Garden Update

Reportedly, my laptop has been fixed and is being shipped back to me currently. I am so excited! Maybe I'll blog more regularly then. That laptop sure makes it easier. Plus it allows me to be entertained while doing dishes or cleaning the kitchen (or while Nathan is watching a show I abhor). Although come July, I'll probably be permanently hovered over a water bath canner for months and wonder what blogging is.

Our garden has become several gardens and there is much planted. I think something like 40 tomato plants, 50 potato starts, beans beans beans, corn and some peas. There's watermelon and pumpkins and acorn squash. There are also buckwheat, several herbs and flowers given to me by my grandmother and mother-in-law. Our lettuces are being attacked by some kind of flea, but our spinach is growing. And strange inedible mushrooms are popping up everywhere here! Along with crazy amounts of giant weeds.

How does your garden grow?


PS When the laptop returns, so shall the pictures!

our days

Our days are filling up with checking the gardens, checking on the chickens (!!!), and stargate.(Nathan has been making his way through all 10 seasons for a WHILE now, but the 9th and 10th seasons are pretty good especially since ben browder and claudia black are in them. What can I say? I loved farscape.)

Tonight is our last night of AWANA before summer break. I'm excited for the break.

I hope you guys are all doing great and enjoying spring!

original artwork.... friday?

This is what I ended up making for the wedding gift, along with a basket of a couple of things they registered for and some homemade laundry powder. I think they liked it! I wasn't really pleased with the way the date turned out, but overall I thought it was cute.


I took my inspiration from this at Maybe Matilda. She's got some cute stuff!


We've got a super busy weekend ahead with Derby and Mother's day. Hope your weekend is great!

broken and a question

The NEW laptop is broken, which is why I haven't been posting. I do have fun things about the garden to share, new crafty pursuits, and a question. Just the question today, though.

If you are married, what was your favorite wedding gift? What was the most used or useful? I am trying to figure out what I am going to give a couple in my Sunday school class who are getting married. They are registered of course, but I wanted to make them something. Or I might make and buy them something so I don't appear cheap. Do you think it's lame to give potholders? Okay I know it's lame, but that's one wedding present we have used every day since we got them. I'm also planning on making them something crafty and cute with their wedding date on it, I'm just not sure on the rest. I don't know them really well, but would like it to be a fun gift to open.

original artwork thursday

When I looked back over my week I couldn't find anything crafty at first, and as I was about to pull out the supplies and draw something specifically for this post, Nathan reminded me of this little box I turned inside out. I just love the inside of the yogi tea boxes, so I decided to flip it. There are a couple of unsightly glue marks but I think they could easily be covered with a ribbon tied around or a cool sticker.

The inside could probably be painted or covered with fancy paper, but I kind of like it the way it is. If I do another one soon I may give that a try.

This is the perfect size for a couple bars of homemade soap, or even a crocheted headband! It was so quick and easy. I used elmer's for this one, but I recommend using hot glue. (That's what I'll use on the next one!)

garden update again

The marigolds have sprouted! Lydia and I planted these and they have actually come up in spite of the bout of cold weather the other night.

Irises have actually bloomed!

I'm hoping there will be so much to update soon that I won't be able to keep up!

garden update: tiller edition

Onions are growing in the compost pile. I don't know if we should eat these!


Flowers! I think irises are about to bloom! I love purple irises.

Marigolds are planted and another flower pot is painted. It looks like an easter egg, so I'm going to have to change it somehow. I have a few thoughts...

This is "the corn patch". Nathan has worked so hard on it! There is still more tilling to be done, but this part is ready to be planted come May 3.

The old OLD tiller required some cleaning and a couple of small parts (a filter and another little thing) It took a couple of days, but Nathan got this old thing working! I love that he can figure anything out. Personally, I would have called it dead.

Another couple patches like this will take 15 minutes off Nathan's mow time.

Did you notice how much I mentioned Nathan this post? I went out and tried to help him with moving the top grassy layer, and I screamed a couple of times because of worms. I am learning. Worms are not something I am prepared to deal with. Thank goodness he will do all this garden/farm stuff for us!