Garden Update: Week 4

 Amazing that all this has happened over the past 3 weeks.

Garden Update: Week 3

 The garden is coming along though it has been a wet spring here and the raised bed is holding water thanks to the cardboard I put under the soil.  I was trying a no till method to kill the grass.  Not sure my seedlings like it so much.  The green beans are struggling and I can't figure out what is wrong--if it is too much moisture, lack of nutrients or a fungal disease.

Garden Update: Week 2

 Well, it's week 2 and the garden has had quite a bit of activity.  As you can see there is green popping up everywhere!  We had a few rain showers which I'm sure helped tremendously.

Garden Update, Week 1

 It's been 1 week since Elena and I planted seeds in the garden. 

A New Garden

 The one sad part about moving is that you leave your garden behind and have to start over.

Garden: Week 14

 Our 1st cherry tomato!  Elena made an edible salad with a nasturtium flower  :)

Garden: Week 13

 Here is my garden update for the past week.  It looks about the same with a few little things going on.  Above Elena is checking out our Golden Bell Pepper plant.  The Green Bell has two growing on it.  They sure grow fast, can't wait to eat them :)

Garden: Week 12

 Whew!  It was a hot, hot dry week and the garden felt it.

Garden: Week 11

Garden update...At week 11 we are doing great.  Can you spot the new blooms we have in the garden?

Garden: Week 10

 After not seeing the garden every day for a week, it feels like everything has gone wild.  I am continually amazed by my mess of plants.  Not only are weeds everywhere, some grew taller than my knee.

Garden: Week 9

 This will be a short post...the last time I will see the garden for a week.

Garden: Week 8

 The garden continues to grow and inspire us.

Garden: Week 7

 Such excitement in the garden this week, Elena was over the moon!  What did she spot?

Garden: Week 6

It seems during our long weekend in Arizona, the garden (and weeds) exploded!

 The garden from afar.  Come take a tour...

Garden: Week 4

 Strawberry fruits are forming.  Elena is super excited! (okay, so am I!)

Garden: Week 3

 The seeds were planted nearly 3 weeks ago and doing great.

Strawberry Flowers and more

 Our first strawberry flowers, so exciting!

Garden: Week 1

Well, it has been 1 week since I planted the seeds.  Look at all the growth we have already!  Exciting!

Rain...Finally, Rain!!

The weather has been extreme everywhere.  Back in Illinois/Indiana, the area has been continually pelted with Arctic Blasts.  It has been one of the snowiest and coldest winters on record.  Here, we have had one of the driest winters.  The weather has been wonderful until you realize how short we are on rainfall.  A major storm came through and over the last four days we received over 2" of rain with a lot of wind.  We are thrilled for the rain and hope we get at least one more of these winter storms in the next month or so.

 After a certain amount of rain in a short period of time, our yard always floods here.  It doesn't stay long though.

Garden Installation Phase 2

We have slowly been working on our yard and garden space over the past 6-1/2 years (wow, can you believe that we have been here nearly 7 years?).  We took some time to figure out what we wanted and researched how to implement our ideas.  Last year 10 fruit trees were planted (phase 1); 9 in the back, 1 in the front.  This is in addition to the 5 we already have.  (I think I am addicted to fruit trees; I want more--can you ever have enough?)