Trees Arrived

We got home last night after Dan's softball game to find a big package on the side porch. In it were our apple and pear trees, rhubarb, asparagus, horseradish, and strawberries. We are planning on finishing the irrigation system tomorrow which leaves us Sunday to fill and plant. Keeping my fingers crossed that this is it:)

well.....

Since it keeps on raining, not much else got done on the veggie garden (grrrr). Here are some random pictures from around the garden.

Entrance Rose

This is the Zepherine Drouhin. I had one on each side of the front door, but one had to be removed for the piering and didnt make it. I put a new one in, but it is still tiny and nothing to looke at;) The first couple are from 2 weeks ago, and the last are from today. The smell is wonderful and strong. It wafts in the front windows and saturates the porch......mmmmmm:)

Tilling

Last weekend we got a good jump on the veggie garden. Unfortunately, we all ended up sick during the week so we didnt get time to finish it yet. This weekend is supposed to be nice, so hopefully we'll get it done. The seeds really need to go in.

Oh, and so what does 18 yards of compost look like???

Girls Night Out

Last weekend, we put the babies out with the big girls. Saturday they hung out all day, but I brought them in for the night. Sunday, they moved out for good! The picture is Lilah saying goodnight to them on their first night outside.

Its Raining, Its Pouring

Well, we got all of 12 of the raised beds built and had 18 yards of compost delivered yesterday. Just how much is 18 yards you ask, well, if it ever stops raining, I'll get a picture of it. Meanwhile, this picture is from last week. Lilah spent about 2 hours playing with her dirt and planting "plants" (which were weeds she was pulling up from one area and then "planting" in another).

I placed another order from Seed Savers which also came yesterday. Along with some flower seeds (which I also picked up some from a local store) I got more runner beans (the rabbits wont stop eating them), radishes, pumpkin, zucchini, crookneck squash, cucumbers, and more:)

The Babies Are Growing

Fingers

Curry
Pate'
Tetrazzini
Alfredo
Cacciatore

New Garden

Well, we decided to turn the side yard into a garden. We have been planning it out for a while and ended up just going really simple. It will have 12 4x6 beds and then a border bed all around. I am planning on growing step-over apples along the sides and will have a perennial and herb bed with an arbor in the front. The bed goes from a little behind the lilac (lower right of pic) til just in front of the cherry tree. We will probably add some fruit trees behind the cherry tree and in front of the pecan for a little orchard. It we ever decide to go ahead and get some bees, this is probably where they would go.

We should be able to grow a nice amount of veggies here:) We are starting to price freezers so we have some way of preserving our harvest. Dan is also planning on setting up a rain water collection system from the garage to help water this.