So you know how I was checking on the garden everyday right? Well here’s the thing. Because I put the tomato cages up, to hold the space, I forgot we didn’t actually PLANT the tomatoes! So while I was all giddy about them sprouting, half way through the week I realized they weren’t going to, because they weren’t even there! Oh gosh! A quick trip to the hardware store on Earth Day fixed that! That is why they are so huge. They are doing well don’t you think?
With so many projects on our list, it seemed as if we’d never get to our garden. So we took a day last week and tilled and planted. YAY! Every day I run out to see what has sprouted, and yes, I do laugh at myself. I feel like the woman from that popular commercial “open open open” well my diligence has paid off! Our garden is sprouting!
Last year we had too much of some things and not enough of others, so this year we planted have two 6ft x 4ft raised cedar beds, and we spaced things out a bit.
| GARDEN BED 1 | GARDEN BED 2 | ||||||
| okra 7-14 germinate 55-60 days full grown | Tomato | okra 7-14 germinate 55-60 days full grown | cotton | potatos | bok choi and cotton | ||
| tomato | loose leaf lettuce moist soil 10-14 days germinate 40-60 days full sized | tomato | carrots | collards | bok choi | ||
| bell pepper 10-12 germinate 75 days full grown | strawberry | carrots | spinach | cabbage | |||
| yellow water melon | watermelon | onion 10-21 days germinate 60-120 days full sized | green beans | green beans | green beans |
I can hardly wait for the okra and my cotton to sprout! That being said, the carrots and potatoes came up from last years composting (the way my Fav plants), and the strawberries and mint remained and are doing quite well. Well the mint migrated. We did try getting rid of it, but it moved to the center on its own, and really, I kinda like how it flavors the other veggies from the cross pollination. All in all, I am geeked about our garden, and am looking forward to this years crop. Watermelon anyone?
I’m convinced! This young man can sleep through ANYTHING! Here are a few teasers from his dedication. Such a handsome little fella, and a fantastic family too!
AC is such a vivacious young lady! I hope you had fun (but not too much) at your Junior Prom! Here are a couple of teasers for you, even one with the lovely KD. Enjoy!
So we didn’t make it to the Farmer’s Market, but we did get to partake of my sisters newest recipe experimentation, a cabbage and brussel sprouts pasta. Sounds special but it was very good. Go Sissy! It was a very enjoyable evening of food and conversation. A fitting end to a productive day!
This lady can cook! <3
I can hardly recall a time when my father and I spent any real quality time alone. I must say I enjoyed walking and talking with him as I tried to introduce him to my fair city. He doesn’t seem very impressed lol. As fantastic as I believe my city to be, and as much as it tries to be a “hip, happening” place, there is still this quietness, a homespun awesomeness that gives this truly booming upcoming metropolitan city a little house on the prairie feel that I hope it never loses. And even though this place may not be as buzzing as Los Angeles, there is no other place I could imagine us peacefully spending some alone time. Maybe tomorrows Farmers Market with live music in the streets of downtown Lancaster, will be exciting enough to woo him back. I don’t really know. I’ll just enjoy these moments with my dad until he leaves to his “real” life in a few weeks.
This past Sunday, I was presented this beautiful bouquets of roses from the participants of our Resurrection Sunday Production. I am so honored and humbled to have received them but I would be remiss to take all the credit. I worked with some really wonderful people. Minister Dane, Linda, Fannie, the actors, singers, dancers, audio, and video crews, and those who came along side me, making things better at exactly the right time, Courtney, Kathy, Chenise, DJ, Jaden, Lawrence and Lynn, and most dearly to me are the two who stood beside me, listening to the same music over, and over, who from the beginning gave 100 percent to the ideas in my head, My Fav, and my Sis. Thank you all so very much. Thank you for yielding your gifts and talents to make this the awesome production it was.
