tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64774259954285755612024-03-05T00:01:06.302-08:00Wild West Gardeners3 Tame Dames Gardening The Wild WestLani Christensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10236705258105595263noreply@blogger.comBlogger99125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477425995428575561.post-17107216445663052142020-04-14T09:36:00.002-07:002020-04-14T09:36:36.824-07:00Fun Pictures from our 2019 Garden<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBuh3TPBNYJOZUEYeglc5uHvvthrskqFiPwPkDFXs_IrVI2Tr5Nigd-eu-iE8KCT_y59_eGjov7wGiRpmKnrqP9zZzhIwfCIA2tlfAG1KmrnYvI2DsmfFqdacWhyUrs8HHL4Kpt20PCRVC/s1600/IMG_20190410_152637760_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBuh3TPBNYJOZUEYeglc5uHvvthrskqFiPwPkDFXs_IrVI2Tr5Nigd-eu-iE8KCT_y59_eGjov7wGiRpmKnrqP9zZzhIwfCIA2tlfAG1KmrnYvI2DsmfFqdacWhyUrs8HHL4Kpt20PCRVC/s320/IMG_20190410_152637760_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4rDq5yH0gaG0Jjsxos9B0qducPkT65Xa-P1EocD6yH6MmeoK4qwZvpEvzBVsr1Kd3Jfcua5sW7Itd0l2I1rbwZz9aFYM2Mxq6WemOzwF3BbCJjoO8R-YMo560wZ-UBFd4iHCKomsE7OSn/s1600/IMG_20190411_091136444_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4rDq5yH0gaG0Jjsxos9B0qducPkT65Xa-P1EocD6yH6MmeoK4qwZvpEvzBVsr1Kd3Jfcua5sW7Itd0l2I1rbwZz9aFYM2Mxq6WemOzwF3BbCJjoO8R-YMo560wZ-UBFd4iHCKomsE7OSn/s320/IMG_20190411_091136444_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0U9d6WwaBUfQEoeU2jIAQg6M9LgIcp2_Puy04_6B60En0FcW6_aQQZV02JwT71SnnLudhKsK5qRrib8NY_YAG1G4AceUeW5AR2F6FxuFG2FfT78fDddlIwkxT6JVfqUP0InWsPsP57SvP/s1600/IMG_20190411_091127328_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0U9d6WwaBUfQEoeU2jIAQg6M9LgIcp2_Puy04_6B60En0FcW6_aQQZV02JwT71SnnLudhKsK5qRrib8NY_YAG1G4AceUeW5AR2F6FxuFG2FfT78fDddlIwkxT6JVfqUP0InWsPsP57SvP/s320/IMG_20190411_091127328_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDUZHy_HqaKSPydYp8PzzZuxTTqkCJfUnVxvqC3Rk_LoV63NbOugn9NPKGS-yGIqwfA935dvPckvE7BwAnnWbXRrB97QG3rgNpYn6pq0etI9TkRgVE2M2JiwjnqEy04GqCzDXvHitDRD3n/s1600/IMG_20190521_142728418_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDUZHy_HqaKSPydYp8PzzZuxTTqkCJfUnVxvqC3Rk_LoV63NbOugn9NPKGS-yGIqwfA935dvPckvE7BwAnnWbXRrB97QG3rgNpYn6pq0etI9TkRgVE2M2JiwjnqEy04GqCzDXvHitDRD3n/s320/IMG_20190521_142728418_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE_aHyzXJxByWs4EXUe3Em1k0n9lsli8UhbRGae8jdL7LQ_BY-zlFztZ1XxVa6eimNX7WYG1ktstzDF1y0wKW6nQwBmyJHiVjOCaq6qNy38V81Zef419SCvOrzKCBG6NRiWDWSwqN9g9e0/s1600/IMG_20190521_142946727.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE_aHyzXJxByWs4EXUe3Em1k0n9lsli8UhbRGae8jdL7LQ_BY-zlFztZ1XxVa6eimNX7WYG1ktstzDF1y0wKW6nQwBmyJHiVjOCaq6qNy38V81Zef419SCvOrzKCBG6NRiWDWSwqN9g9e0/s320/IMG_20190521_142946727.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNNJw0w3lfoWUeg2c2bC4IOXgFKs1XFMNFrViBG4twTvsOPGe-5YQ0mjMYE7aBtaMIRLJJhoAaBXfOWOYSUpj9tI_8G1JTzVM4ifwGl9UrIyNLJcsw0jRPa5cmg954eoYp0uDy-9xDdV1C/s1600/IMG_20190521_142950763_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNNJw0w3lfoWUeg2c2bC4IOXgFKs1XFMNFrViBG4twTvsOPGe-5YQ0mjMYE7aBtaMIRLJJhoAaBXfOWOYSUpj9tI_8G1JTzVM4ifwGl9UrIyNLJcsw0jRPa5cmg954eoYp0uDy-9xDdV1C/s320/IMG_20190521_142950763_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh502fRl3myaHcA9zVLzvC4cfLqpOxVMSjBrKaGEQgZX1tbI6z8weBW4mmgdvuS4hi_VYZEtbrDiWLAd8dkYKF_NT3l1QDmbnkOwzUvKMEGGVDsyRnNDEz6eVldSiarwfcS6UcAvHtHPw44/s1600/IMG_20190522_075701085_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh502fRl3myaHcA9zVLzvC4cfLqpOxVMSjBrKaGEQgZX1tbI6z8weBW4mmgdvuS4hi_VYZEtbrDiWLAd8dkYKF_NT3l1QDmbnkOwzUvKMEGGVDsyRnNDEz6eVldSiarwfcS6UcAvHtHPw44/s320/IMG_20190522_075701085_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX2ZgJsk1nxyHkJUU2dlQZfMb7xcm7QSeN9da6cBzoA4vYouDWobrKncXkzqxrYZxNVBSn97Mqo5iD2cwbLMlpoC5tOnh5wK_3scUR0Uv18AE2oGe6Ky6wtSYLsW-vkXAHEdTevuRf-9Kj/s1600/IMG_20190522_075734850_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX2ZgJsk1nxyHkJUU2dlQZfMb7xcm7QSeN9da6cBzoA4vYouDWobrKncXkzqxrYZxNVBSn97Mqo5iD2cwbLMlpoC5tOnh5wK_3scUR0Uv18AE2oGe6Ky6wtSYLsW-vkXAHEdTevuRf-9Kj/s320/IMG_20190522_075734850_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzCuhyphenhyphenEuSr2uMFCpj5A8YQTqHeU19TgjcMNxHJglbFxH1sBnI_a6Coe15n4391i2vWx70UOv5DFqi8UltGBaLeHRDYrgq5-kzrAJcaZUUeyoBqHsvKX-CaN2WRi0m8smzpckw-L80jE4Uo/s1600/IMG_20190531_111342576.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzCuhyphenhyphenEuSr2uMFCpj5A8YQTqHeU19TgjcMNxHJglbFxH1sBnI_a6Coe15n4391i2vWx70UOv5DFqi8UltGBaLeHRDYrgq5-kzrAJcaZUUeyoBqHsvKX-CaN2WRi0m8smzpckw-L80jE4Uo/s320/IMG_20190531_111342576.