Week 57

Another busy weekend!

As planned, I mixed in some brown mulch to lighten up the scorched-looking yard:

I also made trellises for the peas, which are now about eight inches tall:

I put some carrots in, too, while I was at it.

We also moved the three tatami mats downstairs into the new room (not sure where they will finally end up, but we wanted to move them out of the living room), along with Jon's couch and a coffee table he also gave us:

From another angle:

He gave us a book shelf, too, but we're not sure where that will go yet. Upstairs, maybe, because it happens to match the ones we already have in the living room. 

Thank you very much, Jon!!! 

Next week, I think we're going to do a little more planting, which will essentially finish up the yard (well, as much as we can finish before the fence on the north side of the property is replaced -- the retaining wall is crumbling, so we're not touching anything on that side of the yard until that's done, since whatever we do will just have to be dug up when they do the work anyway). May is usually a warm month here, so it will be great to have everything tidied up and ready to go by then.