A Tomato Plant or Two

 I believe I have commented to a few people that we weren't going to have a garden this year.  Too much other work and where would we put it.  First I bought a bag of seed potatoes to just "stick in the ground", new potatoes are like candy and can be expensive.  I had talked about a tomato plant or two in a pot, also some basil. Basil plants were sold out at the local Co-op but I am going to Yorkton tomorrow, not just for basil there is a bathroom vanity involved in the trip.
Not to digress any more. On Saturday we decided we needed gardening space.  

  Give a man tool and he is able to do a lot.  We borrowed Bruce's front end loader!
The cows we pasture provided some dry pies for a little organic material.  While one person drives the loader, the other gets to break the "pie" into smaller pieces.  I think I should learn how to drive such equipment!

By the end of the day Saturday, this is what we had.

Sunday we planted potatoes, beans, carrots, parsnips, beets, two cucumber plants and moved the garlic Pat had planted last fall.  Where are the tomatoes?  They are still going into pots along with some peppers and one planter worth of flowers.  The yellow bathtub is awaiting lettuce seed.The garden soil is a bit heavy for the pots and bathtub so will need the addition of peat moss.  We are off to Esterhazy today for a special farmer's market and barbecue. We will take the opportunity to buy peat moss.  Maybe someone will have basil plants!  Oh yeah, there is also a bed big enough to bury me on the left side of the photo for rhubarb plants.  It is hard to do small with a loader, so with a loader  sitting waiting to be used  why would you use a shovel. 

We had company Sunday.  Believe it not I have never seen a Thirteen Line Ground Squirrel before.

  
She made me laugh while I was snapping the standing photos, she just stood there like this and watched me the whole time.  Now, I do admit there is a huge advantage to having a good telephoto lens.

Remember the field of crocuses, this is what it they look like now they have started going to seed.  I  am not sure which I prefer, the flower field or the seed head field.

The last image I will leave you with is the view from a log bench down by the pond.  I have dreams of taking a morning latte there for breakfast.  To date I am not sure if it has been 10 degrees at that time of day.  Pat saw frost in the ravine yesterday morning.  I am hoping for a window between frost and mosquitos.