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9dwuPQFVyqXPXBwQ6jAs6OZo4a0sQHRC4uJPChljMc0TRYFVwNpmz98dGgjetQtuZEC1eiRpc8nwcG3sN8Ve2gsAC0vHRhnqUn62K7LE2cMBZ_VUE06Cn2PWb51vsZ1wEo2vVUC0C2Bhd/s1600/IMG_1560445194412.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="973" data-original-width="1600" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9dwuPQFVyqXPXBwQ6jAs6OZo4a0sQHRC4uJPChljMc0TRYFVwNpmz98dGgjetQtuZEC1eiRpc8nwcG3sN8Ve2gsAC0vHRhnqUn62K7LE2cMBZ_VUE06Cn2PWb51vsZ1wEo2vVUC0C2Bhd/s320/IMG_1560445194412.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf7haF502UWEyTJOrzObV5pIwrdFuFLFixgFw52JFz8pFLV9JAO6bKZytm-1CZo8r988fsq9sESxpo5t4zVouPw4npTlEhlsg0QUKXbUDO593p8IJhOrjCxYtwBSOsTXwBN_IlDnJ2mANP/s1600/IMG_20190614_092613242_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf7haF502UWEyTJOrzObV5pIwrdFuFLFixgFw52JFz8pFLV9JAO6bKZytm-1CZo8r988fsq9sESxpo5t4zVouPw4npTlEhlsg0QUKXbUDO593p8IJhOrjCxYtwBSOsTXwBN_IlDnJ2mANP/s320/IMG_20190614_092613242_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLpihcYBqaI9UstcrcEpI53HTH4aN1rPpNvO4JDbnJNFQEP5ymHBB_5rLz7-tAx-ttM2WkbZHgQqVPmucwtuNK-Wy3-BU442rt2DCVZ_3eBUccJ_AVvWhkRuZefAttSdDVdKfvv7CLmQ7d/s1600/DSC08768.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLpihcYBqaI9UstcrcEpI53HTH4aN1rPpNvO4JDbnJNFQEP5ymHBB_5rLz7-tAx-ttM2WkbZHgQqVPmucwtuNK-Wy3-BU442rt2DCVZ_3eBUccJ_AVvWhkRuZefAttSdDVdKfvv7CLmQ7d/s320/DSC08768.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii5V4gnAWBWqfzCjEyFNLS2_vB2xvVT8LWGls3cuq0lmw4w4069LEoJJliCAAm9pPjAXG1XLvxr14_3T4jtFpbCXSPLswdcXyPe-b4TzjFKIzPNhjLLpob-rbXFS3WeJ1awtRZSxnBjXCS/s1600/IMG_1932.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1203" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii5V4gnAWBWqfzCjEyFNLS2_vB2xvVT8LWGls3cuq0lmw4w4069LEoJJliCAAm9pPjAXG1XLvxr14_3T4jtFpbCXSPLswdcXyPe-b4TzjFKIzPNhjLLpob-rbXFS3WeJ1awtRZSxnBjXCS/s320/IMG_1932.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUgyfTErUYywqvXrGBTSddFLElWdECh7TAxn0NDGCszikx80TP8TepO_EyWlFIhbsqOjhMksbwbpWM2CDtZyWxO0VSv9OWFrvD03cF-oNyXmAQ6POFHT9a8zxM23i1w70vEI6BTnZtQt3i/s1600/IMG_1933.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUgyfTErUYywqvXrGBTSddFLElWdECh7TAxn0NDGCszikx80TP8TepO_EyWlFIhbsqOjhMksbwbpWM2CDtZyWxO0VSv9OWFrvD03cF-oNyXmAQ6POFHT9a8zxM23i1w70vEI6BTnZtQt3i/s320/IMG_1933.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6tPbdgblgLFvYA0okSqdP3gs3JNPV2ABEuR1z7e0HXBppfED3KxhfwdLqeilhQNX2YUyLtHoqbl0IcrcI7nXWbubDwvIy1B30HTh1UUHaOy1cJAqKyWsDkWrrqGRP0IFcQKWqRWGZUNyC/s1600/IMG_20190627_093600256.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6tPbdgblgLFvYA0okSqdP3gs3JNPV2ABEuR1z7e0HXBppfED3KxhfwdLqeilhQNX2YUyLtHoqbl0IcrcI7nXWbubDwvIy1B30HTh1UUHaOy1cJAqKyWsDkWrrqGRP0IFcQKWqRWGZUNyC/s320/IMG_20190627_093600256.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitIW25AXqArJVKxekVtB8MOFIV4ssR-ntp3OWzvXkFVvuIAOyWWXyRFee0-hO7inFcOPDeUVO7I08y6zfYx6K38T0LYPfsTfvA7-vw0Fv2H8USQNzft-wI-plkU6VJVi54pREWrADkZp6i/s1600/IMG_20190627_093612062.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitIW25AXqArJVKxekVtB8MOFIV4ssR-ntp3OWzvXkFVvuIAOyWWXyRFee0-hO7inFcOPDeUVO7I08y6zfYx6K38T0LYPfsTfvA7-vw0Fv2H8USQNzft-wI-plkU6VJVi54pREWrADkZp6i/s320/IMG_20190627_093612062.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHa2CR5arYsmn6uGwPulIKkyDWEqrHRALbyGV2aEotl9BDG_bPe7cOvq0o-e6tK46hlnr7CodLZREabVMPJqByP_wYW9e_2IExP_QI5RG199EAn45IgjbHxhCihukDS-8CGMg72b-g2XU2/s1600/IMG_20190627_093630743.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHa2CR5arYsmn6uGwPulIKkyDWEqrHRALbyGV2aEotl9BDG_bPe7cOvq0o-e6tK46hlnr7CodLZREabVMPJqByP_wYW9e_2IExP_QI5RG199EAn45IgjbHxhCihukDS-8CGMg72b-g2XU2/s320/IMG_20190627_093630743.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBFAiCCf6cysmzCiiu4OLFy5HR4JaCPQhWzjFQw5VUqwz_dbToY2AYU3V2uDdOLXRv82Ayyd52NzgvSUE8u1gPYzFXdYUGmPt-E3m-iqcWxyiNunoWQJ71e38xeixZuPodBwLnOlTr0tAO/s1600/IMG_20190627_155936387_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBFAiCCf6cysmzCiiu4OLFy5HR4JaCPQhWzjFQw5VUqwz_dbToY2AYU3V2uDdOLXRv82Ayyd52NzgvSUE8u1gPYzFXdYUGmPt-E3m-iqcWxyiNunoWQJ71e38xeixZuPodBwLnOlTr0tAO/s320/IMG_20190627_155936387_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMIwyL3KXd2RMualPYI6TrvsBDu3Fxq3FSHk7UvvSmgVnIkmv1Gf1G4lsiw2y0xDGW_tE0wpaDBcclBWowkcXmKGqT7mzrgrZqOmPgI2cX0Z0ZoCioHHsi_Rr1mWcm6WYH6pNEjK90BTTW/s1600/IMG_20190627_160242621_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMIwyL3KXd2RMualPYI6TrvsBDu3Fxq3FSHk7UvvSmgVnIkmv1Gf1G4lsiw2y0xDGW_tE0wpaDBcclBWowkcXmKGqT7mzrgrZqOmPgI2cX0Z0ZoCioHHsi_Rr1mWcm6WYH6pNEjK90BTTW/s320/IMG_20190627_160242621_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8RCh3wqKCmzzkGUnCw2f_wLskttMNNZ4lyvGkaF0X0i4HYqHgUtEamuR50PLDALJ1F-LIpUV-xjSuHpodTJyriUabwm5Sh7w2wDf3oO6zzcMp9UZ-jfkQ7vth2axfg13WJOwfS41FbY5r/s1600/IMG_20190627_160300549.