This first weekend of spring brought us some terrific weather. Chris took the day off work on Friday. He worked with his friend Chris Gearhart at clearing some space for the garden. They used Chris G's Gravely and the tractor. Well, that is until the tractor got a flat tire. We were able to get the tire fixed that same day and were up and running again.
That evening we had our first cookout. We enjoyed a peaceful evening with the Gearharts and Lebors. I did forget a lighter and cooking utensils. Oops It was our first time at the property after dark so we were happy to hear that we have Virginia Peepers and a very vocal owl. SO cool!
Saturday and Sunday I was at Master Gardener classes so Chris and the boys worked all weekend without me. They worked on building the strawberry pyramid. Our strawberry plants arrived 2 weeks ago so we were hoping to get them in this weekend, but building the beds proved to be more work than we anticipated. Jackson drove the lawn mower and both boys hauled concrete to fill the bed. It is getting close to finished, but we need another weekend with good weather. Below is the progress on the strawberry pyramid.
The one project we did complete this weekend was removing some nasty vines from a holly tree. Below are the before and after photos. I cant wait to see what this tree looks like in a couple of years. Poor thing.
