Garden | Part 1

This is our first attempt at growing our own garden.

We are pretty excited about the entire process 

and we've been working hard at building the boxes, preparing the soil, 

creating tomato cages, and putting up our trellis. 

Our peas, basil, zucchini, yellow squash, watermelons, and gourds are doing excellent!

We also have a herb garden we are starting from seed.  

(The bottom right shows the basil sprouts).

The tomatoes we bought from a heirloom garden store back in April.

They've been doing okay, but we've hoping that with some good fertilizer 

applied this weekend will perk them up. 

Despite their slow start, they do have some tomatoes starting to grow.

Stop to Plant the Flowers

Good morning!  It's June, my favorite month! :)

We have been covertly doing projects here and there, but not posting on them.

This is mainly because we've been busy with other tasks too, 

and also because I like to post our projects when they are mostly finished. 

BUT, this weekend we got back into our project groove and finished a few things!

I'll be getting up some (almost) finished Pergola pictures later this week, 

as well as some garden pictures!

To hold you over, here are some of the pictures of our flowers 

that are in bloom/ about to be in bloom in our garden.

Sherbert Dianthus, Marigolds (to protect the veggies), 

Lavender and Salvia, Sunflower, 

Privet, and some newly planted Knock out Roses.

The Marigolds, Lavender, Salvia, and Roses are all new additions to our garden this weekend.
Our yard is starting to resemble the sketch I put together when we moved in!

Aside from the ambitious terraced hill, large trees, fire pit, and water feature...
I'd say we're almost there! :)

Brief Interlude

We have been working hard the past few weeks.  

The pergola is up and about 75% complete. 

All that is left are the end caps (fancy scrolled pieces) and to stain it. 

Our grass is coming in gorgeous and our vegetable garden is completely assembled and planted. 

We will share some photos of all these things soon, I promise. 

In the meantime, we took a Saturday afternoon off to go frolic through a field of flowers! :)

Yes, seriously!

Our WONDERFUL neighbor is an AMAZING photographer [Uriah Baet Photography]. 

He agreed to help us get some photos to celebrate our 1 year of marriage, 

which was in September, but with busy schedules, travel, and house projects... 

time kind of got away from us. 

So we finally got around to this photo project, 

and we were blessed with lovely weather 

and a breathtaking scenic landscape as our backdrop. 

So blessed to be married to my best friend! 

In 1 month we will be celebrating 5 years since we met! 

Time flies when you are having the time of your life.

So here is to more happiness, love, laughter, travel, and projects! ;)