Touching base with GAIA.

On our wedding day, right after the ceremony (which by the way was small; as in the brat, the dude and I, plus the Rev and the Photographer), the Hubster decided to domesticate me now that I am his wife; so he set up the studio and let us play with his clay supply. The brat produced a lovely bowl which the Hubster has kept aside to fire it for her at the Kiln. Me? I came away looking like this

With nothing to show for it!!!! Obviously domesticating me this way means we will never have any wares to eat out of.

So the next day, we spent a good chunk of the day preparing our flower beds because I wanted to get down to some gardening, partly because I need something to keep me busy while I await my EAD (empolyment authorization document) - that's what I need as an immigrant to allow me to work here in the USA.....and partly because it was what my dad (who I miss dearly) did with his free time - gardening.

This is right by the front porch which hasn't been in use and I intend to change that....

And this is right outside my studio so I get to decide what gets planted there (yay!!) I have already planted some Zinnia I got from my friend Kelly Lee at the left of it.....Kelly Lee, sent us a pack of seeds to plant. 

We have been able to germinate some tomatoes

I am so proud of myself for this.....

and some purple okra.....I can't wait to eat these!!! I am waiting till they look sturdy enough to stand transplantation. I did however plant some beans this morning

....and managed to transplant

The Basil

and Morning Glory my MIL brought us over the weekend.

 Don't ask me why the plastic containers are in the ground with the plant. The Hubster said to do it this way; he is the farming expert not me.

The Hubster should have instructed me on HOW to transplant fragile looking plants

can you tell by these photos

what I did? Hmmmmm....I swear all 6 basil plants are lying there somewhere.....

So in a nutshell, here is what I did this morning; Huster asked me not to move that glass so I decided to work from where the garden starts and stop right where the glass begins (I have always wondered why the hubster refferred to a random looking small patch of greens the 'salad garden' (??) If that patch were not next to a wall I would very easily walk over it without thinking it was meant to be a garden, so I gave it some body and it went....

from this

to this. Impressive huh? (Pat on the back Naan).

After tilling the soil, which I must mention was very rocky and loamy (not fun to work in), I added

some top soil, 

Top soil.

I worked it into the soil, then added on top of that, some Peat Moss

Peat Moss

I worked that also into the soil, then finished it with some cow manure

.....as instructed by the Hubster of course. Boy does that manure stink!!! And it was heavy so I used ....

the "shit-mobile"

 to move it from where it was laying in storage. I left in laying underneath the brats bedroom window. It will save me the trouble of moving it tomorrow when I do the patch by the glass (Hubster will move the glass for me when he gets home). So that's enough gardening for the day, I washed....

 my tools

 and gloves, am I a professional or what?!?!! ( I did wonder if washing my tools, knowing well I will use them again tomorrow shows I am a novice or if that makes me a pro......hmmm.)

With all said and done, I came away with....

almost clean and almost dry feet. I think I did pretty well! Pat on the back Naan. Now unto indoors playing.