Daisy-Girl

I miss my Daisy.  She was a lover and a fighter.  I hope she has found a good home.  It still breaks my heart that we had to give her up, she just needed a different type of family. 

The Backyard: Before the Swingset.

This is the backyard as it looks right now.  Pretty sickly, I know.  2 dogs and lack of watering will do this over time.  But, Todd and I have a swingset coming for the girls next Friday!  Pretty exciting stuff, I know, we are so much more fun since we've become parents...Well a different kind of fun anyhow.

We are going to tear out the weeds/grass mixture to the right of the rocks and put a sandbox here.  I'm thinking a much larger one than my husband is.  I wonder which one of us will win?

Next we are also taking out the strip of weeds along the wood fence and we are going to put down some playground mulch and this is where the swingset, fully equiped with a rocking horse (Todd's wish) will go.

The other pictures are just the rest of the yard.  We won't be doing too much to that other than pulling up the old, dead, thorny rose bushes.

Things That Grow

This is my 2nd year planting a garden and such.  I thought I'd actually take pictures this time.  We have strawberries in my super cool Topsy Turvy.  LOL!  We've got some berries growing!

Here we have dill, for the yummy pickles and green beans that Steph and I can.

Next up, Chives

Cilantro

Super small basil

The other 3 buckets haven't sprouted so I think I need to replant them.

This is the west half of the garden, most of it is planted.  I still need to plant tomatoes and peppers.  But, here will be 4 rows of corn, zucchini, and cucumbers.

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This is the east half of the garden.  From right to left we have 2 rows of peas, a row of lettuce mix, a row of spinach, 1/2 row of broccoli, and 1 1/2 rows of carrots.  Along the fence that cannot be seen there are green beans.

My pretty Mother's Day mums.

And finally, the only blooms on the lilac bush