Laundry room

Brett and I redid the laundry room the past week because last winter my washer froze because it was so damn cold in there! I can't begin to tell you how much I hate doing laundry in the winter time. But now anymore! well hopefully, I won't know until this winter.Before

After

After

We took the drawers out to make some more room

And painted the blue door white.

CORN!

My front flowers are coming along nicely!

Just this one section of my front planter looks good, I think, because its full. The other part is nice but the flowers are sporadic and look a little spastic.

front bed




pumpkins

Corn and tomatoes
I am really happy the first time I grew corn I will have corn! YEA!!

Garden

Here are some pictures to show that we have been doing something to the yard this year. We have let the weeds take over in some spots and other spots we are slooowly landscaping. I have an idea what I want to do but until we actually get the soil leveled out and the weeds taken care of there really is no reason to get more plants.

Corylus avellana 'contorta'

Harry Lauder's walking stick

I have always loved these trees and now I have one! This little guy and a rough transplating because it was at Brett's friend's house. We thought we wrapped it good but when we got home from driving on the freeway it had lost most of its leaves. BUT, I noticed new growth yesterday so he's going to be just fine!

flowers I grew from seed


More flowers I grew from seed

Gage's sunflowers

New parking strip

Can I just tell you how much of a bitch it was to get those rocks out there? They are the leftovers from the pond, we had a bobcat to move them from the pond to the side of the house. We used a 4 wheeler, a makeshift cart and our own muscles to get them from the side of the house to the front. But it was worth it. I think it looks great and no cars will crash into the house. (not that we have had a problem in the past with that)

The kids pumpkins

I went a little crazy with the seeds but I don't think you can't have enough pumpkins!

Veggie garden a month ago (I think)

Veggie garden today

I'm going to have a ton of tomotes, cucumbers, corn

I don't think I'm going to get many peppers

Next year I'm starting everything way earlier!

update on plants

So far so good. All the plants have sprouted finally. It was a little cold so the peppers just barely started.tomatoes

Another tomato

tall snapdragons

Chrysathumum

cilantro

So far so good!

All but one flower has come up and my two peppers haven't come up yet. I think I have been doing good. I am eternally grateful to my brother-in-law Jason. He let me borrow his timer for the lights. It was really starting to get to be a pain in the butt waking up early to turn the lights on and then at night when I am getting ready to get into my nice warm bed, remembering I didn't turn the lights off. So now the lights are on at 7am and turn off at 11pm. The cosmos and sunflowers were getting a little leggy from not enough light. Zinnias

Leggy cosmos

Snapdragons (one of my favorites!)

chrysanthemum and snapdragons

petunias and pansies

Scratch that.....

No planting this weekend....I'm getting a little ahead of myself. After doing some research all the plants and bulbs will not be making an appearance until after mother's day, just like everything else!! But on an up note! My chrysanthemums (one anyway) SPROUTED!! I hope they continue to grow well but not so fast they get to tall for the shelves.

I must be the best......

.....seed starter in the WHOLE WORLD! Ok maybe not the whole world. But I'm pretty impressed with myself. I went down to turn the light off for the seeds and noticed the alyssum was dry again so I started spraying them with a spray bottle and low and behold.....there was SPROUTS!!! I planted these babies on Saturday and they already sprouted! (not the picture below) Then I started looking at the other pots to make sure they were watered and THE COSMOS SPROUTED! That too was planted on Saturday! Only 4 days and they are already growing. I thought I was a little chilly down there and it would take longer but they seem to be doing great!

I also got a delivery today for the plants I ordered a couple of months ago. I got 4 trees, 51 bulbs and 24 perennials. Guess what we are going to be doing this weekend!

Tilling and planting!

If the weather holds up!perennials (3 different kinds, 4 plants each)
Bulbs

redbuds (my absolute fave!)

magnolias

I know its really hard to tell in the picture but in the bottom left is an alyssum sprout!

Alyssum sprouts

More Alyssum sprouts! I planted them in a flat but can't remember what color order I put them in....guess I'll have to wait until they bloom

Cosmos 8 of the 12 pots have sprouts

cute little sprouts