May 15, 2014

I wanted to wait until we heard for sure that we would not be going to Nome this summer before planting a garden.  While waiting, I built some planter boxes with the old decking that we got from Gary's house.

They are redwood 2x6's that I cut to make a 2'x3' box.  with screening in the bottom, we should be able to hold the gophers at bay for a couple of years.

In the two boxes by the mulberry bush I have tomatoes and basil in one and squash seeds in the other.

The three boxes on the right side of the cabin have
 peppers, onions & garlic, and green bean seeds.  The big pots contain sun chokes, swiss chard, and day lillies.

I made sure to make the spaces between the boxes wide enough so that I can keep the grass down with a weed whacker.

I guess the summers of going to Nome are over. This summer would have probably been our last
anyway.  I really feel bad for the people who didn't get to spend as many times there as we did.  I made

 scrapbooks of every summer there, and got lots of great pictures.

I guess it's going to be time for Bill and me to decide what kind of summer adventure we will be doing from now on.  Maybe an Alaskan Cruise is on the horizon...

'Til later...