Planting the killer vegetable garden

And what I mean by that, is that planting my vegetables has nearly killed me. I'll feel better soon, though. I popped an Aleve 30 minutes ago.

Phew! Three garden plots planted. My medicinal herb garden went in first, over the weekend. My community gardens plot went in yesterday, with the help of my son. And the plot at the way back of my yard went in today.

Here is my medicinal herb garden. It's in a half-wheel shape with different plants in each of the nine 'spokes' (and something in the half-hub). I have string marking the spokes right now, but the bricks are there for when the plants have grown and the string is gone.:

Each spoke is labeled:

Here's the plot way back in the wild parts of the yard, half in sun, half in shade at this time of day. You can't really make them out, but there are three elderberry bushes way back there, too. My daughter gave them to me for my last birthday:

I don't have a picture of my community garden plot. I'll get one and post it later.

Here are the things I have in the two vegetable gardens. Basically, tomatoes, greens, carrots, potatoes, squash, cucumbers, peppers:

The medicinal garden has elecampane, St. John's wort, calendula, holy basil, sage, astragalus, chamomile, evening primrose, and flax (which is just an experiment). And I have a few things in other places, like lavender, and yarrow, and lemon balm, and hyssop, and garlic (for cooking), and I've probably forgotten something or other.

I still have a few things to do, but most of the initial work is done.

Who's making dinner tonight? I'm pooped.