Buried Treasure

We rebuilt a couple of raised garden  beds. We've been poking at it for weeks, but this weekend we really dug in (pun intended!) and got the job done before the expected cold weather arrives.  I'm so out of shape that a couple of hours of digging around in the dirt and burying treasures caused me to wake up in pain today.

My allergies flare anytime I spend much time outdoors too, but sometimes I just have to live. By the time church was over today, all the pain had settled in as a near-migraine headache. Seeing tree shadows on the road as we drove along really increased the sick feeling.

I came home, ate lunch, took Excedrin and Diet Coke, and headed on out to work. I hated doing it on Sunday, but that ox was thoroughly in the mire!  Anyway, the headache is gone, but I bet my body is going to be aching tomorrow.

I'm using "borrowed" pictures becasue it's dark and cold and I can't really go out and take pictures right now. Or at least I don't want to.

These are great to work with, and don't have to be "perfect" to look great--as long as they are straight.  We stained ours with a redwood stain.   https://www.lowes.com

This isn't ours, but it's close to the color we stained ours. Besides the pretty color, we hope it will make it last longer.
https://removeandreplace.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/DIY-Landscaping-Timbers-Raised-Garden-Bed_11.jpg

And that buried treasure I mentioned? I put a protective layer of chicken wire over it to keep pesky thieves from digging it up, and I have great hopes of a beautiful garden of crocus, narcissus, daffodils, and tulips blooming from early spring into early summer.  

https://www.agardenforthehouse.com/2019/10/squirrels-stealing-your-bulbs-heres-help/

https://newengland.com/today/seasons/fall/keep-squirrels-away-from-fall-bulbs/


These sites say squirrels don't actually eat bulbs, but believe me, they've taken and/or eaten every single tulip bulb out of planter boxes before. Gophers like them too. One year all my bulbs came up in a cluster, and I dug down--and down--about 12-15 inches--and found them all gathered in a gopher burrow.  On the California ranch where I grew up, Mom always thought it was the deer!  I bet it was gophers! There were plenty of them out on the ranch. The dogs would chase out deer anyway.  Either way, she found better luck with things like Vinca.