New Garden

In May we re-did our garden area. Well, my wonderful husband did most of it. He is really good with the manual labor. He bought some railroad ties and cut some of them in half. Those suckers weigh a ton! He carried them from the driveway all the way to the back corner of the yard. I was afraid that he would drop one on his foot or something but he managed it. What a stud!

Rachel was good help too. She helped spread all the rocks around. Finally a garden that will stay weed free!

Family night is so fun!

Here are pictures from two different family home evenings. The first few pictures are of Rachel and Will playing catch outside. This was Rachel's first time and she picked it up really fast. Other pictures are from the day we got our garden seeds started. 

Rachel likes her new ball and glove!

Bailey watching from the sidelines

Rachel caught it!

Bailey is a good helper

Rachel is excited for plants to grow

daddy is silly as usual

ITS ALIVE!

I found this pumpkin hiding along the fence. Its huge already!
my zucchini got really big in just a few days
Its kind of hard to see but I have a whole string of tomatoes now!
This a a frenzy of ants that were near my garden so I sent them back where they came from. I hope god accepts ants into heaven and he doesn't consider me a murderer.

My meager little garden

watermelon


fruit trees(plum, peach and pear)



peach


wild carrot behind bush



pears


compost heap in the wood box



Pumpkin box with no pumpkins yet


wild zucchini I think



zucchini?


this one is in the cantelope box



White pumpkins in the cantelope box?


peppers in the watermelon box?



strawberries


tomatoes



close up of tomatoes


watermelon/peppers



cantelope box

blueberries(they aren't growing)



This is the main garden area



blackberries



Rasberries and Roses





This post is for my Dad. He wanted to see my garden. Sorry its a long one. If you click on the photo it will open up larger. Its hard to see whats what when they are so small. Anyone out there who plans to buy seeds from walmart, this is a warning to you: you never know what you will get. I got peppers mixed in my watermelon packet and who knows what in my cantelope packet. Its still fun to watch it all grow and wonder what it is going to be. P.S. sorry about the funky layout, it never works how I want it to.

a little bit of our home

Family room in the basement
Standing at front door looking down to the basement, door on right is to garage.
Basement laundry. This room is not finished, I am going to turn it into my salon.
Stairs up to bedrooms
Nice big back yard with lots of space for gardening.
More back yard
Dining room
Kitchen.
We are still slowly unpacking and setting up house so this is all I have to show you right now. We are going to repaint Rachel's room and the extra guest room upstairs so those rooms are still empty. Our upstairs living room is still full of boxes so its not picture worthy yet. I am hoping that we will be all settled in before memorial day because I want to plan a big BBQ for everyone to come over and see the house.