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8RCh3wqKCmzzkGUnCw2f_wLskttMNNZ4lyvGkaF0X0i4HYqHgUtEamuR50PLDALJ1F-LIpUV-xjSuHpodTJyriUabwm5Sh7w2wDf3oO6zzcMp9UZ-jfkQ7vth2axfg13WJOwfS41FbY5r/s320/IMG_20190627_160300549.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi91vK1qVRKJo-l762bTwGkVRT7eJboFjcQQSZFBj7_XYodUjVLvNJ3OF4V3_s7NHn5A5VDA2NoB0c2v3JnPLX5r7wCIeVmjOE0FdkCU5ysFUSNOocwSXJwxlk7pWt1dp2hDD1j5gHhhJbd/s1600/IMG_20190703_072911133_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi91vK1qVRKJo-l762bTwGkVRT7eJboFjcQQSZFBj7_XYodUjVLvNJ3OF4V3_s7NHn5A5VDA2NoB0c2v3JnPLX5r7wCIeVmjOE0FdkCU5ysFUSNOocwSXJwxlk7pWt1dp2hDD1j5gHhhJbd/s320/IMG_20190703_072911133_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyGPn5-C0Txvc6MydSdxJ9tDADfEnbzpkbDINcO3UpN5vOM5VOyrePvB7YMBbePdjBf2YnyZU66-I0XFNP7I3zqcPS8-WvR3bOYv4SYOw9V5l-K7SkfsmJlz0QPuzM1KgJOovmlG_lyTz6/s1600/IMG_20190703_072946804_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyGPn5-C0Txvc6MydSdxJ9tDADfEnbzpkbDINcO3UpN5vOM5VOyrePvB7YMBbePdjBf2YnyZU66-I0XFNP7I3zqcPS8-WvR3bOYv4SYOw9V5l-K7SkfsmJlz0QPuzM1KgJOovmlG_lyTz6/s320/IMG_20190703_072946804_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBP-G7Ni62HWa2TpbzOEMva7HUGf6gcyh-Q9OJ4_fsiE65TeWP_8z-PIV6G4Up14ImXnbxN-VfYBCNu0RZbpymTDMbzlnk80bSjqKFB0yFD7bQuzLqowjKyKy3sn4vdEZLhiLOHrRA9nnG/s1600/IMG_20190815_161237879_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBP-G7Ni62HWa2TpbzOEMva7HUGf6gcyh-Q9OJ4_fsiE65TeWP_8z-PIV6G4Up14ImXnbxN-VfYBCNu0RZbpymTDMbzlnk80bSjqKFB0yFD7bQuzLqowjKyKy3sn4vdEZLhiLOHrRA9nnG/s320/IMG_20190815_161237879_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdnqM1OgWEQ_0f3oOz7TmkUokmbHRp-0IY48iGyLJI8eAIxaRqo2HqlUqofcuxNeh-waQREw2OlnjFJDaAQW2cS0DhqUG2agSVMrg5HQWIpqq5sZrpRGRaJMgYvjg7KebWEu6kmjCW0euH/s1600/IMG_20190815_161303585_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdnqM1OgWEQ_0f3oOz7TmkUokmbHRp-0IY48iGyLJI8eAIxaRqo2HqlUqofcuxNeh-waQREw2OlnjFJDaAQW2cS0DhqUG2agSVMrg5HQWIpqq5sZrpRGRaJMgYvjg7KebWEu6kmjCW0euH/s320/IMG_20190815_161303585_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFs9DYvUenvhyphenhyphenbEcdrwl_t-4kd2CKnkNuOR91bMCQTrTIpi0z2ZPl9ZccXe1_fXmcDTZScrzlKGI20vM0iGfJo6mIJwUrfYZbN2-efETSo2Tpp9BJxPfwwbPL2z5DA04ZONHB9rEaTxstX/s1600/IMG_20190816_191138465_HDR-01.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFs9DYvUenvhyphenhyphenbEcdrwl_t-4kd2CKnkNuOR91bMCQTrTIpi0z2ZPl9ZccXe1_fXmcDTZScrzlKGI20vM0iGfJo6mIJwUrfYZbN2-efETSo2Tpp9BJxPfwwbPL2z5DA04ZONHB9rEaTxstX/s320/IMG_20190816_191138465_HDR-01.jpeg" width="319" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0y4ApmimZ55NkCsB1MlMfoQwTpOabnKbtr5e3GUpAoPtKf1dh5QkFoUiiVrV54na7SppVaz2vrPnHVp5PBj_uOoEbMhj1N_zwaswNZA7VS7hmfCgFo4xrNXAOa5jSslEBecQjkFLTLg_T/s1600/IMG_20190817_113814126_BURST000_COVER_TOP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0y4ApmimZ55NkCsB1MlMfoQwTpOabnKbtr5e3GUpAoPtKf1dh5QkFoUiiVrV54na7SppVaz2vrPnHVp5PBj_uOoEbMhj1N_zwaswNZA7VS7hmfCgFo4xrNXAOa5jSslEBecQjkFLTLg_T/s320/IMG_20190817_113814126_BURST000_COVER_TOP.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDGe62DalMJLIaxG6UYjr2IYtf37HzizxAPpJDmoAxLorJ1DH1WULQxYUKFt-FudRtKxXEA0gIpj06uybd1gBcSG_pb-EV6gNJtS0yTrttFVzKYa-1IcQQHtNJhes88MB9fp6iVNBob5_j/s1600/IMG_20190817_113818472_BURST000_COVER_TOP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDGe62DalMJLIaxG6UYjr2IYtf37HzizxAPpJDmoAxLorJ1DH1WULQxYUKFt-FudRtKxXEA0gIpj06uybd1gBcSG_pb-EV6gNJtS0yTrttFVzKYa-1IcQQHtNJhes88MB9fp6iVNBob5_j/s320/IMG_20190817_113818472_BURST000_COVER_TOP.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU1hnfr5PolMD_jvuZo2iG_zCQZ1hajFmViaQznzf4b75y3k9R-2zVcJ7S8qNQVnomcn5sCt14oUXBKg3mWHRuWFAa1uRiJ_zdV4GGabB7C3iWbFhe8IQNGuW5JKTmSBr25mRt1I38To0i/s1600/IMG_20190817_113841451.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU1hnfr5PolMD_jvuZo2iG_zCQZ1hajFmViaQznzf4b75y3k9R-2zVcJ7S8qNQVnomcn5sCt14oUXBKg3mWHRuWFAa1uRiJ_zdV4GGabB7C3iWbFhe8IQNGuW5JKTmSBr25mRt1I38To0i/s320/IMG_20190817_113841451.