I hope everyone has had a good week. We have been busy here.

One of our fun things this week was that Chef Daniel cooked another one of his Raddish meals. These are the fruit tarts he made. I somehow managed to not get a picture of the entire meal but it was delicious.

Sam made a robot with his Tinker crate. His name is Walker. They are both loving the kits they get every month.

Sam also got his glasses this week. Isn’t he so handsome?

In gardening news, I got this load of mulch delivered this week.

It will take a long time to get it all put down but I have started on it. I think it will look so good when it is finished.

I also planted a few flowers this week.

And filled this planter. It has some spring greens and flowers in it.

I went to our local greenhouse and was gifted with all these pots. This saved me a ton of money as it was time to start potting up the tomatoes and peppers that I started from seed.

They are looking so good.

This is a picture of just random things Grace drew. Every night we watch TV together from 9 to 10:00. She draws something while we are watching a cooking show. She does such a good job with her art.

That’s about all for now. I hope you have a good day and God bless.

Hello everyone! I hope you have all had a good week.

Dave came over yesterday and helped me put down some of the weed barrier in the garden.

It is all starting to take shape.

We used all the weed cloth I had purchased so I will need to get more before we can finish.

I can start though filling up the tractor rims and the other raised beds with dirt.

Then after we finish putting all the weed fabric down, it will be time to start spreading the mulch. It will definitely be a LOT of work but I hope it will make it easier to keep up this summer.

God bless.

Hello everyone! God has certainly given us a beautiful moon this week!

Weather here has been nice all week. Temperatures in the low 50’s. Really good for working outside.

I got quite a lot done in the garden. I redid this block raised bed.

Put these tractor rims in. These were given to me. They will make great raised beds.

Dug these tires out from the fenceline and put them down along the path. I plan to put flowers in them.

Then it occurred to me how much dirt it would take to fill them up so I cut wood pieces to make a barrier so I don’t have to fill up the inside of the tire.

Next I took down my old compost bin. It was coming apart and I want to make something different for compost anyway. It was made of these old pallets. When I took it apart, I thought I could do something with them. So I cut a board to fit the ends of the pallets so the dirt wouldn’t fall out and I am going to use them for spring plants. I know they won’t last too long but I hope to get a few years out of them.

I should say that all of this will have weed fabric under it. Hopefully that will make for less work this summer.

Then I decided to stain the benches I had put up there.

They look SO much better. Hubby made me all these and it brings me much joy to sit in them. I am looking SO forward to the garden this year.

God bless.

Last Sunday Grace and I went with the Horns on our first hike of the year. It was a nice day for hiking.

It was our first time on this trail but hopefully not our last.

It was very pretty with moss covering many things.

The trail led down to the river.

We saw this beautiful holly along the way. It was so pretty and green.

It was a much needed time with good friends.

I took this picture a few days ago. I love how God gives us these special glimpses of His creation.

God bless.

Grace and I have been busy getting the garden ready.

Look how good the fence line looks now without all the briars and weeds.

Tomato seeds are starting to come up. For the first time, I am using heat mats and a grow light. I think it has made a difference.

Yesterday our neighbor Richard came and tilled both our gardens for us.

They look so good!

I am working on a new plan for the garden. I want it to be functional and pretty.

So while Richard was tilling I cut down the grapevine that was here. It hasn’t produced edible grapes in years so it was time for it to go. The trellis was in bad need of repair so I took it down too. Dave and I hope to build a new one soon.

I took the bench that was under it and moved it to the upper left corner of the garden. I plan to put landscape fabric down and then mulch. This will hopefully keep the weeds and the grass from taking over.

That’s all for now. I hope you you all have a good day and God bless.

Katie and I spent some time the other day going to our two local greenhouses.

We had SO much fun.

Everything was so pretty and green.

It makes me so happy that this girl loves gardening.

We plan on going back soon.

God bless.

Look at how much fun Dave is having!

Last week, Dave and I spent the morning at his house making Jess a book shelf. Then we came back to the farm and did some more work in the garden.

It took us a long time at this corner. It was full of briars.

Most of this pile came from that corner.

Getting all this burned off has given me a lot more space to grow in. I have to get it all cleaned up now however

That will have to wait a day or two. It has been really cold here this week. We had snow yesterday and it is SO foggy today. The upcoming week though is looking pretty good.

I got my other greenhouse in this week and it is put together and ready for seeds. I hope to start some peppers, tomatoes and eggplant tomorrow or Monday. I am very excited to try using the heat mats and the grow light I got. I have never used either one with seed starting. Maybe this will give me more success than in the past.

John Luke had his braces appointment this week. He had outgrown his old ones and had to be measured for new ones. As always, he was a champ!

Enjoy your day and God bless.

Good morning everyone! We have had some beautiful sunrises this week. The weather has been fairly nice. Warm enough and dry enough that I have been able to do some outside work.

Our old raised beds are coming apart. I decided since they needed to be deeper anyway I would combine some of them. I moved the dirt out of one and added it to another. I also added another row of timbers to make it deeper.

It looks lots better. I need a little more dirt to get it the depth I want it to be. I want to do some amending to the soil as soon as our local greenhouse opens.

Another thing I did this week was make this little box. I plan on using it to grow radishes and of course other things but radishes will be planted in it hopefully next week.

The seed template Dave and I made fits perfectly in it. I got the idea for this from Hollis and Nancy’s homestead channel on YouTube.

I have been receiving things this week that I ordered for my seed starting. Seeds of course,

heat mats and solar lights. I have never used heat mats before but from all I can read they really help with germination. The solar lights are for decoration. I plan on putting them in the garden somewhere just “for pretty”.

Also another new thing. I am hoping to use weed cover in the garden this year. Less work hopefully. I got these staples to hold the fabric down. We have high wind here so I hope this will work.

This week, Chef Daniel made us another delicious meal using his Raddish kit.

Thanks Daniel!

This is Sam and his robotic arm that he made with his Tinker crate. He did such a good job!

It’s been a HARD week as this makes a year since my sweet girl went to heaven. Your passing, for us, has been a loss that words cannot express but, for you, I know it has been a gain beyond anything we can ever imagine. So I try to not live in our loss but to focus on your gain. We love you!

God bless.