Getting the garden ready for spring. Spring is the busiest time of year in the garden. It’s also a great time to start planning and preparing your garden. The first and possibly most important spring garden task is to clean up the garden. After you clean up, and before you plant, it’s time to amend the soil.
We could certainly do with a paw, Mr. Bowie…
Hands on Bowie & Jimi 
Looks like some serious work going on there.
We, or should I say, they are almost finished. It’s looking real good out there. Mr. Bowie is ready to check it out…
How timely Herman. I am off this morning to the Tractor Supply store for a post hole digger and some fence posts to start redoing my garden. It looks like Mr. Bowie is leaving the heavy work to the hired help. Once they are done will you be putting in some catnip?
It seems Mr. Bowie’s two catnip plants didn’t survive the winter… It’s dark right now but he’s still checking out the garden!
We all are ready for Spring, Mr. Bowie
Oh yes, Robert. I want my breakfast outside in the morning sunlight, please…
Just opened up the sun porch for our guys (briefly).
Let’s hope they’ll enjoy the sunshine… Mr. Bowie is back inside. He was checking out the garden in the dark. Now he’s ready to go to bed, well, after he got his treat of course… 😉
Mr. Bowie will be out chasing butterflies soon!
I can’t wait myself… Yeah!
A photo of you and Mr. Bowie chasing butterflies! 🙂
I’ll ask my Sis if she can take care of your wish…
Please! Thank you. 🙂
I will take care of it!
I can’t wait to start gardening again myself! The snow is starting to melt and I am seeing my boxwoods and layout of the garden again. I will need Mr Bowie’s services soon!
Please keep in mind that Mr. Bowie isn’t the cheapest cat hire deal…
I’ve been saving money all winter for his services 😉
Ha ha ha… I’m sure Mr. Bowie will be happy to help you! 🙂
Looks like Mr. Bowie will be busy supervising.
Oh yes! It’s dark right now but he’s still checking out the garden…
Mr. Bowie envisioned a role for himself as Supervisor of the Spring Cleanup. 🙂
Well, we all know he’s a very smart and wise cat… 🙂
Klaar voor het eerste tuinfeest!?!?
Nu ik toch tijd zat heb kunnen we misschien voor de vrienden een extra tuinfeest geven. Misschien met die beroemde reizende frietkraam van Retie met het geheime stoofvlees-recept…!! Staat vandaag in de krant, moet super lekker zijn, en naar ‘t schijnt zelfs een beetje vegetarisch! 🙂
Count me in!!
Zal eens informeren hoeveel volk je minimum moet hebben voor zo’n frietkraam aan huis. Die kan perfect op de gastenparking staan. Maar dan komt misschien heel de straat frieten eten… 🙂
It sure is a busy time of year! Good luck with that garden 🙂
Thank you, Julie. Mr. Bowie’s already checking out how it looks… in the dark!
I too was wondering how Mr. Bowie’s catnip plants survived the winter……there’s always more to be found if you need to “replenish” the supply!
Pam (and Sam)
We will soon be (very) busy with the new catnip plantation for Mr. Bowie. Last year we had two catnip plants that made it through the winter.
It’s lots of work but worth it later. But about Mr. Bowie not lending a paw, I mean, after all, a smart cat knows when to take a long nap! We’ll be looking for some good pictures of your beautiful garden later.
Looking forward too… for a nice breakfast outside in the warm sunshine!
PS: Mr. Bowie woke up after the work was done… 😉
Such a smart cat he is.
Oh yes! You can’t fool Mr. Bowie… 🙂
the weather is so good that it is a pleasure to work in the garden! I say : ” to work” Mr Bowie but also little nap(s) of course!
Mr. Bowie woke up after the work was done… of course, he’s a smart cat!
ISigh.) We still have lots of snow here! 🙂 How is Mr Bowie’s catnip? Ellie
Oh my goodness… still snow… I feel for you, Ellie!
I have to buy new catnip plants. I think the two remaining plants didn’t survive the winter this time…
Did Mr. Bowie supervise the proceedings from a window? Here we need to wait out the last of the snow, also the possibility of being mired in the ankle deep mud. Looks wonderful out there!
I’m glad we got rid of the snow last month… I can’t wait having coffee and breakfast outside but I probably have to wait some time.
Guess Mr. Bowie was supervising us in his dreams, Debi!
I am thrilled for spring! I just spent 8 hours in the yard today! Yippeeee. Getting hands dirty is oh so nice!❀❀❀
Yes! I’m so happy spring is finally arriving, Koko. I spent a lot of time outside too, but I prefer getting my hands on a fresh and hot espresso! 😉
Ooooh espresso! I’m coming over! 😉
Feel free to join us!
Herman, it feels like spring here (for now anyway) and it has made me think of gardens and flowers. It has also made Gibbs a bit of a crazy cat, constantly voicing his approval. I can’t help but think that Bowie has told you a few times that he approves of spring and gardens. Right?
Yes. Mr. Bowie prefers to take his naps outside, in the warm summer sun. But I guess he has to be a little patient…
I believe, Mr. Bowie’s is the Quality control guy , and he takes it real serious doing at night, like a security check out.
You always got to keep Mr. Bowie in mind… Life can be very hard!
Ah yes and our Autumn cleanup will start soon..still a few hot days ahead so itching to get the garden settled before winter kills what summer didn’t hahahaha 🙂
Actually it’s funny… Your winter is our summer! 🙂
Bizarrro world 🙂
Indeed!
Hahaah 🙂
The garden will be beautiful.. And breakfast outdoors sounds so inviting! Mr. Bowie will be up for that.
Oh yes, but we still have to be patient…
I am also preparing. A rope trellis for nelly kelly passion fruit in form of a garden wall. I have lots of help too. 😀
I can see the picture… 🙂
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I see that Mr. Bowie knows when to make himself conspicuously absent. Hope you got a good nap while all this Spring garden work was going on, Mr. Bowie ♥
Oh yes, and afterwards he was checking out the garden! He was very disappointed that the catnip plants didn’t survive the winter, though…
Awwww
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Mee-yow there iss a garden there…wee iss still under thee snow…sum has melted butt there iss still 2 feet of it on thee ground an snow piless 6 feet tall inn sum palcess….wee may nevurr see thee garden mew mew mew…
Did you give the werkerss a helpin ‘paw’ Mistur Bowie? 😉
Sinseelree, Siddhartha Henry =^,.^=
Oh my goodness… all that white stuff out there…!! Guess you can call us lucky, my friend! Mr. Bowie says “Meow!”
Pese give mee reegardss to Mistur Bowie fur us Herman!
Thee Sun iss shinin butt iss so cold with a North wind 😉
mee needss a fur coat…oh wait mee HAS one all ready!
*nose bumpss* Siddhartha Henry xx
I’ll tell Mr. Bowie you said Hello! Please hold on to that coat! 😉
Mew mew mew will do herman an Mistur Bowie 😉
Siddhartha Henry =^,.^=
What a nice garden … I’m always a bit envious of people with a nice garden. I’m not good at gardening. Things die when I plant them. Then I feel guilty for having killed a poor innocent plant. So, I just enjoy photos of other people’s gardens. 🙂
Thank you, John. Glad you liked this post and my garden. I’m hiring pro’s just to keep my garden alive… I like to relax in the garden and I leave the work to others… 🙂