Hostas (yr 1 and 2 for some)

My Little Red House

Morning Glories (climbers)

My Hydrangia (yr 2)

Butterfly Bush (yr 2 )

Pink Azalea (yr 1)

Vinca Vines (yr2)

My Chicken Windchime

  Here is a quick tour of my spring home and why I have not had the time to blog very much. I took pictures at the worst time, The sun was casting so much glare but I figured... you get the idea =). Due to the newness of our home and a desperate need for all sorts of landscaping, we buy our perennials and shrubs small. They may not seem like anything now but by the end of the summer they will have grown into something beautiful. I already told hubby that I don't think I will ever be able to move from here... After all, I would have planted,cared for and loved every flower and plant on my property. Whats more home than that? This is just the start of a lot more to come. Enjoy!

Naughty Miss Muffet...

This is what happens when the older girls leave their make-up in Miss Muffets room. Instead of napping.... she is destroying. but isn't she so precious??

Date Night At Flour Field

I'm.....

Getting tan. Are you jealous?? Lol. Its a farmers tan and its due to all of my planting. 

Quick yard update...

 planted 3 new hostas today along with PINK daisies and blue fluffy flowers in pots on my porch AND along the side of my driveway.

 Fixed my windchime in my front tree, it broke and I was so upset... its a cute chicken windchime. But I fixed it!!!

 My wisteria died... I picked a bad spot. BUT my elephant ears are THRIVING and my lilac bush is lovin life. My hydrangea looks great as well.

 SUnflowers are still growing strong.

Date night was great!! But Im tired and can't type anymore. Will post pictures this weekend. Im sorry if my posts have been boring you but my green thumb has taken over. Nothing to fear.... the writer in me shall return all in due time.

Till then, I will make the earth a bit prettier....

xoxo

Go GapBoy...

Hubby had his first game last night. Due to late times, I stayed home with the babies and the older girls went and cheered him on! We lost but it was just the first game. We have the whole summer to kick christian booty. I must admit, GapBoy looks mighty-handsome in his shirt! Hmmm, I wonder why his number is 5???

Seriously Solar

I found a new project!! As if I don't have enough on my plate, I have decided to spend my night hours studying the ins and outs of a solar oven on the internet. My blogger friend/mommy of 9 has had one for quite some time and Im simply drooling over her cardboard and aluminum foil goodness.

So without further ado I give you a picture of what I hope will soon be created. All ovens look different depending on the artist, I mean... person putting it together. I have some homesteading books I plan on reading tonight and hopefully by months end... One will be in the works.

Right now our #1 priority is getting our garden assembled. We finally agreed on a location and have our boards laid out. Now to wait for Jason to screw them together and fill with luscious soil. WHen will that be you wonder??? Not for a few days at least. Much to my dismay our schedules are pretty packed and it will probably not happen till friday. I will rush it on friday and have my precious plants in their new home before midnight... no matter what. I draw the line on friday. Until then I will nurse them along and watch the rest of my flowers grow.

We decided to plant some peach trees.... dwarf peach trees... shhh don't tell anyone. Im not sure if we are even allowed to have them in our neighborhood but we are going for it anyway. We need 2 or more for them to survive. They will cross-pollinate each other. Only one tree will die. But their are many fruit trees that are self pollinating.

This won't be for a while yet as hubby and I are debating over which trees to get. He wants the insta-orchid for over $100 which Im not willing to part with for trees and I want the smaller ones at Lowes for $40 (for 2) we will have to wait a few years before they produce anything. Im patient. Im willing to wait. We shall see.

This evening was perfect. Hubby finished mulching and that gave me an excuse to hang out in my front yard admiring my little red house. I do love it so. Nothing gives me more pleasure than my family and this house. The kids ran up and down the street till their feet turned black(really black) and then we all went upstairs to wash up before bed. Now the house is quite and my books are beside me ready to be studied. I will also be researching sprouting beans... don't ask. I have no idea what that means. But I want to do it and eat them for lunch!!!

Tomorrow is a busy day. I have to squeeze in RE-PLANTING my strawberry bushes. I got so caught up in the dirt this weekend that I forgot that strawberry and raspberry plants CANNOT be planted next to each other as they carry diseases that is harmful to the other. All that work in vain. Oh well, just another excuse to hang out with "fred" (our pet bumble bee) SO tomorrow the Strawberries will be moved to the other side of the yard. Ugh... a gardeners work is never done ;)

I Hate Change...

I changed my blog background once again and I don't like it... Now I can't get my old one back.... I hate change....

Birthday Video...

Kiss From A Rose

My sweet hubby bought me a beautiful yellow rose bush!! Im so excited. Its my first ever. The neighbors must have thought I was crazy because I spent all morning carrying it around and "seeing" how it would look in several hundred locations. Actually, today was no different than any other morning. After the kids are settled and I pour myself some coffee, I venture out front (followed by a few kids) and check on all of my flowers. I see which ones grew overnight (im serious) pick and prune where needed. Stare at my little tree and pray it grows bigger/faster. Untangle my windchimes on my tree, water the flowers ,straighten out my flag and dream. I check on my bulbs and see which ones emerged from the ground and how the new ones are doing. I check new growth on my little shrubs and imagine what they will be like when they are bigger.I also daydream about what plants and flowers I will be buying next and plant them in my head. Its a ritual I look forward to every time I get up and see the sun. After all, a sunny day means growth!!! My flowers are my babies and I can't wait to see them grow up. All of them are itty bitty but I see them getting bigger and know soon enough that they will be big and fragrant. I can't wait!!

Anyway, getting back to my roses... Hubby spent the evening listening to me give him the flower update and then planted my rose bush. I wanted it in the front where I can stare at it all day and where it can be seen from the street.

Tomorrow morning I will spend a few extra minutes studying her leaves and putting them to memory... that way if she gets pests or disease I will know immediately and take care of it. I will also be able to judge growth and watering.

This may be my first rose bush but it will most certainly not be my last. Some pink beauties are needed around my home too.

I will be sure to post pictures once she roots well. In the meantime I will give you updates on her condition=)

But this yellow rose bush will always be special to me. Its my first and given to me by my sweetheart. After all , one of our songs is "Kiss From A Rose..." How fitting!