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizT2e8Umo2gRhO7ppSgYKFjeMEQAUaH_xfH4D-0mvzpEDFtC0MbwhmPxNI99sked7R8_TlLNMJkBr5dTlNtsjTIBshX3flgkFgGHVGazQPlYYyW-kDo_hg4ReKYyMkuiVRlTkAg2PYIPcz/s1600/IMG_20190818_170716196.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizT2e8Umo2gRhO7ppSgYKFjeMEQAUaH_xfH4D-0mvzpEDFtC0MbwhmPxNI99sked7R8_TlLNMJkBr5dTlNtsjTIBshX3flgkFgGHVGazQPlYYyW-kDo_hg4ReKYyMkuiVRlTkAg2PYIPcz/s320/IMG_20190818_170716196.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHnERItI-XovYjYdggqvAdFcP5eqv9vFC4Gm_sCCrnhotEZZP58HjDyXuqQGdS5yLMOjrmq2SD7NbJEN50d6Y5n_gdpOOQxYtTUvP96ohqwdeo1jn8-9AOqTNVh2nOxpmihlLcoseFN2iB/s1600/IMG_20190822_081415645_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHnERItI-XovYjYdggqvAdFcP5eqv9vFC4Gm_sCCrnhotEZZP58HjDyXuqQGdS5yLMOjrmq2SD7NbJEN50d6Y5n_gdpOOQxYtTUvP96ohqwdeo1jn8-9AOqTNVh2nOxpmihlLcoseFN2iB/s320/IMG_20190822_081415645_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO4To99X9P-jZohYF4uPgrajxc0ke7K_Psj8mlDJt2TFZzuDyIp1B-lsASMnyl5VNXos8jDe9babgonM9qNPDAEO4Xrl6cOGaaC0g6L-8a3G-jPm6fBLJpDBV3LM0kcSdU0rqUwMtRmz3p/s1600/IMG_20190902_101949845_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO4To99X9P-jZohYF4uPgrajxc0ke7K_Psj8mlDJt2TFZzuDyIp1B-lsASMnyl5VNXos8jDe9babgonM9qNPDAEO4Xrl6cOGaaC0g6L-8a3G-jPm6fBLJpDBV3LM0kcSdU0rqUwMtRmz3p/s320/IMG_20190902_101949845_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB5NcDVIeCN4QayOIL22NiSh7y93GeKRFuy_f5MNy8nc_Kfgez_PnTXM8apQpd4uqxLnzHgAgAQxhNIa9Lca9VMcP3fhDqdgzXY1s5z-KiISnVnW8osUMrwBDkWeeekjRDFE3ihLiwi-Pb/s1600/IMG_20190902_102030023_HDR%257E2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB5NcDVIeCN4QayOIL22NiSh7y93GeKRFuy_f5MNy8nc_Kfgez_PnTXM8apQpd4uqxLnzHgAgAQxhNIa9Lca9VMcP3fhDqdgzXY1s5z-KiISnVnW8osUMrwBDkWeeekjRDFE3ihLiwi-Pb/s320/IMG_20190902_102030023_HDR%257E2.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6n9Ay0yBnoTmABZNjxCR1OmZUEvpt4hpeIWbkAHA2guscpv9MXkz9EvqVpHwmxnsZTSiMAFKILUdq2YCfYc2pno1LRhlCDOZWZaLT3aKQ929v_fab5vhmgeeFUir4M7SOwYh21-9dcS87/s1600/IMG_20190903_170825614%257E2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6n9Ay0yBnoTmABZNjxCR1OmZUEvpt4hpeIWbkAHA2guscpv9MXkz9EvqVpHwmxnsZTSiMAFKILUdq2YCfYc2pno1LRhlCDOZWZaLT3aKQ929v_fab5vhmgeeFUir4M7SOwYh21-9dcS87/s320/IMG_20190903_170825614%257E2.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfpykq9AYSmuHZ66iPH0WL2t2pAZ9Q8t4JlmxKA6z4viacuCZ7t_OXwRMgHgYFlWwVv2I0pN3VV45kRMM01bKyukZuvErWTKQEqZ4oHzSMS_d1hLs-6S8A0lmncwtUd8LaAHSUcyi3NB6j/s1600/IMG_2943.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfpykq9AYSmuHZ66iPH0WL2t2pAZ9Q8t4JlmxKA6z4viacuCZ7t_OXwRMgHgYFlWwVv2I0pN3VV45kRMM01bKyukZuvErWTKQEqZ4oHzSMS_d1hLs-6S8A0lmncwtUd8LaAHSUcyi3NB6j/s320/IMG_2943.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Bi1o1WYb_59p_-1ZnQ6cfym4vz7sQFZe506GFR_YZt_jB98aa0aSl2zNDmGZGwOrKw19gddrJnGQYNORQIF9kP6QE0P1gBi-DtdIsmbCKbesHzaZphwErDM8EhLm5TV2bYdNYXaTu3NG/s1600/IMG_2944.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Bi1o1WYb_59p_-1ZnQ6cfym4vz7sQFZe506GFR_YZt_jB98aa0aSl2zNDmGZGwOrKw19gddrJnGQYNORQIF9kP6QE0P1gBi-DtdIsmbCKbesHzaZphwErDM8EhLm5TV2bYdNYXaTu3NG/s320/IMG_2944.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi71Bo7K57aDrUXscWxOWB4Jbgk6Oy3KswkddsMakajWxj_drMLemFkNi3yHh3SypfPFL8vmfkJ2LGTT7ORQ4U5rDOZn5GdE9J4vgWwYHQfxGMPSpSerQhW91WH9UaANYpRtffCT0KKBaKd/s1600/IMG_2956.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi71Bo7K57aDrUXscWxOWB4Jbgk6Oy3KswkddsMakajWxj_drMLemFkNi3yHh3SypfPFL8vmfkJ2LGTT7ORQ4U5rDOZn5GdE9J4vgWwYHQfxGMPSpSerQhW91WH9UaANYpRtffCT0KKBaKd/s320/IMG_2956.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVf8x9-BtknlYL3KhGbwkmd9dB6LwMFzOY-sAVk0RA1KJCY49AKIYEwr-Uqp9hZfOokcOQIDGW5pOcMOhgfYYzL-HMEhjjI7ttqC87Zuu-rVSEaU0ynAnJKktpPfAg-3InQBKNdDGogVsK/s1600/IMG_20190906_152610833.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVf8x9-BtknlYL3KhGbwkmd9dB6LwMFzOY-sAVk0RA1KJCY49AKIYEwr-Uqp9hZfOokcOQIDGW5pOcMOhgfYYzL-HMEhjjI7ttqC87Zuu-rVSEaU0ynAnJKktpPfAg-3InQBKNdDGogVsK/s320/IMG_20190906_152610833.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsi0MNVtvFdnXjSJQQiWh96hkOQRQ-G7sr24n9M3_yUO2RX1Uxq7NqU-PsfED0gD_lT-JlIT1AI3hL-i1siiTPXrq6I_Xcka66vOOe7FhYekF3hlU4UdBNBa_8gFrwr657MvqfbnX14Vln/s1600/IMG_20190906_152656035.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsi0MNVtvFdnXjSJQQiWh96hkOQRQ-G7sr24n9M3_yUO2RX1Uxq7NqU-PsfED0gD_lT-JlIT1AI3hL-i1siiTPXrq6I_Xcka66vOOe7FhYekF3hlU4UdBNBa_8gFrwr657MvqfbnX14Vln/s320/IMG_20190906_152656035.