Feeling Accomplished

I completed many chores today, all by 8:30 am!!  I won't tell you what time I woke up!!

• Pounded in stakes on right side of shed. 
• Set up patio area with grill.
• Moved spinach boxes and "spice rack" to pea stone patio area.
• Set up tomato buckets surrounding deck.
• Reconfigured sitting areas around pool.
• Set up wooden American flag decoration on rear gate.
• Refreshed compost/soil mix in deck window box.  Disposed of old strawberry plants and will use it for annuals. 
• Set up garden stool and waste pail in upper garden. 
• Watered hoophouse plants. 
• Weeded pea stone around pool.
• Weeded area in front of "Noah's Ark" planting area. 
• Used hose to clean cement patios around pool. 
• Used strawberry pot to create zaatar herb garden.

Seeds Sowed Today

• Corn, Early Sunglow (30 in container)
• Corn, Silver Queen (30 in container)
• Corn, Peaches & Cream (30 in container)
• Mammoth Russian Sunflowers (25 in container)
• Autumn Beauty Sunflowers (25 in container)
• Boston Pickling Cucumbers (30)
• Waltham Butternut Squash (20)

Here's a picture diary of the day's activities:

Can't decide where I am going to situate the three trellises. 

A zaatar oregano pot

The latest batch of sowing seeds

Having pails scattered about the yard is helpful for collecting weeds. 

The rhubarb is looking very healthy -- so far, the best I have ever grown. 

The bones of the brassica cages: arches with their shadows. 

The last four stakes will hold back the mulch.

Another yard sale find!  I love it!

I planted four potato seeds in each large barrel. 

After a good scrub, the grill will be ready to crank out BBQ delights!

The spinach is doing very well.  Tomatoes will surround the deck in the large pots. 

An assortment of annuals is planned for this pot.

The coleus and geraniums look great on the center shelving unit.
The seedlings in the raised beds need to be thinned. 

Looking through the rear window of the hoophouse.

The scarecrow startles me when I work in the upper garden.