Summer Projects

One thing I love most about Whit is that he's a doer. If he has a good idea, he acts on it immediately. And it never matters if he even knows how to do whatever it is.

Instead of wasting time at the car shop, Whit fixes both our cars. He's never been trained in car-fixing, so he researches online and in the car manuals how to fix stuff - and they both work great! Instead of calling a plumber to fix the chaotic mess of a sprinkler system we had, Whit spent hours researching, building, and rebuilding the entire sprinkler system. Now it’s on timers and will go off in the middle of the night. Yay!

One major summer project Whit has accomplished is building us a garden. He researched square foot gardening and built one up high so I can reach it. He wanted to make sure it was secure, so instead of just four legs, he built it with nine.

Heh heh heh

Square foot gardening is the idea that you can grow 16 squre feet of garden and have it be super productive. It’s basically the soil that makes it so good– vermiculite, manure, and top soil. It never touches the rest of the ground, so weeds aren’t a big issue.

We planted –
basil
tall onions
garlic (we’re both not sure why)
lettuce
spinach
beets
carrots
flowers
brussel sprouts
parsley
broccoli
tall onions 9yes, again – we really like these)
arugula
flowers (they’re good for attracting bees)
cucumbers – we’ll plant these when it gets warmer
potatoes (we’ll plant these when our little potato pieces sprout eyes…they’re currently on our kitchen table)

We also have a longer garden bed running by our carport where we put JMom’s old orange wheelbarrow and planted strawberries. My dad came and planted yellow squash and acorn squash there also (we love squash). We also have big pots and we planted red peppers, cherry tomatoes, peas, and lima beans fresh ones taste so, so good, not anything like canned ones).
So, my wonderful husband has been pretty busy with his summer projects…and it’s only May!!!