Productive Weekend in the Garden

Last weekend we made this garden bed for our backyard,

cardboard is down as the first layer to smother the grass

It was then filled with dead branches, dried grass clippings 

and random buckets of dirt from last years flower containers

This weekend the boys went and picked up a yard of compost

which we filled up the bed with. We got in beets,

carrots, tomatoes, hot and sweet peppers, lettuce and a row

of beans so far. I'm hoping to finish planting it out tomorrow

The remainder of the compost was then brought out our

community plot and I did a bit of planting as well

Eight circles of Strawberry popping corn, each circle has

about a dozen seed which I will then plant beans or peas

beside the corn stalks and then pumpkins/squash

amongst the open spaces

Our garlic looking happy

I transplanted 17 tomato plants as well as a small

square of cosmos. We have 400 sq ft so I figured some

flowers this year were in order

Red Cat Cloth

So I have been working for quite some time now on getting my new business set up and running and I have finally opened up my Etsy shop. With the help of others, I have been giving the products some good testing, learned how to photograph and edit pics of my pieces, set up an Etsy shop as well as take several online courses all related to small business/entrepreneurship. 

The main focus of my business is cloth menstrual and incontinence pads. Over the past year Rob and I have been making changes to everything we use and eat with the thoughts of helping our long term health and wellbeing. We have switched to as many natural products as possible and are eating local and organic whenever possible, and this is how Red Cat came to be. Every month I was contributing to landfills and using products that were full of chemicals and plastics that we were trying to stop using. I only wish that I had figured this out sooner, cloth pads make a not so fun week much more enjoyable!

I have unpaper towels, facial wipes and wet bags to add to my shop as well but to be honest, I have been working on this for so long now I really wanted to get things moving.

Take a peek https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/RedCatCloth

Gardening Time

Seeds were started early April

Mostly tomato plants here, waiting to be
potted up

Here are the rest of my seedlings, under
grow lights and being kept warm.
I've got zucchini, pumpkin, melon, peppers,
assorted flowers as far as I remember

I was able to get to our plot this morning
and was greeted by our garlic, happily
starting to grow

Got to break in my new garden gloves
which I received for Mothers Day

Speaking of Mothers Day, I was served
breakfast in bed with flowers and a couple
of adorable cards the kids made.
Latte and rhubarb loaf, sooo delish.