Here's the 3 week update on our garden: The plants are growing well, the seeds have all sprouted and Chad and I have enjoyed watching the progress. I've included close-up photos of thecarrots and corn. Scroll down the page to see the comparision photos. Quite a change in three weeks, huh?
Our backyard trees are now hooked up to the automatic sprinkler timer. The landscapers installed a water-saving drip system for our trees and plants and I finally installed the hoses and connectors to each tree today. The plants will still be watered by the hose until we plant them, but hopefully that'll only be for a few more days. Now I have to figure out how much water everything needs.
Today I began the big (but fun) task of plant shopping for our backyard. Fortunately everything was on sale at Lowe's so it wasn't as crazy expensive as I thought it was going to be. We've decided on the the purple and green color scheme for the backyard which I think is going to look really pretty when everything is planted and growing. Today I ended up with twelve purple flowering plants, two of each variety, because that's all I could fit in my trunk. Here's what I chose:
This weekend Chad and I bought and planted seven new trees for our backyard. We ended up with six Japanese maples of different varieties and one cute fig tree. The next step is the get the plants in and that may take some time, but at least the hardest part, the trees, are in.
My parents got us a fancy new BBQ for our birthdays this year. We wanted to wait until the backyard was in before we brought it out for the first time. Today was the day. Actually, Chad did the BBQing and I watched. We had filet mignon and I made corn on the cob and tomato/cucumber salad to go with it. All in all a good dinner and I'm already loving the BBQ.
Early last week I entered a blog contest and won! The generous blogger held a random drawing for a handful of card-making supplies and lucky for me my name was chosen. I can tell you I was pleasantly surprised when I saw the package in the mail today.
Here's what I got:
A duck stamp & light blue stamp pad
Organdy ribbon
White Magic Mesh
Thank you note set
Homemade embellishments
Yesterday I was invited to make fresh strawberry jam at a friend's house. I brought half a flat of fresh strawberries from a farm stand near my house and didn't need nearly that many for the amount of jam it made. Yum!
Yesterday was Chad's 35th birthday. He had to work so the celebrations were minimal but he still had a good day. Happy birthday one more time, Chad!
Yesterday our landscapers brought in our vegetable garden box. They also laid the DG (decomposed granite) and attached the flower bed sprinklers.
This morning Chad and I purchased fruit and vegetable plants and seeds. The timing was right so we decided to plant them in the garden box today as well. This year is the test year to see which crops do well in our yard and which ones are a flop.
Today Chad and I went to the rodeo. We didn't know what to expect but it was a lot more fun than we thought it would be. We've already made plans to go again next year.
Here's Chad in his new hat.
