've got a lot of seeds to cram into a 7' by 12'rectangle.

Comments

[bklynwebgrrl.livejournal.com]

Old house? Tear down? Is there a story there?

[msmcknittington.livejournal.com]

Not really. We built a new house because the old one was falling apart and not worth saving. We still have a lot of things stored there, so we'll probably have a garage sale after all the planting is done. That's it!

[bklynwebgrrl.livejournal.com]

Was it an old house?

[msmcknittington.livejournal.com]

Oh, no! It was a glorified double-wide trailer. It looked like a house, but it had wheels underneath it.

[bklynwebgrrl.livejournal.com]

Ahhh... well those don't last forever.