Gardening has Started

This weekend was gorgeous out! So the girls and I started this years garden :)

FYI... Mandy and Lilian dressed themselves on Saturday. One has shorts on while the other had a stocking cap on, such funny little ones! Even Cadence enjoyed playing in the dirt.

I was pretty proud of the girls. I made the rows and they put the onion sets in.

Now to plant the rest of the garden.

By the way, there we're a few onions that didn't get pulled last year (see the green above), guess we'll have some throughout the season :)

Spring is in the air!!

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I must say I have a bit of spring fever! Spring will officially be here in 7 days. I've noticed that Spring IS in the air though, My Lilac bush (above) has buds on it.
My Iris' are starting to come out of the ground.

Trees are starting to bud as well

Even our Dog Lucy is ready for spring. Lucy spends a lot of time inside, more by my choice rather than anyone else. I do think she enjoys being out though!

A few other keys to me that Spring is in the air would the chirps of the birds in the morning and just today I saw a flock of Geese flying North.

Spring - I'm READY!!

Sunday's Garden

Things are growing! It's amazing how much things have grown in a week. This week my poor plants have been through some pea sized hail and crazy wind.

So I should have had my daughter Lilian plant all of the beans. The one's she planted are up and looking good. Mine on the other hand don't look as hot. Her little finger must be the perfect length. And my cauliflower hasn't com up at all. So we've added a few more pepper plants and tomato plants.

One little red strawberry!

Tomatoes are looking pretty good considering the wind!

First tomato bloom of the year.... Can't wait to take a bite of a fresh tomato.

Sunday's Garden

I haven't had a garden for a couple of years and I'm THRILLED to have one this year. We had this house built in Oct of 09 so I'm starting from scratch. This year I've tried raised beds in hopes that it will cut down on weeding. This bed contains Peppers (left), Lettuce, Carrots, Onions and Potatoes. My onions we're up first, then lettuce, potatoes. My carrots are just peaking through now and peppers we're bought in town.

This bed I just planted this last week. From left I have two circles of Zuccini, Culiflower, and Green Beans. Nothing is up yet, but we're watering daily :).

In the tall box I have a couple of Strawberry plants. From advice I've gotten they say to plant Stawberrys in a container. From past experience I always kill Strawberrys. In the small planter I have a couple of plants that my grandmother gave to me (on left). I'm not sure what there called but they have purple blooms and are bulb plants. Then a Hen and Chick (that came out of my Great Grandmother's yard). And in the back I planted some cilantro, I love fresh Cilantro!

I have my Tomatoes planted in this rectangular box. Three tomatoe plants and marigolds in between. FYI Marigolds help keep bugs off of your tomatoe plants.

And here are my little gardeners! They love playing in the dirt. Here there making mud pies.

I'm unsure if I'm going to plant grass around my beds or try something else? I've thought about mulch but you can't walk across it bare foot and I find we're always bare foot. Maybe pavers or I've even thought about that recycled rubber that is the size of pea gravel. Still not sure.

So here's a peace of my garden - It's such a good feeling to get outside and put my hands in the dirt. Now to keep it watered!