I received a wonderful Mothers Day present , a wooden rain barrel with a red pumper handle. It is really great, NO more filling watering can with the garden hose. Brings back memories of my childhood at grandma's house , she had a water pump in back yard, that as a child I used.Also Nikoles mom Lorri has a green house and has produced " beautiful huge tomato" plants , and I was lucky to get some , plus basil, lemon basil, parsley , yellow squash. My garden is complete now, can't wait to have tomatoes to eat , can for use in the winter, salsa. But I know I will need to wait till July/ Aug. I had bought tomato plants at a local green house , they were ok but no where near as nice as Lorri's. My store bought ones are in the back ground with 1/2 gallon milk containers on them.
Also planted Wild Ginger that Brad found at St Paul's farmers market. I love wild ginger , a very pretty green forest wild flower. Needless to say I am going to be busy the next several weeks watering all of my plants at least daily.
So appreciative of my kids Nikole, Brad, A-Lisa and Richard Thank you to all of you .
Your water barrel is so cute and I love the red pump. I am so jealous that your garden is all in. Mother nature is watering today at my house. I have never had wild ginger. I am curious and will now have to do a google search. :) Is it a perennial?
ReplyDeleteIsn't it funny the things that we remember from our childhood. I think that my grandma's farmhouse had indoor plumbing added later (before my time) but they still drank their water from an enamel pail with a dipper/ladle. I remember that well water tasting so my better than out town water out of the faucet. Maybe it was all the commingled germs in that dipper...