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUrB94R4U831yHbzxHDW7UOpK8Y642XcAR73tUKuSkXfus1E-c7D32-An-1WXOc7l4rWY9_FRvobSLus-2tN2BHx0uC9g8hiohBEbn5Pe6d-kl9tLM-zrOAbNPBuN2Xw8eFSxA61qGEtYn/s1600/IMG_20190906_152732902.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUrB94R4U831yHbzxHDW7UOpK8Y642XcAR73tUKuSkXfus1E-c7D32-An-1WXOc7l4rWY9_FRvobSLus-2tN2BHx0uC9g8hiohBEbn5Pe6d-kl9tLM-zrOAbNPBuN2Xw8eFSxA61qGEtYn/s320/IMG_20190906_152732902.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsVRf1ryPsN8C6HWOrCBwzsHLvMj4E8R8bhjtyf-dvURLxFFl9QI_V9deYezAW-9C8DIQZGa-AxpSspjB7j5DQaj9JrswENkn_E6r7R6v2oGmEh_Z8gw9WVPTpx674gS8FOomoqoxFup57/s1600/IMG_20190906_152920787.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsVRf1ryPsN8C6HWOrCBwzsHLvMj4E8R8bhjtyf-dvURLxFFl9QI_V9deYezAW-9C8DIQZGa-AxpSspjB7j5DQaj9JrswENkn_E6r7R6v2oGmEh_Z8gw9WVPTpx674gS8FOomoqoxFup57/s320/IMG_20190906_152920787.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyULjC0G5OP-6OE2FCwiVWLgI5DFMvJWQRvmJCzcqhKHFZ29hH_MUXe5G-2Xb7sHeII4HUNGCZcJbSGlmoHfwkTFu5RifqgcBgy-_NVKKuHUjeA0zGGb9xE1wOkFkNxye2MPq4MZQkrIbz/s1600/IMG_20190906_152956938.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyULjC0G5OP-6OE2FCwiVWLgI5DFMvJWQRvmJCzcqhKHFZ29hH_MUXe5G-2Xb7sHeII4HUNGCZcJbSGlmoHfwkTFu5RifqgcBgy-_NVKKuHUjeA0zGGb9xE1wOkFkNxye2MPq4MZQkrIbz/s320/IMG_20190906_152956938.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhev39U0UYqxqe0XzvyDXARCG79mgbbD27Oe0oRzWYWmg8OZeyHxv7CQ0VJGjtbXg4nXJjSx5dGgnSVx6VxAhwn9ZhcHDdO-wbTWYWXsyMK96ZfFdYNRbf0Y0qvsD2kjziSy30oo6qRl3Xq/s1600/IMG_20190912_083146148_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhev39U0UYqxqe0XzvyDXARCG79mgbbD27Oe0oRzWYWmg8OZeyHxv7CQ0VJGjtbXg4nXJjSx5dGgnSVx6VxAhwn9ZhcHDdO-wbTWYWXsyMK96ZfFdYNRbf0Y0qvsD2kjziSy30oo6qRl3Xq/s320/IMG_20190912_083146148_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR5538NV1LWCjMzzeyuJar42y-_oo9cXiIBuh18ESZKp8V4Mc0JW0bNaHL-tOhsm5nB-BcyG6Xng4tgTLxxuNrkF1EDypRYTZQCb2VeZRgG9YGwaBYzdLDm-rIx1O06BCzkmt1NJkVikmc/s1600/DSC09376.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1067" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR5538NV1LWCjMzzeyuJar42y-_oo9cXiIBuh18ESZKp8V4Mc0JW0bNaHL-tOhsm5nB-BcyG6Xng4tgTLxxuNrkF1EDypRYTZQCb2VeZRgG9YGwaBYzdLDm-rIx1O06BCzkmt1NJkVikmc/s320/DSC09376.jpg" width="213" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtxldU8zVnh39Qw3YET1cHDLl314mNoH9tlgXXXteGQWE1mGsbiUqv_jUMPho7100mgPizhmnpbM1t_DKilp_Xn1zcC-1sMPxoNP8aYmgAqxZe3ahLv5ZfMVdHO38EF0fb3WLgEih2xBsu/s1600/DSC09378.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtxldU8zVnh39Qw3YET1cHDLl314mNoH9tlgXXXteGQWE1mGsbiUqv_jUMPho7100mgPizhmnpbM1t_DKilp_Xn1zcC-1sMPxoNP8aYmgAqxZe3ahLv5ZfMVdHO38EF0fb3WLgEih2xBsu/s320/DSC09378.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxOrgNqli_5CPnKi_Dj-bo2uiw1xEBW3nnkKdNKhkT1nQISN7t757rloZeC-i8IKSsPuVF7v8Kvk3j6lPdJJy4HWki9NQiGJn3MehcDfaFpkp5VNrVpkKPfpTvTFRWhih60ikh8fxEXmf3/s1600/DSC09390.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1067" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxOrgNqli_5CPnKi_Dj-bo2uiw1xEBW3nnkKdNKhkT1nQISN7t757rloZeC-i8IKSsPuVF7v8Kvk3j6lPdJJy4HWki9NQiGJn3MehcDfaFpkp5VNrVpkKPfpTvTFRWhih60ikh8fxEXmf3/s320/DSC09390.jpg" width="213" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwp2EOIO1yiNnIO8wB5NwXvAl4jlxs8iLy7jYWkqi1a4uI35oQKnlBwp_P0iqN2f7jvfEbYVpFJjqlr-EhcZMxkGtrUDjrmxyLHCN0jEczh6MHfMTFfDA858g5LpmvsJUUZafq0_VxLnTK/s1600/IMG_20190912_160806007_HDR%257E2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1201" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwp2EOIO1yiNnIO8wB5NwXvAl4jlxs8iLy7jYWkqi1a4uI35oQKnlBwp_P0iqN2f7jvfEbYVpFJjqlr-EhcZMxkGtrUDjrmxyLHCN0jEczh6MHfMTFfDA858g5LpmvsJUUZafq0_VxLnTK/s320/IMG_20190912_160806007_HDR%257E2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNib-GMvI1215sgEUdJ_-1JSdLbGQ32VAO6aKeCaK7bhUH7qkAkeSvYgmQBty87BFdmHFGMj09DKWN1-H43O2W0-hIUvwMKBU3bzlNfLzOtHA5hDk_0BJwg8D4EozVd7EgseWlgDbwjnrt/s1600/IMG_2997.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNib-GMvI1215sgEUdJ_-1JSdLbGQ32VAO6aKeCaK7bhUH7qkAkeSvYgmQBty87BFdmHFGMj09DKWN1-H43O2W0-hIUvwMKBU3bzlNfLzOtHA5hDk_0BJwg8D4EozVd7EgseWlgDbwjnrt/s320/IMG_2997.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWDmXnA9ss-fnyWY4l7aSYxqN4nWTXdHBI8mDIPHxc1-7kpbVz3Dn8yd41uFeVSSw3axR1bOpNq83y5sjpyc-nJ5VkSV84UpQDVKrRICTP9NA01oIHqN-UrzK5FBMEGQHC1RtSZ4-i_juh/s1600/IMG_3025.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWDmXnA9ss-fnyWY4l7aSYxqN4nWTXdHBI8mDIPHxc1-7kpbVz3Dn8yd41uFeVSSw3axR1bOpNq83y5sjpyc-nJ5VkSV84UpQDVKrRICTP9NA01oIHqN-UrzK5FBMEGQHC1RtSZ4-i_juh/s320/IMG_3025.