After a year of mostly neglecting my garden, I finally got back out there about a week ago. I have a new system that seems to be working fairly well. I had been cooking and eating my lunch after feeding the toddler and putting him down for his nap. Now, I'm working really hard to have something prepared for myself so that I can eat with him. Then, after I put him down, I spend one hour outside in the garden. It means I have to do a little more of the housework while he's awake, but he's really entertaining himself much better. In the past, I've been overwhelmed with large projects and ended up not even starting them. Now, after an hour, I usually want to keep working, but instead I come back inside and do some chores in here where I can hear him when he wakes up. This leaves me wanting to get back out there the next day.
Mostly, I've just been weeding. Here's the side garden after I got it a little cleaned up:
The pineapple sage has also started to bloom. It's definitely worth the wait.
The only other survivors were the basil, the chia volunteers and some bok choy. Well, plenty of lambsquarters had gone to seed, so I spread those seeds and some bok choy and arugula seeds and all of that is starting to sprout.
The back garden is still in rough shape, but I've spent a few hours out there since this picture was taken and it's looking a little better.
