A Garden Update

So, this summer may entail a lot of garden inspired blogs.  I think Brittany's a little worried I'm going to kill the garden while she's gone, so she's asked for proof that its still alive......  Please note, as of yet, I have NOT killed anything in the garden!!  I also think the garden knew when Bryan got home because it has totally sprouted to double the size since he's been home. 

Bryan watering the garden today

 the squash - its doubled in size in just the last two days!

 the peas :) - Bryan's favorite, not one has made it in the house yet.....

 Radishes still in the ground

 Our puny carrots......apparently you're supposed to thin them out like the radishes.  But the stalks looked soo good!  At least we know for next time.

the strawberries

 the cucumbers.....a little worried about them  They're growing, but slowly.

 Our Rocks!!!!  We're Done!!!!!  At least in this spot :)  Yay!!!!  Now we're building a retaining wall for the lower garden.

Our new little grass that's finally growing in the bare patch.

 Radishes in front, scallions (the grass looking ones), bean stalk on far left, carrots behind them, then the peas.

 Bean Stalks

 the corn!  Its doubled in size in the last week!

 Fresh picked radishes - Bryan said they were delicious.

 Relaxing in the shade after the work.

An update! Hooray!

Whew, finally another post.  I've been busy doing yard work now that the rain has stopped, and trying to take pics, but I'm realizing I didn't take a lot of 'before' pics, so some of the 'afters' might not be as impressive to you all, but hey, I'll show them off anyway :-)

the house when we bought it. (Notice the shrubbery)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the house now :-).  Wow, the grass actually looks really green here.  Obviously its rained a bit this spring.

we're even adding a path, so it's easier to climb up and down.  the neighbor kids use it all the time as a shortcut.

on the left side, there are terraces.  the weeds were so overgrown that you couldn't even see them.  the neighbors behind us had no idea they were there.

Yay!  only one more fence post to go on the rocks!  I had to stop, because we're putting in one more terrace, so I wanted to make sure to leave room for us to work.

Our rocks. and the yard light.

 Our other project this year, is a garden.  Actually, it's Bryan and Brittany's garden; however, as soon as they planted the dang thing they both took off on holiday, so I'm the one left in charge, and they told me 'try not to kill anything ok?'  I'll certainly be glad when Bryan gets home to take over.

Brittany and Bryan preparing the garden  As you can see, we've still got one more row of rocks to go above the garden.

Britt taking care of the garden.  the day she left on vacation.

as of today - not too bad, eh?

carrots on the mid left; peas (with peas now  - they showed up in the last two days; and on the right - corn.

corn

Radishes!  I could see a couple of tops of radishes poking out of the ground, so I picked them!  Not sure if they're ready yet. - BUT I haven't killed anything yet :-)