on thursday, lorena and i (and two boys) went to the farmer’s market to pick up plants for this year’s garden. on saturday, in the upper 80 degree heat, i slaved away to get them all into the ground.we have 10 roma tomato plants, 4 cherry tomatoes, 6 beefsteak (i think) tomatoes, 4 bell peppers, […]
the home skillet
shelves
we put these shelves up yesterday. and by we, i mean derek. i put the stuff on them. anyhoo, it’s nice to have something on our walls. the emptiness was a little depressing. now i just need to decide what will permanently live on the shelves. i have so many ideas….. oh, and yes, that’s […]
one more blue room
somehow, derek and i found the time to give our bedroom a much needed coat of paint this weekend. (it helped that derek’s parents confiscated the monster for the afternoon, while we finished). here’s the outcome: (this is the third blue room in the house. the kitchen is royal blue, isaac’s room is little boy […]
garden update
the garden has been quite a hassle this summer, but i think it is finally in a manageable state. last summer, due to the boy, we decided not to have a garden, and instead opted to let the garden get overgrown with crabgrass and other weeds. so, we had our work cut out for us […]
lawn destruction
for a long time, we’ve been planning on taking out a row of leland cypresses and turning a huge crab grass infested natural area into grass. while i was out yesterday, derek grabbed the chain saw and started in. eight giant leland cypresses, several crape myrtles and a holly tree are now hacked up all […]
new life
a few weeks ago, my sproutlings met an untimely death. fortunately, the seeds that lagged behind made it through the frozen night, and have since sprouted themselves. i also replanted the peat pots that were empty, so hopefully, the garden will be ready to be planted in a few weeks…
in mourning…
i am in mourning today. a few weeks ago, i adopted over 130 herb and vegetable seeds. i bought them some high quality dirt and some peat pots for homes. i carefully planted basil, oregano, rosemary and cilantro, tomatoes, cucumbers, yellow squash, zucchini, and butternut squash, watermelons and peppers. i labeled them. i watered them […]
The Battle of the Crab Grass
Our whole yard has been taken over by crab grass. I tried to keep up with it in our first summer here. And last summer, I managed for awhile, but the war was won towards the end of summer. This year, with a monsterbaby, I was ill-equipped to go to battle, so the crab grass […]
Yard Work
So, in the last few weeks, we’ve: 1. mulched the entire front yard natural areas (2 truckloads)2. planted 54 petunias along the front walkway3. planted new grass in the giant circle of dirt that used to be pompous grass* And then, finally, for the first time this season, I mowed. Mowing used to be my […]