The 2012 Garden

It's finally here! Time to plant the garden.

We got the hoop house finished this past weekend so now we have even more growing space.

Here's what we're planting in the garden and hoop house this year:

Everything is from seed unless otherwise noted.

Beans:

Blue Lake Pole

Black Valentine Bush

Royalty Purple Bush

Peas:

Green Arrow

Oregon Sugar Pod II

Little Marvel

Carrots:

Nantes Scarlet

Potatoes:

All Blue

Modoc Red

Spinach:

Regal Hybrid

Celery:

Experimental- from cut base of celery purchased at store

Squash:

Bush Delicata

Herbs:

Sage (from start)

Oregano (from start)

Parsley

Cilantro

Basil (from start)

Gray Mammoth Sunflowers

Tomatoes (all from starts):

Brandywine

Silver Fir Tree

Manitoba

Sweet 100

Gold Nugget
Stupice

Onions:

Yellow (sets from feed store)

I'm really excited about our tomatoes this year! This will be the first time that we will be able to plant and EAT heirloom tomatoes grown here at home. I went with earlier variety heirlooms just to be on the safe side. Do you have a favorite tomato that you grow? I'd love to hear about it. Now that I feel I can grow almost any variety, I'm in tomato heaven!

For Lack of a Better Post

Ya see, I have about 3-4 posts that are half written. And I just haven't had the time to finish them to publish! So, for lack of a better post, you'll get a whole lot of pictures and not so many words. A picture is worth a thousand words anyway so I'll let them do the talking for me.

In no particular order.........

Enjoy your week!

Sunday Hymns

~ At Calvary ~

Years I spent in vanity and pride,

Caring not my Lord was crucified,

Knowing not it was for me He died

On Calvary.

 

By God’s Word at last my sin I learned;

Then I trembled at the law I’d spurned,

Till my guilty soul imploring turned

To Calvary.

Now I’ve giv’n to Jesus everything,

Now I gladly own Him as my King,

Now my raptured soul can only sing

Of Calvary!

 

Oh, the love that drew salvation’s plan!

Oh, the grace that brought it down to man!

Oh, the mighty gulf that God did span

At Calvary!

Mercy there was great, and grace was free;

Pardon there was multiplied to me;

There my burdened soul found liberty

At Calvary.

He is my glorious King! I pray that your Sunday is restful and blessed.

Sunday Hymns

~Thou Art Worthy~

Thou art worthy, Thou art worthy,

Thou art worthy, O Lord,

To receive glory, glory and honor,

Glory and honor and pow'r;

For Thou has created, hast all things created,

Thou hast created all things,

And for Thy pleasure they are created:

Thou art worthy, O Lord!

Revelation 4:11

May your Sunday be blessed!

Twirl Skirt

Timber has been begging me to sew for the last few days. Each day I have felt overwhelmed with the tasks that need done and have been putting it off. So last night when she asked after supper, we began.

She said she wanted to make a skirt.

And I said, "One that twirls like your dress?"

"YES! YES!" she replied.

So with no pattern (as evident from the photos!) we began cutting fabric. Fabric she had picked out of my stash. We almost got the entire skirt sewn before bedtime. This morning we put the elastic in the waist and it was complete.

Then she asked if she could wear it outside. Wyatt said as she walked out the door, "Mom, are you sure Timber can wear that skirt outside? It's her new one!" I thought about it for a minute. After all, it did rain yesterday and the day before and all we have around the property is gravel, grass and MUD.

"Yes, it's o.k. that she wear it." I replied. After all, how fun are twirling skirts if you only get to wear them once in a while? It's going to get already dirty. Now it's officially broke in. And she loves it.