After it rained buckets of water and after my nap I went out to the garden. A little muddy as you can guess not really that bad. Hope you like the pics.... Roses on either side of the yellow gate-entrance to the garden Started with 16 viable plants suppose to be 24 but some did not make the trip Okra--Do believe I have 4 or 5 plants. The only pea that came up----old seed. The dill next to it volunteers from last year Green beans-- Asparagus bed..again the weeds Row of green beans---never mind the weeds, yikes a little closer look Sweet Potatoes Sunflowers along the fence line Kennebec Potatoes loving this weather Tomatoes I grew from seed I think these are Orange Tomatoes from seed Volunteer something or rather Big Boy Tomatoes bought plants See the flowers--total of eight plants Jalapeno Bell--Had a rough start--something came in and ate all the leaves off of all 4 plants Row of Walla W...

Ooooooo...SO EXCITED! I just got a call from a friend/neighbor(thank you P) who was telling me about this community co-op...she asked me if I had heard of it..and much to her surprise I hadn't! Tell me more.....so I went to the website Bountiful Baskets . This is so awesome, all contributions made by purchasing a basket of vegies/fruits goes entirely to purchasing the goods by the volunteers(run by 100% volunteers) to give to the community who are involved in the co-op. It was explained to me that a basket is about the size of a small round laundry basket you can find at Wal-mart for a contibution of $15.00-$25.00(each basket depending on whether you opt to have organic or not) plus there are other choices on the order page for extras if you like. This Co-op is run all over the U.S. To find out more go to the website and check out where the locations are by state and it is as easy as registering on the site and placing your order. There is more about how much it costs etc on the p...

Spring has sprung possibly right into Summer! We have had over 70 degree weather here for the last week, not complaining just worried this will cause a falsehood for our plants here. Regardless, i have started the garden rather early for this area but have high hopes for a successful garden. Planted tomatoes, beets, peppers, onions, potatoes, beans, peas, garden huckleberries, mini cantaloupes, acorn squash, zucchini, crooked neck squash, cucumbers, dill and so much more in a 16 x 24 garden. Also this year have and am planting tons of flowers, spruce up this dirt hill. The grass we planted last year is coming in beautifully!! Love to see the green! We did lose a lot of our young road front pines due to the beetle, but I have planted willows to fill in the gaps hopefully the will sprout and grow nice and tall to block the dust from the road. So much is happening, let see...just finished my spring term for school onto the summer starting Monday. Tom is in the planning stage of getting ...