Garden season

It's been hard to decide when to start because our weather has been all the seasons all the time. When we got home from vacation in early April, it was in the 80s for 2-3 days. It hasn't approached that since, but instead has dipped down well into the 40s quite a few nights.

Which frustrates my desire to get plants into the ground. I did plant a tomato about 2 weeks ago and I've been babying it like a ... well, like a baby, if you put a bucket over a baby at night to keep it warm.

But on Saturday, we drove out to a new plant popup shop a few miles away, and I went a little overboard. Except not? All their veggies and herbs were priced at $2.99, buy 4 get 1 free. So I spent $44 and filled every raised bed in the yard but one that I'm saving for a specific tomato that no one has yet.

I've also expanded operations into the yard next door. They're letting me plant the strip beds along the garage and the fenceline in exchange for my husband cutting the grass. They don't live there full time, so he usually does it; this way I'm getting dirt out of the deal.

I just don't think I'll be planting along the fenceline. When I went to the back of the yard Saturday, I noticed the fence was tilting into my rear neighbor's yard. The fence between us and the absentee neighbor was already in bad shape. The problem in the back, apparently, was the neighbor's sons have extremely good aim for their age and had sent multiple rubber balls onto our garage roof, where they washed down the spout and clogged the rain barrel opening. Thatt caused it to overflow and turn that corner into a marsh, which in turn destabilized the base of the barrel and caused it to lean agianst the fence. Which, being 40ish years old, didn't appreciate said leaning.

The work will be divided appropriately, but I'm on the hook for contractor wrangling, being on-site and not having kids to deal with. Currently browsing Facebook groups and pestering neighbors about fencing contractors. Affordable and respectful of garden spaces.