Monday, July 1, 2013

A PEACH!!!

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I have a peach!!!   

Oh no! The cherry tree!

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What’s this????  

Playing with blocks has begun!

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After I fenced part of the front yard in for Olivia I got used to having an enclosed area in the front of the house.  So…  wasn’t sure what ...

Pears are looking good!

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Blueberries!

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Look carefully and you’ll see!!   
Sunday, June 30, 2013

I can’t help myself…

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The milkweed plants are amazing!  The fragrance of the flowers fills my living room!  The first picture was taken at eye level and the sec...

The first person…

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…who asks me what it is will get an invitation to help me move it!!  I can see it painted with plants, birdhouses, bells or whatever hangi...

Beautiful!

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Why do folks call these weeds??
Friday, June 28, 2013

Milkweed–up to 6 feet now…

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Thursday, June 27, 2013

More dirt…

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…actually it’s only part of what I got but check out the sunset on the way back!!         

Self-watering!!!

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This is SO cool!  I’m going to work on it!
Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Black-eyed Susans!

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Either they got too heavy or a dog trampled them but to the rescue is something I thought I would never use…  and, realistically..  may neve...
Sunday, June 23, 2013

I’m confident…

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there will be tomatoes, peppers and lettuce and hopeful there will be squash, cucumbers, pumpkins, eggplants and watermelons!            ...

Lettuce

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hhmm  …  So when do you harvest lettuce I wonder?  Looks fine to me… Maybe I’ll have a salad!      
Friday, June 21, 2013

Totally is my plan!

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After rabbit damage this past winter this is my plan~  I just saw this on Facebook…  thank you Chris Rice, whoever you are! Your newly pla...
Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Oh no!

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A trip to the back 40 revealed that “something” (possum maybe) decided to eat/play with(?) one of the squash plants.  SO at 9:30 (yes it’s a...

Progress!

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Ran out of dirt but did get the ones planted that I wanted to get planted.  Can’t have tomatoes in each one so I read because they will be t...

AAKKK… What’s this??

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On my blueberry bush?

Do over…

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At first I though that the concrete blocks on the wire would be enough but now I realize that expensive 1/4” wire is useless if the blocks a...

Love my tractor!

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Because the concrete blocks were a bit away from the new raised beds I was making I tried to put 2 blocks on the wagon..  that didn’t work.....

Snow shovels aren’t just for winter!

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This was great for pulling dirt from the fence to level it off!

All I was going to do…

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was to plant some tomatoes in dirt…  of course that would be too easy.  So I put the weed barrier down and space the tomato cages (look care...
Sunday, June 16, 2013

Ready for dirt!

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….and the variety pack of heirloom tomatoes that was a free add-on to my seed order! 

Plant markers

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I love my plant markers…  they will, of course, be fancier next year but that darn cheap fence that’s been laying around the yard has provid...

The straw bale project…

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…at least the plants are there now instead of in my driveway!!  Now to plant them in the straw…  and add a few more piles with the ones in t...