Garden Goods and Outdoor Stuff

Radishes...long overdue for harvesting.

I planted my first seeds in the garden on June 8, 2013. For some reason that I have no memory of, I thought to wait for 60 days for the radishes to be ready for picking. Perhaps I was recalling one of the other vegetables that I planted. The radishes were ready at 22 days. OOps. Well, it's only been 30+ days...

This is my first 'fruits' of the garden so far. They are super yummy! Spicy and good. Not as much actually came up as I'd hoped but it is a start. I had to replant all my other seeds, since the garden is not faring well this year. Also a critter of some sort (perhaps a deer, going by the tracks in the garden bed) ate all the tomato and beet tops. Fortunately, they all recovered and are growing again but it's a set back. 

After I harvested these radishes, I planted more seeds. It is supposed to be dry and warm the next four days, at least. I'll have to try to remember to at least give them a sprinkling of water.

Otherwise, we've been working on making our backyard 'better'. There was a bare patch of ground -except for weeds and some annoying rocks- that we've since leveled somewhat and placed flat larger rocks down. This week dh bought some river pebbles to fill in the spaces that were left. We didn't have enough larger rocks to fill the entire area like we'd wanted. 

Back patio. It's larger than it looks. Don't mind the recyclables over there that look like trash.

And in that area we are going to put our wooden picnic table that my dh and f-i-l made 8 years ago. It's been carted around quite a bit! It's not a light table either. 

There's still some work to do on the table. It's been sanded and was washed ready for staining...and then it rained. And rained some more. We have to resand it and wash it off. It should be dry the next few days though, so it will get a nice coat of durable stain. Better than the previous we hope. It had a 'life' of at least 5 years or so it said. It's been just under 2 years and it needs redone. 

It will fit somewhat snugly on our back patio but it will be nice. I'll be sure and take photos when it's finished and in its place.