The Adventures of 'The Kidds'

So Paul and I spent yesterday planting in the garden. We planted 2 rows of beans, and left room so we could plant 2 more rows in 2 or 3 weeks, so we can stretch out the harvest time of the beans. We planted 2 different kinds of beans so we will see what we get. We also planted the carrots that we had started from seed a few weeks ago, in pots, along with the squash and zucchini, and the 2 pumpkins that Paul started. We will plant some more stuff in the next few weeks, but we will have to get some more seed first, and then we will probably plant some corn, and Corrine wants some snap peas. But the garden has been officially started, which is great, since it has been raining a little today, and should continue for the next few days, so that will be a good soaking of the garden.

So another on of the trees that we got from the Arbor Day Society a few years ago looks like a flowering dogwood… When we originally got the trees all of the trunks we marked with paint, but since they have been in the garden for three years, the paint wore off, and I didn’t mark which tree I planted where. But after checking out the leaves on this tree is looks like a dogwood. So yesterday I planted this dogwood out in the front yard.. So our front yard is starting to looks like a forest.. Atleast it will in a few years…

About 3 years ago Corrine and I joined the Arbor Day Society, and for joining they sent us several flowering trees that were bare root. To protect them, and help them get a little bigger, we planted them behind the shed in the edge of the garden. Well this year I decided that it was about time to move them out of the garden and plant them in the yard. So I started by planting the crab apple trees. We figured that since there wasn’t anything out in the yard on the north side of the pool, we should put some trees out there, so I planted 2 crab apple trees. They are still a little small, but hopefully in a few years they will get a little bigger. I planted them about 15 to 20 feet apart thinking that maybe we could use them as the posts of a volleyball court in a few years once they get bigger.

With Daniel being born, we decided that we should plant a tree in celebration on Daniel’s birth. Since he was born in January, we had to wait a little until it warmed up a little. So a few weeks ago, Daniel’s tree, a Paper Birch arrived, along with this tree the Arbor Day Foundation sent along a Red Maple Tree. So once if finally warmed up we planted Daniel’s tree and the Red Maple out in the front yard. Hopefully the trees will take off soon and we will see some growth on these trees.

It was a beautiful weekend and so we had to be outside. There is a lot to do, so luckily some friends wanted to be outside as well, so we accomplished quite a bit.
Thanks to Terry’s tiller, Paul was able to till the entire garden, and it looks ready to plant.. And Ricardo and I were able to make our way through about a third of the dirt pile, left behind after the geothermal installation, and tried to get atleast the big rocks that were on top. Just like we did last year after we replaced the water main. Its interesting how rocky this soil is just down a little, but the top part isn’t that rocky, so stuff grows quite well. Anyway we took some of the rocks, and I used them to edge the flower beds around the house. It looks nice, just that little bit of work, just makes it look so different. I’ll post some pictures in a few days, but I need to finish the last flower bed in front of the house then I’ll take some pictures. Maybe I should take a picture of the back one now, but I need to finish weeding that first, too. So just be patient and I’ll have pictures.