Busy Begins ~ First Asparagus

 

 I found this growing near my clothesline.

Hubby and I spent almost the entire day in the garden yesterday.

 

It's official.  The tiller is back to work.  Busy begins.

We got all of the potatoes planted - Red Chieftan and Red Norland.  I got the garlic all weeded out and we should be ready to start planting peas this week.  We both forgot how much work is involved, or more like the painful results (ha ha!).  Thank goodness for sore muscle bath salts.  

The strawberry beds are a mess.  I've got a lot of work cut out for me this week.  You should see my rose bed.  It's full of grass.  Check out all that purple dead-nettle in top of the photo.  Hubby tilled that up, but there is plenty more where that came from.

What a blessing it was to find this in the garden.  This year, I'll be planting basil around the asparagus, then the tomatoes.  All which help each other.