gardening!

I spent some time yesterday digging in the garden. It was very satisfying. I also started digging up some more grass to expand our garden. Well, I actually think that I am going to end up with little gardens all around the yard. I have a bunch of squash/pumpkins/melons that I want to plant, and I want to find a place that they can stretch out without attacking anything else I am planting...not sure where yet...I'll probably just keep digging up the yard until there is no grass left :-) Which actually works out since we don't use our yard because of one extremely nosy neighbor. He came out yesterday while I was digging in the garden.

"Are you planting a garden again this year" in my head I am thinking you have got to be kidding me...haven't I planted a garden for the past 3 years we have been here??? "yup, sure am, i love it" him: "huh, well ok i guess" Did I misunderstand when we closed on our house that we actually owned the land too? This is the guy that is totally obsessed with mowing the lawn, starting in May...and I think the last time he mowed last year...November...yeah...the grass stops growing in Maine way before November. I figure if I plant enough garden space he won't be able to mow our lawn. Most people would think it would be nice. I prefer to have green grass though, not patches of dirt and brown grass from mowing too short several times a week. Not to mention it is just awkward to have him driving by our windows at 7am with on a lawn mower...definitely want to get a fence. And here I am supposed to be building community.

Sorry for the little rant there! But, I am very excited about gardening this year, and I just hope that we get a little less rain this year. Of course we will probably end up with NO rain this year...We'll see how it goes I guess!!