Nottoway dreams clean up from ravages of winter.

April 14th
Spent yesterday morning planting peas in the garage side garden and then went to Nottoway to (gulp) address the ravages of winter. LOTS of weeds in the paths and more than enough in the planting beds. I brought a carafe of green tea and set to work about 10:30. Tons of weeds although not as many as I feared. The garlic in the bed on the left closest to the gate didn't have a lot and the one closest to the patio storage box wasn't bad, either. I started with the bed to the right closest to the gate and worked pretty steadily as I worked I'd mix it up by weeding the walkways which were amazing in the number of weeds. I didn't work particularly quickly but did work steadily. When I was about 2/3 finished and thinking about packing it in for the day, the older Korean man from the plot next to us came in and started to help me! While we have always exchanged hellos, to my embarrassment , I didn't know his name.   It is  pronounced "Shinn". He not only weeded but more importantly, Shinn hauled away all the weeds. Have to figure out how to thank him. The down side was that I had to stay and continue to work. I left about 2:30.
The garden while not weed free looks great.
After I ate lunch, I weeded the front garden bed with the crepe myrtle....ugh, full of weeds and grass.  Transplanted the paccasandra into the Holly Tree bed to replace the ones that died.
Today it is misting rain and I plan on planting some more peas in our garage garden and planting sunflower seeds along the fence line with Juanita, radishes and lettuce in the  bed along the driveway  at Nottoway.