Garden Things - My Day Outside...

It all began with a new pair of gloves... (a birthday gift from my daughter).  

I couldn't find garden gloves - they all get filthy immediately and they don't fit.  

These have rubber palms and fit fine!  New gloves means I can tackle areas 

that I've neglected for far too long without fear of contracting poison...

  

For starters... I figured I'd tackle 'Old Gray Faithful' 

(as my daughter referred to her rock in a school poem years ago).
  He's big!... and was covered in ivy.  Done...

 Then the plants I did move - including this wild raspberry plant 

and multiple Yucca or Spanish Dagger plants.

(both pictured)

Digging, digging and more digging.  

And my rock edge... I like the Lamium falling over it.

But all the wild lilies that were behind it?  Not so much.  Gone...

Then my little garden got some much needed compost.  

I carried bucket after bucket into this space.  

I'm determined to get green beans this years if nothing else... 

(I've not had the best gardening success - too much shade I think.)

Then there was watering... (more hauling) for all those new plantings & more...  

I haven't worked outdoors like this in over 24 years!  

I have a rare neuro disease that has plagued my arms for most
of that time - but they've been doing well.  So I 'went for it'...

I am exhausted.  I will be sore.  

But my sneakers (after a washing) are none the worse for wear...

It was a marvelous Spring day and I'm thankful for every moment of it!  

 I think I've found the cure to my insomnia...

I will surely sleep well tonight.

~Joyce