the garden failed again...this time not because of my "purple thumb"...but because of mother nature herself!
before the storm...
after the storm...
CRAZY!!!
ohhh and....
not so fun news....the yukon is totaled
fun news...we are getting a new car!!!!!
i hate to say it...but our garden did HORRIBLE last year...we planted too early...too much and all we got was 4 or 5 tiny strawberries...soooooo...round two...we waited about 3 weeks later then we planted last year...only planed strawberries, green beans and carrots and did seeds this year instead of plants.JPG)
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and we are already seeing growth!! this was after the thunder storm a couple nights ago! :) cant wait for some crock pot green beans!!!!.JPG)
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*baby S really wanted in the photo :)
well we planted the end of march and went through two freezes so we are just now starting to see the fruits of our labor (literally ;). Our strawberry's started showing up first...they are very small and we only get 2 or 3 at a time, we are starting to see small jalapenos peeping out....but our grape tomato's look the best! I think because of the freezes and the fact that we did not want to use any type of fertilizer,and because i have a purple thumb our garden is not exactly flourishing but it is at least producing! But summer has hardly began...the garden still has lots of time! :)
armed with BUCKETS!!!!!
apparently we are getting a huge Easter storm so i set out all our rain buckets....i will be able to water my plants for DAYS with these buckets full of rain water!
this little one is a MOVER!! the past week or so we have really been able to see the movements from the outside...like HUGE kicks coming from my belly!! he/she moves the most when i lay on my back, so when we wake up in the morning we have been spending the first few minutes (while trying to wake up) feeling and talking to this baby:) I have continued to crave a lot of sweets here lately....i have heard some boy/girl predictions because of that fact....but you have to remember up until about a month ago...anything sweet made me want to barf...so who knows!!
garden update...we are getting snow, ice and freezing temps coming in this afternoon...boooooo.....we have brought our herb pots into the garage and have covered the raised bed with some landscape fabric stuff...so hopefully everything will survive!!!!
First...."after" picutes of my new front yard!!! Didnt jake do so great!! 
The Seatons got me a porch swing for my birthday!! so cute right!!! Jake is going to paint it black to match the shutters :)
Birthday at red rock with seatons and bill!! YUMMMMMMM
well....birthday fun is over :(
My birthday present from Jake was...a new front yard!!! Friday afternoon and Saturday morning jake slaved away (i helped as much as i could) at our front beds and porch...its looks amazing..."after" pictures comming next!! :)
Before:
We could not fit herbs in the raised bed garden, so we planted seprate herb pots...
Annabelle trying to get out to join the fun! :)
So the birthday present from my dad that i mentioned in an earlier post....drum roll please.... A RAISED BED (GARDEN)....I told my dad (i think last fall) that i really wanted to have a garden with veggies and herbs, but i didn't know where to start...so being the horticulturist he is...he got right on it :) he researched and built me a raised bed for my birthday!! He came to town yesterday (he lives over 3 hours, so this was a treat in of itself) finished putting the liner and such in and then we went shoppin' for what veggies we wanted....we got....tomato's, cherry tomato's, jalapenos, bell peppers, potato's, and lots of strawberries!!! YUMMY!! It was so fun and i CAN NOT WAIT until my veggies start growing!! WHO NEEDS THE FARMERS MARKET!! ok i will probablly still go...but not for tomato's, peppers, potato's or strawberries thats for sure!! ;) I will definately be adding lots of posts on the development of the garden so stay tuned!!