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6YU-njd7VsE28tSu2S76dTL81oscXumCQCZBNgpstD9WT1Q-fDHu4ujb7P3924pFPtPmRb9d3FR9gg9L6Jou7Ydvex3Yt0TO9X9cZGJcVIxvQQEO0B64J_14EMgvB_ffCij0lG2FwZdak/s1600/IMG_20190918_153031050.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6YU-njd7VsE28tSu2S76dTL81oscXumCQCZBNgpstD9WT1Q-fDHu4ujb7P3924pFPtPmRb9d3FR9gg9L6Jou7Ydvex3Yt0TO9X9cZGJcVIxvQQEO0B64J_14EMgvB_ffCij0lG2FwZdak/s320/IMG_20190918_153031050.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7LNEj1Smei5LI9xSL-2GfKtemKEHXmbmSiRSuA2uDTkSCQBM8A16epksBAjUWCqySM5l2D1qZCEqq6tJJbT_anMOJNK4WNzAmzRFawVfs7CvOvNhShF51XPAK_1A8Cm7CSgNESpkL9ByP/s1600/IMG_20190918_153039107.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7LNEj1Smei5LI9xSL-2GfKtemKEHXmbmSiRSuA2uDTkSCQBM8A16epksBAjUWCqySM5l2D1qZCEqq6tJJbT_anMOJNK4WNzAmzRFawVfs7CvOvNhShF51XPAK_1A8Cm7CSgNESpkL9ByP/s320/IMG_20190918_153039107.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUJSrck8UR5ulPiFmFjuAxM2acfFafttbWOwI5R6KiI4Ub_VZLVTtIcIS67XIQ5b8pNwIk0n5Yiyzxz4_DFzI28t4VQEDNaNsA1fISt47BtmNDdCyAjHaVG6C_oDiB2qmEQP4u2z2DVvnJ/s1600/IMG_20190918_153043616.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUJSrck8UR5ulPiFmFjuAxM2acfFafttbWOwI5R6KiI4Ub_VZLVTtIcIS67XIQ5b8pNwIk0n5Yiyzxz4_DFzI28t4VQEDNaNsA1fISt47BtmNDdCyAjHaVG6C_oDiB2qmEQP4u2z2DVvnJ/s320/IMG_20190918_153043616.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDikIbwbIC_o1drTv9QJWFMBCHfAggpHexJFqhajSQP1NTS5YOJC7s3_DnlZQSs9_KzoK2nzT6AmtQaD7_gV-MzsxUTEv1nTcNu21SJG7UzLBYZspnxKizED-mnHaYlSfLn4vLpjXTDzvx/s1600/IMG_3053.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDikIbwbIC_o1drTv9QJWFMBCHfAggpHexJFqhajSQP1NTS5YOJC7s3_DnlZQSs9_KzoK2nzT6AmtQaD7_gV-MzsxUTEv1nTcNu21SJG7UzLBYZspnxKizED-mnHaYlSfLn4vLpjXTDzvx/s320/IMG_3053.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIKuuy4khxz-t6dWQu5SBV1Ll_RDv3NWQWH1Rsqm_Y_-ifo8glrY34TQmqEBENlGdvt2iGTE7WADVFP1FE2fRkmr_NkDKP5EULawZkDNq_z4FMak4PDLqLGM2a-84drgwpEtmExeeEEHtu/s1600/IMG_20190926_170750532.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIKuuy4khxz-t6dWQu5SBV1Ll_RDv3NWQWH1Rsqm_Y_-ifo8glrY34TQmqEBENlGdvt2iGTE7WADVFP1FE2fRkmr_NkDKP5EULawZkDNq_z4FMak4PDLqLGM2a-84drgwpEtmExeeEEHtu/s320/IMG_20190926_170750532.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZOoY7Xz2mu2KRXwFEN9iYQsQOWRETfmaHl-xzvO-mpA5M5FXlpeH1ID_VtKP1qasKQUGn2Fy3aOn2wzqaksToMf3cwz8MMX5nngvj2zGzwqFy-3A9zJasBJP7hkpeGG7J-YtpkBtZgZIt/s1600/IMG_0304.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZOoY7Xz2mu2KRXwFEN9iYQsQOWRETfmaHl-xzvO-mpA5M5FXlpeH1ID_VtKP1qasKQUGn2Fy3aOn2wzqaksToMf3cwz8MMX5nngvj2zGzwqFy-3A9zJasBJP7hkpeGG7J-YtpkBtZgZIt/s320/IMG_0304.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh27PoUri1LTPLk6gJiSBZGXps24sOkqqd82jGg3MEXB99S4pz8MaOe_REMOlN1xX9bhBNAt5nZj8BX0fGE3J5gYv-UoGNpvEQP6pm_QOTq2ezQ8PLFv_uEPPejvhVjV6uqOcoL0mQxysjn/s1600/IMG_0307.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1203" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh27PoUri1LTPLk6gJiSBZGXps24sOkqqd82jGg3MEXB99S4pz8MaOe_REMOlN1xX9bhBNAt5nZj8BX0fGE3J5gYv-UoGNpvEQP6pm_QOTq2ezQ8PLFv_uEPPejvhVjV6uqOcoL0mQxysjn/s320/IMG_0307.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKH3pQ-luEShplvUar-qSQcQCL5jyLv3oLYRQ0r6qPtLmHrh0hT9D_JKvq77weme-0kHlKd5KxoneE8TRDx8FDp6XQe5WJ-vmsqUgytO9hr_9UBTkn_9tYLL0l7fq5tvlU5fXJLrzZf0S9/s1600/DSC09731.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKH3pQ-luEShplvUar-qSQcQCL5jyLv3oLYRQ0r6qPtLmHrh0hT9D_JKvq77weme-0kHlKd5KxoneE8TRDx8FDp6XQe5WJ-vmsqUgytO9hr_9UBTkn_9tYLL0l7fq5tvlU5fXJLrzZf0S9/s320/DSC09731.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />Lani Christensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10236705258105595263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477425995428575561.post-12006616372475259862017-09-06T10:33:00.001-07:002017-09-06T10:33:28.466-07:00Wow! Watermelon!