Weekend fun...

Our weekend is full of lots of projects. Robert took the day off today to get the grass mowed and to start on some of the projects. Tomorrow, Garden!! I'll have pics on Monday!!

Earth Week

Nothing has been going on in the garden, other then Aiden spreading dirt from the garden over the yard. Well, the Irises have all bloomed and are now drying up (maybe more blooms will come up) and the roses have started to bloom, too, but not much else.

This weekend Robert and I have our yearly PANKUS Retreat were we spend the weekend with college PANKUS members. So, no gardening this weekend. But next week...

Next week is EARTH WEEK!! We will be working on April 22nd (Earth Day) but I plan to have Aiden help me plant something that day, even if it is just a flower. Then, the 25th and 26th we are getting busy on the gardens!! I'm so excited.

We plan to get as many of our garden projects done on the 25th and 26th, because it should be a nice weekend, and It's Earth Week.

Projects

Here are some of the projects we will be working on over the next 6 weeks. Along with all the other stuff we have to get done...

For our front yard Robert is thinking that this year we are going to dig up all the monkey grass and plant Hibiscus! I am totally excited about that!!!! Can't wait.

It's also time for me to cut back the bushes. For my birthday one year I asked for an electric hedge trimmer. It is super cool and easy to use. Watch out, here comes prego with an electric hedge trimmer!

Dad said that he would be happy to help me make the rotating composter. I am super excited about that, too. Probably, overly excited. Every time we eat dinner I think, "that could go in the composter, and that, and that..." It's going to be fun, I know it! Or stinky... Oh well, probably both.

Also, I think this year we are going to have 2 veggie gardens. One where the veggie garden was last year. It's a 3x5 space next to the back porch. Currently dirt that Aiden uses to dig and spread around the back yard. I think we are going to have to get him a sand box to keep him from digging in my gardens. Hum... I guess that's another project. So, we are thinking about putting a few veggies there, but mainly have that as the herb garden.

Then, I know we don't have a very big yard, but somewhere, probably along the back fence we are going to put the rest of the veggies.

This year I am also going to try some tomato hanging baskets with Mint and peas on top!! Fun...I know I'm the only one that finds this fun, but come on! At least it should be pretty!!

Irises

Most of our Dutch Irises have bloomed. I took pictures on my way out the driveway today.

I hope they stay longer then a week this time.

My favorite color in irises is purple, Tarleton Pride I guess. We have one purple this year. LOL, that's funny to me for some reason. I know that the pH in the dirt can create different colors, maybe I need to figure out how to make them all purple for next year. We have a lot of yellows and 1 white peeking through.

Our pansies are starting to fade away, probably time to dig them up.

Flowers

A couple of years ago I planted Iris bulbs in the front yard. They are dutch irises (my favorite flower)! This morning while pulling out of the driveway I noticed some color starting to peeking through, YAY! Bad thing is they only look good for about a week and then just look like weeds again. :( So, I will take some pictures after once they bloom.

Compost designs

ROTATING BARREL COMPOSTER - I want to make one of these. It says that the materials should only cost about $60 which is alot better then the ones you can buy at the store...

This model is about $180.00, which I can't see spending on a composter.

My dad loves making stuff, maybe I could buy the stuff and he and I could put it together! That sounds fun!!

I want to get a rotating one so that I don't have to stir and move the stuff around myself, yuck...Also, last night my Aunt Janna told me that one of our church friends does composting. So, I definitely have to pick her brain!

And so it begins...

I started a new blog for our garden. Not much going on in the garden right now. Well, I pooper scooped the yard this morning and Robert mowed this weekend, but that's all the events thus far.

We will soon begin a compost bin, a herb garden and a companion veggie garden!! Stay tuned...