Showing posts with label In the Garden. Show all posts
Showing posts with label In the Garden. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Spring
Spring, the sweet Spring, is the year's pleasant king;
Then blooms each thing, then maids dance in a ring,
Cold doth not sting, the pretty birds do sing--
Cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we, to-witta-woo!
The palm and may make country houses gay,
Lambs frisk and play, the shepherds pipe all day,
And we hear aye birds tune this merry lay--
Cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we, to-witta-woo!
The fields breathe sweet, the daisies kiss our feet,
Young lovers meet, old wives a-sunning sit,
In every street these tunes our ears do greet--
Cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we, to-witta-woo!
Spring, the sweet Spring!
Thomas Nashe
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Monday, May 23, 2011
Simple Things in Life: My Iris's
We live in a home that my husband's great grandmother lived it. When she was still alive she planted a ton of iris's. I love them just as much as she did. They are simply pretty and easy to take care of!
Sunday, May 15, 2011
My Strawberry Patch
Last week I had an anonymous reader ask for more details about my strawberry patch.
The variety I have planted are everbearing strawberries. My husband purchased the dormant roots off of eBay.
I planted the strawberries last spring and they've had a little bit of time to establish themselves. I will probably have to thin them out next spring.
And as you can see by my recent photos, these strawberries are almost ready to pick!
You can learn more about growing your own strawberries here and here.
The variety I have planted are everbearing strawberries. My husband purchased the dormant roots off of eBay.
The plants are in a 3 ft X 15 ft (?- not sure, I haven't measured it) flower bed that sits between the basement stairwell and the concrete backyard pad.
I planted the strawberries last spring and they've had a little bit of time to establish themselves. I will probably have to thin them out next spring.
And as you can see by my recent photos, these strawberries are almost ready to pick!
You can learn more about growing your own strawberries here and here.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Monday, April 11, 2011
The Simple Things in Life
Since spring has sprung I've been doing some walking around my garden.
I took these simple pictures yesterday.
Enjoy!
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| The one and only Tulip in my yard. I have one pop up randomly every year. |
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| Grape hyacinths, some mint, and future tiger lily's & iris's. |
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| My lilac bush is bursting with new buds ready to pop open any day with that heavenly scent! |
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| My giant pinwheel sits right next to my front door. It makes me smile every time I see it! |
Monday, April 4, 2011
The Simple Things in Life: An Early Morning
One early morning a week or so ago, my boys and I took a little walk around the yard to feel the crisp spring air and to enjoy the freshly blooming daffodils. Simply Wonderful!
Monday, August 16, 2010
The Beginnings of Our New Fence
"Fences make good neighbors" according to my mom as we talked about our new fence the other day.
We have what some people would call 'neighbors from hell'. They leave the little ones unsupervised, play heavy-metal music as loud as possible, leave stuff everywhere, have screaming matches loud enough to raise the dead, & rev up the motorcycle as loud and long as possible at 11 pm just to name a few things. I will not go into detail about the more serious things as they are not very pleasant.
Justin and I decided that enough was enough and we were going to build an 8 foot fence between our houses. Well, we actually want a privacy fence the whole way around our yard but seeing as how we can only afford part of it at a time we decided to start where the fence will get the most use.
We currently have a chain link fence all the way around the yard. It's over 30 years old and has served it's purpose.
We began by measuring everything. My husband thinks we might be able to sell the good parts on Craig's List to help pay for even more privacy fencing.
After that supplies and equipment were brought in. Grandma's tractor came in handy to pull out those old fence posts.
Taking down the old chain link fence took us about a day. The heat was so overwhelming that you could only work for a half hour at a time before you had to go in and rest for another half hour. The heat has definitely made this a slow-going project.
To put up the new fence Justin first had to put up a leveling string so the fence would be even. And he had to hand dig the post holes. Each one is about 2 feet deep. Justin was very sore after that.
Ian helped a lot. He's carried wood, helped measure, & cleaned up wherever needed.
We have what some people would call 'neighbors from hell'. They leave the little ones unsupervised, play heavy-metal music as loud as possible, leave stuff everywhere, have screaming matches loud enough to raise the dead, & rev up the motorcycle as loud and long as possible at 11 pm just to name a few things. I will not go into detail about the more serious things as they are not very pleasant.
Justin and I decided that enough was enough and we were going to build an 8 foot fence between our houses. Well, we actually want a privacy fence the whole way around our yard but seeing as how we can only afford part of it at a time we decided to start where the fence will get the most use.
We currently have a chain link fence all the way around the yard. It's over 30 years old and has served it's purpose.
We began by measuring everything. My husband thinks we might be able to sell the good parts on Craig's List to help pay for even more privacy fencing.
After that supplies and equipment were brought in. Grandma's tractor came in handy to pull out those old fence posts.
Taking down the old chain link fence took us about a day. The heat was so overwhelming that you could only work for a half hour at a time before you had to go in and rest for another half hour. The heat has definitely made this a slow-going project.
To put up the new fence Justin first had to put up a leveling string so the fence would be even. And he had to hand dig the post holes. Each one is about 2 feet deep. Justin was very sore after that.
Ian helped a lot. He's carried wood, helped measure, & cleaned up wherever needed.
Of course, Jameson supervised.
And that is the beginnings of our new fence!
Look out Mom, I'm off to inspect something else!
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