<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKABzmniCfe6AyvnNqp0m2SVW9PP6zVrnDuDmLbOf2IVL-YcJhI-rk5FwPX6XdowlfGumZTLU47aqc2Ck-5xd3Q6pgIQBp_xLzg1EOr4xTTKEpSzFxlkH3kjEQX5zF_iiswhH-P7qFLhgM/" alt="" width="320" height="180"><br>My daughter video called me while I was on vacation to show me that the watermelon was finally ready to pick! They weighed the watermelon and it ended up being 30 lbs. Last I heard they were going to cut it open soon. I can't wait to see what it looks like inside! They promised that they would take pictures or video call me when they cut it open. It is our first time growing a normal sized watermelon, and I'm not sure what it's going to be like since the sugar baby watermelons we grew last year never seemed to be right; they were either over ripe or not ripe enough. I hope we have better luck with these large ones. Stay tuned for an update.Lani Christensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10236705258105595263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477425995428575561.post-19442539507062520072017-09-04T08:49:00.000-07:002017-09-04T08:49:43.334-07:00Late August Harvest And Preserving<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgAj1dOjvZNtO18ET52CcNtSre-_tRtKsO7HBXdAF66e-vfjbltJmrPbofgS6TQ7MjtBPPlPD3pkdy6Ow3OX7_kQ0xlLiN4s8QYQPiz62oikEUrba4fzyhRWBUIemhnrZ_CS1UC5Tah_5l/" alt="" width="320" height="240"><br>This year we grew four varieties of beets. We have red Detroit, cylindra, golden, and chioggia. Oh how I love beets! They are so tasty and look like jewels on the plate. I like them every way I've had them- boiled, roasted, pickled, and juiced. <br><br>10-year-old Tame Dame # 3 likes pickled beets. Her dad and older sister prefer their beets cooked and plain. <br><br>Ever get a sneeze right before a pic? Did it look something like this?<br><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvscE0nTRlhyphenhyphenUE_qnTMUkKWowe7AWXn5cNRXp_hIl87gXbZf2pwuompgS2cqTbVYnHMmdo68E8GMSkWDdpDEtlDOW13-l3vkVux5TOxmNMeMR7M739dzs66nkdYH0x4wcv180GN6ijeHOI/" alt="" width="240" height="320"><br>Dame Dame number 3 pulled up this beet that happened to have two beets growing together as one. While her sister was trimming and stringing the green beans in the house, she was pulling the rest of the mature beets from the garden, pulling off the greens and placing them in a bag for our neighbor, and hosing off the dirt before bringing them into the house to be canned. <br>Preserving the garden never seems to be a convenient activity, and it is a lot more work then you would anticipate if you have never seen or done it before. On this occasion, it was the day before I had to leave on a trip and I had a church activity to be to that evening, and there was homeschooling to get done, and chores, and packing, but the garden produce would spoil if I didn't take the time to preserve it that day, and all that hard work of planting, nurturing, watering, weeding, and caring for the garden would have been wasted. Thank goodness I am a homeschooler because there is no way I could have canned all the green beans and beets on my own! My daughters were a very huge help, and they got to learn a lot about preserving food! This was a hands-on school day activity where they learned many things including capacity, measuring, proper food handling, sterilization and why it's important, and cooperation! I would say it was a very successful and educational experience.<br><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSGRlXek78nsDjQcZBEpaV4stClbsZIUX15zeX2hMPEsXOywwu9GbDN5GPnelbnGSLw9Vz2qqftzW0jKesLniv1HwFAfEL7HpSH1tolmDf9gqw3de7Vwnc3cZGrSBtAYwaqlVZxssLcEsI/" alt="" width="240" height="320"><br>The things that have ripened and we have been harvesting are our corbaci peppers, aspabroc, cantaloupe, string beans, beets, turnips, onions and chives, and a few carrots, tomatoes and potatoes. Wahoo! We've canned and frozen green beans and beets so far. And it's all organic! Our hard work is paying off. <br><br>This next month there will be heavier harvesting, so more preservation is to come. I'm so thankful to have the health to garden and the support I get from friends, family, and others. <br><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrko8BPn7k_qUOeBUAUEOt7p3I2n5aFGkO_BVe2e9Zr0O5d1mVD_ynuxo61oOk-IJDGIROkaXG6aCQUN6CZrisJT-pO6d5EbiJMSth-aK8wte_cFP1F6VkQ6s3NmtPDV-_DVjp8r9QiHxb/" alt="" width="320" height="240"><br>Lani Christensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10236705258105595263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477425995428575561.post-30344374200871418932017-06-01T08:15:00.001-07:002017-06-02T08:09:05.930-07:00Garden Tour - May 23, 2017<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkbn7lNW6RlH91B0B3XRlJgyD5MoFaRycZJErvCFBwaRAni_7FDVqq8ErbEtGYo394syiYJpxLdgYo_hpownsTuSTC9C2cRe8p5XyhzX1-v0yxroHaYgEyoY37S6RF6Sk75wlodwhYyi4e/s1600/IMG_20170523_081217462.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkbn7lNW6RlH91B0B3XRlJgyD5MoFaRycZJErvCFBwaRAni_7FDVqq8ErbEtGYo394syiYJpxLdgYo_hpownsTuSTC9C2cRe8p5XyhzX1-v0yxroHaYgEyoY37S6RF6Sk75wlodwhYyi4e/s640/IMG_20170523_081217462.jpg" width="640"></a></div>
