The Garden Is In...

Shortly after we got our fence, we began putting in our vegetable garden! We lost count (after about 50) of how many bags of top soil we went through to fill it, but we've got enough to finish out the summer and maybe even the fall. Right now its about 25 feet long, but Jeff's hoping to take it all the way across the back and down the left side!

Here's the view from a distance. Notice how lovely our grass is (or lack there of!). We'll be working on that in the fall!!!

This is what it looked like when we first got it planted. The rounded part in the corner is the herb garden. The herbs aren't really doing that great, but we're holding out hope!

This is what the plants look like today. We started them in cups in the house and they have REALLY taken off since we put them in the ground to stretch out! We've got (from left to right), tomatoes, cucumbers, squash (maybe yellow, but I think I accidently planted butternut), and watermelon!

Right now we have broccoli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, and butternut squash (again?) started in our kitchen for the fall garden. We'll also plant snap peas, spinach, lettuce, and carrots depending on how much room we have!

Yum, yum.

A New Fence!

Two posts in one week!! Can you believe it???

After a year (plus!) of talking about getting a fence put in, we finally saved enough and did it! Okay we didn't do it, but we hired someone to!!

The new fence! Now our neighbors won't have to look at our dead grass!... at least not in the back yard. We'll spend some time this weekend getting our garden built along the back (at least part of it). Our vegetables are growing in cups and would like to stretch out a bit!

The geniuses who built our fence dragged our hose into the backyard to mix concrete and then built the fence on top of it! We have some digging to do to get it out!

Girls Weekend!

Becky B, Missy, Elizabeth and I headed to Blue Ridge, Georgia this weekend for our annual girls weekend. We had a tagalong... Caroline... Elizabeth couldn't help but bring her along! =) Next time she'll get to experience it outside the womb!

Friday we did some shopping in downtown Blue Ridge and then headed to the pool with the lunches we had packed. This is what happened next...

Saturday we took a train ride to McCaysville, GA/Cooperhill, TN... the state line ran right through the middle of downtown!

We also just chilled out at the cabin, ate some good local food, and of course... played cards!!

For all of our pictures, you can see Becky's Blog. She posted a slideshow on hers! The link is on the left hand side of the page.