gardening
garden snapshots {help, please!}
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. 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, ... read more
vacation
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 ... read more
our garden (& gardening linky)
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. The girl does not do dirt. Trouble was far more interested in throwing rocks into the canal. We have absolutely no idea what we are doing. I mean NONE. Every plant I have ever had has died. Quickly. My thumbs are as brown as they come. So husband is in charge of keeping things alive. ... read more
