Produce 7-16-14

This is produce from our friend's garden. They have a huge garden and

are producing so much they had some for us.

Cucumbers 7-10-14

This is our first harvest of cucumbers! I swear I had another picture for tonight, but I just don't remember what is was! Oh well, our cucumbers came out pretty good!

Melon Flowers 6-21-14

Our melon plants are full of little yellow flowers! We will have little melons soon hopefully!

First Harvest 6-19-14

Our first harvest of Green Beans!

Enjoying All the Rain 6-9-14

We are growing little orange sweet melons this year and they are really enjoying all this rain. No melons yet, but they are coming soon!

Happy Little Blue Bird 6-5-14

Saw this little sweetie visiting my strawberry baskets out in our garden tonight. At the first sign of berries though, I plan on putting wildlife netting around the plants so he can still sit there, but no snacking!

Garden Pups 6-2-14

Zipper and Gracie love going out to the garden with me. They just hang around me while I pick weeds and take care of the garden. They basically just love being wherever I am, and I am so thankful for their loving company, plus they are SOOOO cute who wouldn't want these two hanging around?

Shovel It 5-10-14

We got a free load of pea gravel today, I helped load it into the truck. It was a great workout, my back told me so by the end of the day. Dustin got to un-load it himself while I raked it into place and planted our Peppers.

Growing Thyme 4-13-14

So we are starting a different part of our gardening adventure this year. We are attempting to grow herbs from seed! Neither one of us have had experience with this but with the internet and a good amount of wingin' it we should do just fine! Look how teeny tiny those seeds are!!

Planting Flowers 4-6-14

My dad gave us some daffodils and day lilies to plant at our house. This is how we spent our Sunday morning outside enjoying the nice weather and cleaning up around the yard just a bit. This little garden area up by our driveway is where we put things that will grow no matter how much care they don't receive. We just seem to forget about this spot and also don't have a hose that will reach all the way out there. Several plants seem to manage holding onto life year after year here though. Weeds and grass grow here too in the summer. As I was cleaning out some of the dead grass and well rooted weeds, I shared a thought with Dustin. Most weeds grow a strong root system that goes deep into the soil making it very difficult to remove them from there chosen home. The good plants that we want around are not usually so easy to grow and often have a delicate root system. We can relate this easily to the lives we live. The weeds in our lives, addictions of all kinds and all our bad habits, grow easily in our lives and wrap their strong roots around our hearts and minds. Just like weeds in the garden, the weeds in our lives can grow root systems that are even more destructive underneath than they appear to be on the surface. The good growth in our lives takes nurturing and has a tender root system that can be damaged by all sorts of sources. We must remember to  nurture the good growth and do some weeding every-once in a while.