Happy Spring!

We are having a garden for the first time in about 3 years. We cleaned out 2 of our 3 raised beds, and boy, were they in bad shape after years of neglect!

We have basil and tomatoes in one bed and peppers (LOTS of sweet banana peppers) in the other. Right off the bat, we were having problems with the peppers being nibbled, probably by bugs!

I remembered that in years past, we always planted marigolds in the beds to ward off insects and we hadn’t done that this year. Hmmm….. Jeffrey picked some up the next time he went shopping and we put them in… and saw an instant improvement. Who’d a thunk?

My current plan is to get the third bed cleaned out this year, so it is ready to go for next year. I figure we can work on it a bit at a time.

Jeffrey is working at White Hall State Historic Site again this year. He and our BEAUTIFUL Singer 1906 Lotus treadle machine, Miss Kathleen, are there as *Living History*. He actually makes the costumes for the tour guides on the treadle machine.

He works in the warming kitchen and has been spending the mornings putting in small herb gardens around the doors. He has also bee working in the gardens around the Stone Kitchen on site.

He and the Park Manager went to an Herb Farm in Frankfort, KY last week and bought plants for the gardens. I have decided to start saving my pennies to buy next year’s Basil there. Jeffrey said their stock was outstanding. I’ll check on the name and add a link later on.

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*In my dreams, all the flowers are in bloom…*