Sunday's Garden

O my granny I'm behind! This is my garden almost two weeks ago. It's amazing how much things grow and change! My green beans we're a bit sparse so I've had to replant some.

My little garden helper of the day :) She loves being outside and is so content!

My tomatoes have done well! Through all of the crazy wind, storms, a tiny bit of pea sized hail.

We even have a few green tomatoes starting. My oldest daughter loves tomatoes so she's super excited!

Garden Tag's

We had an old Whisky Barrel at our house. I tried to move it and it fell to pieces. So I thought what can I do?? So I made some tag's for my garden. Nothing fancy but It works. Now to put them into my garden.

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.

SLEEP

I feel as though our family lacks in the sleeping department! My husband has had issues falling asleep and staying asleep for as long as I've known him. We've tried lots and lots of "remedies" but nothing 100% works.
Things we've tried:

• Natural sleep aids


• Over the counter sleep aids - Tylenol PM, Excedrin PM, Motrin PM, CounterActPM (this one helping the most out of the above).


• TV on/ TV off


• Reading before bed


• Drink concoctions - the most recent being honey and vinegar, yuck!

But to get to the bottom line non of the above really help. So recently he went to the Dr. and has a prescribed med. to take. It's been a week now and no amazing results to report back.

Next in our family with sleeping issues is our oldest Daughter (4). She's always had sleeping problems. When she was 2 she had a "special bed" on the floor of our room that she would come in and sleep on at nights. Sleep walking was another issue we dealt with with that thankfully didn't stick around too long! The most recent issue is the fact that she is having a hard time falling asleep. This has started within the last month. My fear is that she'll have sleeping issues like her Daddy does. This week we've been trying a cd that plays for about 30 min. I think it's been helping to get her mind to drift off. Here's some things that I've heard are important.

• Routine throughout the day


• Make sure to wake your child at the same time each morning


• Go to bed at the same time each night


• Cut out refined sugars


• Physical activity throughout the day


• Bed time yoga

I really want to make steps now in our life to better her sleeping habit rather than her having to struggle with it like her Daddy has.

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!

My Birthday

I'm such a lucky Momma to have these three sing me happy Birthday when I woke up and then eat chocolate cake for breakfast! Doesn't get any better than that.

Tip of the Day

Clean your Microwave!

Get it done in a minuet, simply put 1/2 cup water in a microwave safe dish. Put it in your microwave on high for 1 minuet. The steam helps all of the "goo" stuck in your microwave come up. I then spray a little multi-purpose cleaner and wipe off. That simple!