Little Watermelon Vines

Our watermelon vines are still very small. We’re hoping that they will grow enough to harvest some over the summer. I’m still learning about all of this so I guess we’ll wait and see!

Little Plum Trees

The plum trees are “awakening”. I need to do some research about the proper pruning and care for these little growing trees!

1st Eggplant

Looks like the beginning of our first eggplant! We are very excited to be getting this!!

Bell Pepper- Oops!

Looks like something enjoyed this bell pepper before we got the chance!!

1st Bell Pepper

This is our first good bell pepper. They look yucky when they are first growing but it’s just part of the process.

Blooming Marigolds

I‘m excited to see little blooms on my marigolds. We harvest our seeds each year from the plants the year before. You can do this by breaking open the bloom after it has dried (marigold seeds look like tiny match sticks). Marigolds will keep pests from your garden, and mosquitoes from your home if you plant them on either side…

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Chore Packs, Day 1

This is the next step in our chore pack progress…printing out 5 morning chores each for our little guys and placing them into protective covers. I’ll post more when we go on to the next step!

Being Fruitful?

8:02???? I’m getting such a late start this morning! I hate to admit, when Paul left for work this morning, I went back to bed. I do feel better than I did when I first woke up…I think that I didn’t get enough sleep last night!! I’m posting several pictures this morning! This is an update to my little gardening…

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Wild Adventures…

Today, we found this little critter in the yard! I think he likes to hear Courtney humming when it is her turn to hang out the laundry!

Sunflowers, Day 2

I wasn’t sure if yesterday’s picture did these flowers justice, so I decided to post a different angle today! This morning, when I went outside on the porch to see Paul off, we realized that we were beginning to see some yellow on the inside of the flowers!! (I think it’s funny that he is even enjoying watching these big…

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What Happened to Courtesy?

The “Monster Flowers” as they are affectionately called by my son, Jacob are still growing! I’ve been trying to figure out why they are so big. I’ve never seen sunflowers this big. Then it occurred to me….I fed them MIRACLE GRO! I followed the instructions on the box, mixing a little into the dirt where each plant was placed (this…

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Jessica’s “After”

This is Miss Jessica after her rag roll experiment. She was so much fun to watch bouncing around the house! You could tell that she thought her hair was pretty…it so sweet to listen to her giggling!! We had a great Father’s Day. We basically did nothing. If you have been reading long, you realize how odd this is for…

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