Gus and Trudy Decide What to Plant in the Garden

It was a beautiful sunny morning. Gus and Trudy decided that they realy needed to go into the little garden on Bloomfield Avenue. It was spring and they had not even started to talk about what should be planted. They both agreed that they needed to start planning right away. Gus and Trudy both agreed that after last year's trouble with the groundhog, they would have to be very careful about what they planted. If you remember, last year the groundhog ate almst all of their green beans, peas, lentils, and cannelinni beans. It was horrible. Everyday more and more would disappear from the little garden on Bloomfield Avenue. Soon all that was left were the tomatoes and potatoes. "So we are agreed," Gus said, "We are going to plant a lot of potatoes this year." "Yes", Trudy replied,"Potatoes right away and then maybe some tomato plants." "Basil, definitely basil.... and all different types of herbs.... and flowers" "Lots of different kinds of flowers!" Gus and Trudy were very excited, but as they walked around the little garden they saw that they had a lot of work to do to prepare it for planting. The garden boxes had to be weeded and tilled. Some of them looked like they needed some dirt added to them. The grass around the boxes was looking very shabby. Gus would love to put down gravel but that would take a long time to do. Trudy thought that they could lay down some hay or mulch and see what happened. The fence around the garden was looking beaten up as well. Gus and Trudy were not really sure what they would do about that. Usually Elaine would take care of the fence. They had seen her walking around the fence and talking to herself about fixing it. They would just have to wait and see. Gus and Trudy spent the day discussing seeds and plants and flowers. When the sun finally set, they had talked the garden all the way through. They were both very tired, but they felt like they had accomplished a lot. Tomorrow they might draw out their garden plan, but for now...Trudy flew Gus up to her nest and they both fell quickly asleep.