Get "er" done planting

Well, after last night's planting, we were "invigorated." After tonight's planting, which mostly took place in the dark, I was "pooped." I lay on the couch for about twenty minutes, maybe dozed, while New Daddy read to the kids and got them to bed. Finally, I got some water. Then, I slowly stood up. And then, I was able to finish my kitchen work. And now, I am able to blog, heheh.

Since it was dark, we used clip-on LEDs attached to our baseball caps. And, by the light of those, we planted-- scratch head... okay, here it is:

9 Marglobe tomato plants (heirloom)

8 Better Boy tomatoes (hybrid, of course)

2 cherry tomato plants (hybrid)

9 watermelon plants

And that was it! It only took about thirty minutes, but most of my time was spent with the trowel in my poorly-exercised right hand. And some of tonight's dirt wasn't nearly as well-tilled as last night's dirt. New Daddy wanted to wait until tomorrow, but I knew if we let the flats sit, the likelihood of the plants never getting planted was pretty large. Plus that, tomorrow is not a good planting day, according to the moon. So, we pressed through and got it done.

I also meant to mention that we have a few compost-volunteers that look like winter squash of some sort. They popped up at the back of the garden, in between the sweet potatoes and the newly-planted watermelons. It will be fun to see what those turn into!

Since Precious and Bubby were outside with us, they got to put a few watermelon plants into the ground. Precious also helped out with her flashlight. They really enjoyed having a part in the planting.

And this not-so-garden-ish gal is off to bed.