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garden snapshots {help, please!}

by Ruth on May 17, 2011

I am pretty good at using coupons.

I’m not a bad cook.

I’m a marginal seamstress and a wannabe crafter.

But I am a terrible gardener.

Our little garden that started out with so much promise is having a few, er, issues.  Granted, this is our learning year, but I don’t feel like I’m learning all that much because while I can see the problems happening, I’m not sure why they’re happening, and I certainly don’t know how to fix them.

We love our garden, problems and all.

Luckily I’m sure at least a few of you must know something about gardening, right?

So I thought today I’d ask you all for a little gardening advice.  Please, please feel free to throw in your two cents!  And believe me, you couldn’t possibly know less than I do on this subject, so any advice will be welcomed.  If you’ve never commented before, this is your moment.  (And just so you know, I LOVE getting your comments!  I can’t always respond to them all, but I do read each and every one, and they always make my day!)

What are these beetles that ate our sunflower, and how can we prevent them from coming back for the next one?
What ate our cabbage? How do we stop that from happening?
Why is all my sage turning brown and dying?
What ate our corn? How do we prevent it from happening again?
What is eating our potatoes? Also, how do you know when potatoes are ready to harvest?

What the heck is this thing?  We thought we were planting tomatoes!

How do you know when your carrots are ready?

So there you have it, our gardening woes.  Hopefully some of you will be able to help us turn things around, or at least have more success on our next go-round.

Finally, if you are a blogger and have written any post at any time even remotely related to gardening, please link it up here!  After seeing my sad snapshots I’m sure you’ll agree that we could use all the help we can get.

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vacation

by Ruth on April 5, 2011

It has been a very good couple of weeks.

We’ve spent a lot of time getting wet….

…at the splash park…

…and in the pool.

Trouble has started sleeping in the big girl bed.

At least some of the time.

Princess had a “camp out” in the living room…

…while Trouble pretty much did her own thing.

I was completely spoiled on my birthday.

(Thanks honey.)

The girls and I had fun testing out my new tripod and the self-timer on my camera.

Our garden is growing!

It is so exciting.

We even got to enjoy our first fresh garden salad!

Granted it was just some lettuce, and baby lettuce at that, but it tasted great.

We had a fabulous day boating out to the Gulf islands with some close friends.

We first stopped for lunch at Cabbage Key….

…then laid on the beach at Cayo Costa State Park, which is only accessible by boat.

It was gorgeous and the weather couldn’t have been better.

And in other big news, Princess “graduated” from preschool!

She is now officially a Kindergartner.

So beginning yesterday, it is officially Summer Vacation in the Soukup household.

Yes, I know it is a little early.  Our school district is on a year-round school schedule so she will be starting Kindergarten at the beginning of July.  Weird, huh?  But considering that this is the absolutely best time of year in Florida while July and August tend to be almost unbearably hot, I kinda like it.

Princess and I decided to kick off the vacation by making a list of a list of all the things we wanted to do this summer.  It was funny to hear some of her ideas.  In addition to baking cookies, going to the beach, & doing crafts (not too surprising), she also wants to eat marshmallows, go look at pretty flowers, have a picnic, and play babies (“We can be the mommies and Trouble can be our kid.”)

But my personal favorite?

“Mommy, we can have a race!”

Me: “A race?  What do you mean by that honey?”

“I can blow the whistle and you can run around, and I’ll tell you when you’re done.”

Yeah, that’ll happen.

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our garden (& gardening linky)

March 16, 2011

2 weekends ago we planted our first-ever vegetable garden. It was a big moment for Husband and I.  We have literally been talking about it for years. Princess was pretty excited too.  The fact that she is sitting in dirt (in a dress, of course) is a sign of just how into it she was. [...]

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