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Fresh salad any time

Last month we decided to order the aerogarden! I’d been getting advertisements for it in the mail for a long time, and …

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Out in the yard

I was finally out and about in our yard again today for a little bit. I get very exausted so easily now, …

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Memory Mondays – Week 9

Josh and I have been gardening so much these last few months! We’ve been planting flowers, shrubs, trees, and seeds. Yesterday while …

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A very rare find!

I guess this is our lucky day! We found a FOUR LEAF CLOVER in our yard as we were gardening today! I …

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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, …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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More planting

  On Friday we planted our two plums and one apricot tree in one hole, and our three cherry trees in one …

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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 …

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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 …

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Delivery

Our Armstrong plants arrived yesterday! I had called other nurseries to see if a Royal Lee cherry was available (they didn’t have …

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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 …