After last year’s debacle of a garden with the weeds out of control and where not much else grew I swore I wasn’t going to put in a vegetable garden again. Ever.  Too much work.  Can buy vegetables at the farmers market cheap.  Bugs, rabbits and deer are the only beneficiaries of my garden.  Etc.  But then I changed my mind and decided to try one more time. I have high hopes that this year vegetables will grow and weeds won’t. Today I spent most of the day getting the garden ready to plant. I’m using some weed barrier this time. Though I have to say, getting it down during the windy afternoon was a pain in the …well, you know. Tomorrow I need to go and buy those pin things that hold the weed barrier down; the rocks I was using aren’t doing the job so well. Regardless, the garden is planted. Tomatoes, green beans (bush and pole), beets, chard and herbs.

Katie wanted to help, but I remember from last year how she liked to sleep on top of things that were just planted. So she had to wait in her kennel till I got done. She was sad and complained the whole time.  Between her barking and the wren chirping angrily at me and the robin buzzing my head (you can see the robin in the picture at the top of this post!) I got a little frustrated.  But it’s done.  For now.  Should probably go out and weed tonight, get a head start.  But I’m too tired.

Katie and I went to the park after dinner.  She did her heeling beautifully until I ran out of treats.  Then we just goofed off.  The pretty dandelions have all turned to fuzz now.  Katie didn’t care, she just enjoyed being at the park.

She probably brought home a few special dandelion seeds to plant in her Daddy’s pretty green lawn.  Shhhhhh!  Don’t tell him!  She especially liked sniffing around the taller grass, checking out paths that might need investigating.

Though she was also always up for a quick recall.  Just never know when Mom might have found another treat hidden deep in the recesses of her treat pouch.  Can’t always tell ya know, might be worth the run back to check it out!

All in all a fun day.  But tiring.  Time to get some shut eye.  It’s back to work tomorrow!  Hope you all had a wonderful weekend!