Operation Tadpole: Success!
We finally succeeded in finding tadpoles to import to our frog pond! I guess we couldn’t officially call it a “frog” …
More planting, first picture of a woodpecker, and seeing a hummingbird’s nest!
Today was spent outside planting, yet again. We had a break for a couple of days this week due to the rain, …
Unwelcome Visitor
I guess it’s getting to be that time of year again…rattlesnake season. Yikes. Josh and I had been out all day again, …
Happy Easter (and enough earthquakes already!!)
Well, we had a great Easter, despite it being the smallest family group we’ve had ever I think, and despite the huge …
signs of life
Here is a photo of a nest that a pair of house finches are building in our fire alarm. So cute! Today …
Fruits of our labor
Here is the first fruit we’ve picked and eaten! One little strawberry! It was good; maybe a little tart. I probably should have …
Busy Days…
We have been busy most days with planting, planting, and more planting…and we’re still not done yet! Today we planted our Avocado …
An early Easter photo shoot
My sister Laura brought her son Mason over to our house today to do an Easter photo shoot with him! He is …
New additions to our family
Yesterday Josh and I went to Petsmart and had a sample of our pond water analyzed. They said everything was in the …
First Day of Spring is Here.
Josh and I celebrated the first day of Spring by using our new pool and spa for the first time! The pool …
Happy Birthday, Mom!
Today is my Mom’s birthday! We wish her the best and happiest of days! 🙂 On Sunday we will get to see …
Rainy Days
Yesterday and today have been drizzly and rainy. Today we’re staying indoors all day and making a roast for dinner…perfect weather for …
We bought more vegetables and planted a bit today.
We had to go to Home Depot for some things today, and we ended up buying some veggies to plant, too! We …
We finally have a lawn again!
It’s wonderful to look out the window and see GREEN again! Our sod was put in today…we’re very glad that this construction …
Delivery
Our Armstrong plants arrived yesterday! I had called other nurseries to see if a Royal Lee cherry was available (they didn’t have …
Our Frog Pond
Ever since we bought our house and moved here we loved the yard but knew we wanted to do something to improve …
Josh planted tomatoes!
Today we went to Armstrong nursery and ordered most of our fruit trees! I had called them to see if they had the …
Dreaming of our new yard…
One of the many new, fun things we’re going to do with our new yard is to create an area for multiple …
Our garden shed is here!
Our garden shed has been delivered and assembled, and is ready and waiting for us to put our bird seed, potting soil, gardening …
A new bird we’ve seen this year
We’ve been getting a new bird to our yard this winter – the Lawrence’s Goldfinch. Its only habitat is some of California and …