We decided to "freshen up" the landscaping in the yard out front this Spring and also decided to give a vegetable/fruit garden a try this year. It was nice to be out in the yard in the cool Spring air to do the front. And it was nice to make things look better too. My dad sent us home with some good stuff for the front lawn when we went out to UT, and so far the lawn looks great this year. Also, we decided to do a small (not so small anymore) food garden in the backyard.
Everything is growing pretty well!
We found a cute little 4x4 Garden "kit" so to speak at Home Depot and planted WAY too much in it. But it's our first garden, together and of our own, AND it was more or less of a test to see if we could even do it. And apparently we can! Our tomato plant is HUGE! Taller than Ryan, and everything else is big and spread out. We lost one strawberry, but the other survived. We might need to expand- but we plan to take a look at doing that during our time off work next week. We got our first strawberry last weekend, (pictured below in collage) but it was tiny and not super strawberry-ish... it was kind of mushy and tart. But it was from OUR garden! Our first born tomato is hopefully going to ripen soon, although now it has LOTS of brothers and sisters to keep it company. The green peppers are starting to grow little peppers... it's all so very exciting for us! We're so proud!
Here is it's progress... somehow the 2 week photo got left out... but ah oh well. You get the point.
Mother's Day this year we had Ryan's parents over for a nice dinner. They were super sweet and brought us a beautiful Hydrangea plant that we unfortunately failed to plant in time and is pathetically reminding us of that every day dead in the yard! We hope to find a replacement for it soon! Ryan got me a cute little lamp and a sweet card. We also painted the back bedroom finally and that was an awesome gift! Although, Ryan wasn't so in to it- so did the majority of it. But painting doesn't completely suck to me so it was fine. We did it in preparation for my brother Greg who came to visit that weekend for Delinda's graduation (post for that separately)... but also because it was the last room in the house to be painted and really needed it. Here are some before and afters.
2 comments:
Oh it all looks so wonderful. Stinking utah soil is not growing things well for me this year. I thik your yard is lovely...it makes me want to grab a book and a glass of lemonade:)
Love some fresh veggies!!
We are growing some peppers and basil and that's about as industrial as we get. Maybe one day when we get out of this condo we can try other things. Hope you guys are doing well.
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