Making progress...

See our progress!

Paul worked hard while I was at a meeting tonight.

Tomorrow night, we fill and plant!

Note bridal wreath spirea in the background--in bloom!

This will be our strawberry box!

Box #2--full sun


Box #3--right by the back door
Full sun for a lot of the day--partly shady for a little of the day


Question of the day: Why does my yard look better than the inside of my house?

Making plans...

GUESS WHAT WE'RE DOING!

Last year, I watched in awe as my sister and sister-in-law built (with the help of wonderful husbands) square-foot gardens. They looked great and the harvest looked even greater.

I took note of the website and this year I showed it to my landscape-loving husband. In the past, he's not been completely enthusiastic about a garden spot. Oh, he loves gardening--but a square vegetable garden set in rows is not as asthetically pleasing to the eye as he wants it to be.

He tried integrating vegetable plants into the landscape. This worked okay, but the soil was less than desirable for growing the vegetables and only putting a few here and there between bushes did not yield a very prolific crop.

When I showed him the square-foot gardens, however, his eyes lit up in an"Aha!" moment. They got wider when he saw the ones made out of vinyl. He immediately saw the potential in this project and is enthusiastically preparing to plant with me!

Stay tuned for more...

One child.

That's all I had after 7:30 this morning to spend time with, talk to and get ready for school. Oh, Ellie was thrilled! Thrilled that she had Mommy all to herself for over an hour before leaving for school. But it causes me quite a bit of reflection about life and how fast time passes.

April 2000

Daniel--Class of 2009

Graduating this year

Holly--Class of 2010

Taking Driver's Ed and preparing for an internship for next year.

Emily--Class of 2014

My child most recently turned teenager!

Madelyn--Class of 2017

Recently reached a double-digit birthday!

And Ellie!

Ellie--Class of 2020

1st grader extraordinaire!

In a few minutes I'll take her to school and watch her scamper off to play happily with her friends. And, as my mind takes a picture, perhaps for a moment, time will stand still...