As soon as she left I grabbed my tools and started digging in. Before it was dark we managed to get about half of the bed freed from the grips of moss and grass. Jim even brought home a nice new wheelbarrow (romantic huh!?) The weather is supposed to be beautiful again tomorrow so it will get finished then - not the garden, just the cutting in of the bed. We'll then move on to removing all the big rocks - because wouldn't you know it, the spot that I chose has a ton of rocks the size of salad plates! I'll come up with something creative for those though. We'll also add in some peat moss and compost and by then we should also have a good idea of which plants are going to go where.
It has been decided that we'll start off with some hardy perennials like black eyed Susan's, Shasta daisies, phlox, salvia and so on. I am so very excited as many of these items are also supposed to be in bloom right around what would have been Eli's due date. It feels really good to get out there and work on it plus, I'm really happy with where we've chosen to place it. Even with it only half way in we can tell it's going to fit with what we envisioned.
Also, as a big bonus... I found out today that not only did my friends who sent me the box yesterday send all of those wonderful items, they also made a donation in Eli's memory to A Small Victory. I highly encourage you to check out this non-profit. It was started, here in Washington, by a wonderful woman who lost her daughter before she really got to meet her. The grief kits that she provides to families are so wonderful. It's quite comforting to have something to remember your baby by and it keeps you from leaving the hospital completly empty handed. She was also instrumental in the decisions that we made when we delivered Eli as she walked me through the options that she would have chosen if she had to do it again. Like I said, I have some wonderful women in my life that I am so very thankful for...
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