Garden is Growing

I love this time of year!!!  I get to sit back and watch my garden grow and begin eating the delicious goods it delivers!  Of course, it isn't just all sitting and watching...there is all the watering and weeding that go into it too but ooooh so worth it.

I love my blueberry bush!  It was here when we bought the house and already huge.  I planted some more this year but it will be a few years till they really produce monsters like this one.  Today I got to enjoy some of these:

in here

Yummy!  Soon I will get to enjoy some of these things too:

Cucumbers!

Cantalope or Melon - I'm not  sure which.

Tomatoes

Cabbage

Zucchini

Peppers

The corn, lettuce, beans, potatoes, onions, carrots, broccoli, and califlower are growing too just a ltitle slower than the rest.  Hoping we get some rain soon to give it all a little push.  I've also been enjoying my herbs.  The oregano and basil are delicious on pizza.  I used some of the sage and parsley when I cooked some chicken.  The dill will be put to use soon when I can some of those cucumbers as pickles.

I was a picture taking fool this morning since I didn't run.  Yesterday afternoon I got stung in the bottom of my foot, in my arch area - while wearing sandals.  It was swollen, sore and tight last night.  I took some Benadryl and it is much better today but still tender especially if I step on it wrong.  So I am going to push  my run back to tomorrow and get in some cross training today. 

More pictures tomorrow of my silly puppies.

QOTD:  What is your favorite homegrown produce fresh from the garden?  I love fresh onions, cucumbers and tomatoes from the garden.

Monday and Tuesday's Recap

Well the first day of summer vacation zoomed on by.  It was a rough one though.  I had the root canal first thing in the morning and then had to run quite a few errands.  On my last stop by car started acting up and the check engine light came on.  That is never a good thing but I won't know until later this week what is wrong with it.

I got home and got to work on my first task.  Yesterday's goal was to get my herb garden set up and planted.  I ended up working on that most of the afternoon (after a 1 1/2 hour nap on the porch with my puppies).  Here's what it is shaping up to be:

I have lots of basil, oregano, chives, dill, rosemary, parsley, marjoram, and cilantro planted in the herb garden.  I decided to plant them separately from the rest of my garden so that I can keep up with them a little better and they hopefully won't get lost in the weeds. 

I didn't get my yoga in but I did do a 2 mile hike with Cowboy and the coon dogs last night when we went to chase some raccoon around. 

This was taken a while ago, not last night.

This morning the beagles and I headed to the Beagle Club to chase rabbits around.  It was a wet and dreary morning when we got started.  About an hour into our hike though it cleared up and turned out quite nice. 

When I got home I finished up my herb garden, planted more tomato plants in the big garden and painted the gate for our fence.    I still need to get in a 4-5 mile run and will hopefully head out for that soon if it stops raining.  In the meantime, as soon as I post this I am going to go do some Yoga Meltdown since I missed it yesterday.

Hopefully this little set up will protect my herbs from the rabbits and the wayward dogs.

Doesn't look like much other than rocks in the garden - but there are plants growing.

We got a late start to our garden due to all the rain and Cowboy being gone for 3 weeks.

One half of the gate is done, still working on the other half.

Even though I'm not teaching it still feels like I'm working a full time job!  I'm always on the go.  Have a great afternoon - I'm off to get my workout in now that the sun is shining.

QOTD - What kind of projects do you get into on your days off? 

Here I am....

I wasn't lost, I just left the blogging world for a little bit.  I've been busy with a lot of things and have tried to cut down some of my computer time since there is just so much to get done right now.  But I thought I would give an update on my weekend and share some pictures.

Friday night was a quiet night with the husband and doggies.  We messed around outside getting things done and then took some time to relax.  On Saturday we were up and running with a list a mile long.  I wanted to tackle my doggie printed floors and try to spiff them up a bit along with cleaning the rest of the house too.  Cowboy was outside spiffing up my garden.  He was finally able to get it plowed even though it was still soggy in some areas.

All plowed!!!  Now we just need to harrow it and then I'm ready to plant!

There is lot's to plant!!

My summer "job" will be starting before I know it.  I spend a lot of time in the garden during the early summer months and then a lot of time in the kitchen in August getting it all canned or frozen. It so worth all the hard work though.  I love eating our own produce through the year.

After our morning work, we took Cabella over to the club to chase some rabbits around and then came home in time to take the other dogs out to chase around some raccoons.  Needless to say it was a long day.  We were up at 6:30 and didn't make it into bed until after 12:30. 

This morning we had a nice breakfast together before spliting up to get more things done.  I worked on school work while Cowboy did some more plowing.  We took a trip to Lowes and stocked up on some supplies.  I got mulch so that I could work on my flowerbeds.  Cowboy got cement so he can work on the dog kennel floors.   We also got the grass cut again before the rain started to fall.  My flower beds are finally starting to look good.  Now I need to find some annuals to plant here in the next few weeks to add color before some of my other flowers bloom.




This flower bed had rocks around it earlier today, but I was tired of weedwacking around the rocks so I added black edging.  So much easier to mow now!



So today was a busy day as well.  I think I need a weekend to rest up from my weekend.  Oh - I got quite a few pictures of the doggies this weekend too.  My puppies are growing like little weeds.  They love to play outside and are now starting to get used to posing for the camera too.


Charisma Jane - 19 weeks



Charisma and Macy - starting to really use their noses.



Bestest Friends - They are only 10 days apart.  We've had them both since they were 8 weeks old.



Charima - she is an American Leopard Hound.



Love these little stinkers.

Here's a few pictures of the big dogs too, so that they don't feel left out.



Bandit - He is a Black and Tan Coonhound.



Copper and Bandit taking a nap together.

 

This is Jubilee's favorite spot on the weekends.

 

Copper doesn't usually let the puppies snuggle with him.  But he did this day.

 Oh I missed one....



I can't believe I didn't take any new pictures of Cabella this weekend.  This is from a few weeks ago.

 Whew!  Hope you enjoyed all the crazy photos  Have a great week!