With the intention of getting the garden in on Memorial Day, we began to harden off our seedlings we've been raising in our garage. I learned a few things from that. <br>
<br>
We've raised seeds for the last 4 years, and I'm continually learning more. This year I realized that I don't need a 6 inch pot for tomato plants, a 4 inch would be sufficient, and actually, I believe it would've been preferred. Even a large plastic cup would've been about right. Here's what our seedlings looked like at the end of April.<br>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie5J27j106yVrMUkseWG8_DVBFSvZRicKu74zRZ34IPqr1-Q5CGBxi0UhLscYgND7Q_7yLjeZv8k9920r1stUDU0ZOPLxA8NHaWDI7GBo9zjorIjoLav66bzqnuDNbIgS6UgZkEERkGqvd/s1600/IMG_20170426_215928300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie5J27j106yVrMUkseWG8_DVBFSvZRicKu74zRZ34IPqr1-Q5CGBxi0UhLscYgND7Q_7yLjeZv8k9920r1stUDU0ZOPLxA8NHaWDI7GBo9zjorIjoLav66bzqnuDNbIgS6UgZkEERkGqvd/s640/IMG_20170426_215928300.jpg" width="640"></a></div>
And here's what they looked like around mid-April:<br>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeLUNn8LqihlEQ4ZeZkc7IP6i-3Aenx_CdK7YoC7wdrvFw-xLNXP0-oFr_pAAKb_71vyzfJ5-Fe9lUuZykazph2NCJDKpcSpBfNC2NgdCcdZgLTr5z1-J-4xycV_-iAZTQ3Uo0xqNd18Yi/s1600/IMG_20170419_080229789.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeLUNn8LqihlEQ4ZeZkc7IP6i-3Aenx_CdK7YoC7wdrvFw-xLNXP0-oFr_pAAKb_71vyzfJ5-Fe9lUuZykazph2NCJDKpcSpBfNC2NgdCcdZgLTr5z1-J-4xycV_-iAZTQ3Uo0xqNd18Yi/s640/IMG_20170419_080229789.jpg" width="640"></a></div>
<br>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggNk1EOzxzUSZRmoHy3k7_p4_rsp9c3xxMk6Bo_Yv_jifaQ3W1QAUoRoJ3hfODxvxX5ppQzyI49uG1NsVcBqfOhV9yt79m70duD7GQtojBwyBTNKWCpbmc9_6fFgplN6Go9F-oR26Q-scz/s1600/IMG_20170419_080633465.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggNk1EOzxzUSZRmoHy3k7_p4_rsp9c3xxMk6Bo_Yv_jifaQ3W1QAUoRoJ3hfODxvxX5ppQzyI49uG1NsVcBqfOhV9yt79m70duD7GQtojBwyBTNKWCpbmc9_6fFgplN6Go9F-oR26Q-scz/s640/IMG_20170419_080633465.jpg" width="640"></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
They grew to these beauties by the end of May.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ-wXaObXEThtEUke500QlGXf20yFmXgSEcc3KNpY8NLrtTgAyEWj5K_B5Q0jOcERMv-vbX9tt7t9hG5fJKb_E_neMa3Em0rz0YK6dEyGc6s_WymDh20B7Mphw26l7B60wR0bGAMIuMlXQ/s640/IMG_20170523_081228019_HDR.jpg" width="480"></div>
<br>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcBowjx0j_UvsRKGuy0rSIzPhRBEDUSuyuwfEJSmDhzso0ZhMMPEJ3zrv4pFSi_WMLtJvPG0ovWoGWjGooZyB-MxIWX1cYWVlhVvI27iUeD8QrQqDW8yU7Kevsac1zDYPTW3k1cI-RosQ8/s1600/IMG_20170523_081313888.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcBowjx0j_UvsRKGuy0rSIzPhRBEDUSuyuwfEJSmDhzso0ZhMMPEJ3zrv4pFSi_WMLtJvPG0ovWoGWjGooZyB-MxIWX1cYWVlhVvI27iUeD8QrQqDW8yU7Kevsac1zDYPTW3k1cI-RosQ8/s640/IMG_20170523_081313888.jpg" width="640"></a></div>
<br>
Now, let's get on with the tour. Our batchelor buttons are thriving along the edge of our path. We don't water those and that's just how they like it.<br>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkznL_2DKZqJGmmpyQK1qpJ5T-Up-UYtVeb4kQJU3DWG_aPQqs2gSmNNz_9uoSCWDQeQaNqZxRhbodXdIqlxT_nk-MZIHEOJEKLhMcZ2ObW3xjChWakgbME3QdXoQV6biHVKBLSXFvDojt/s1600/IMG_20170523_081438069_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkznL_2DKZqJGmmpyQK1qpJ5T-Up-UYtVeb4kQJU3DWG_aPQqs2gSmNNz_9uoSCWDQeQaNqZxRhbodXdIqlxT_nk-MZIHEOJEKLhMcZ2ObW3xjChWakgbME3QdXoQV6biHVKBLSXFvDojt/s640/IMG_20170523_081438069_HDR.jpg" width="480"></a></div>
Our colombine came back and didn't look very healthy, but it's trying to live. The succulents behind it are thriving.<br>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo3i2Eb1W2BMP6O5gtFo23ucyxXCfgZxw9aV8AYjEzoD7GL6YblIvoiohYiIakAUd4IlDFMnN_WOLv3xGoQMmtz8PWuGoDUzSZrJmyvt4XUglx0PtpgAzhqQJlHyXiB92v3RE5pgu6MfpK/s1600/IMG_20170523_081541501.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo3i2Eb1W2BMP6O5gtFo23ucyxXCfgZxw9aV8AYjEzoD7GL6YblIvoiohYiIakAUd4IlDFMnN_WOLv3xGoQMmtz8PWuGoDUzSZrJmyvt4XUglx0PtpgAzhqQJlHyXiB92v3RE5pgu6MfpK/s640/IMG_20170523_081541501.jpg" width="640"></a></div>
Our pretty desert Rose is blooming.<br>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ9bz6a1P6DllxWoyZ6_TQGihQU6O0PepNV9DuUMirYjBealpSGk3fx3bI7YCefswaVong_dlrLTG9Y4vMAVQjKMxXOuQYs5iAo3etIQ7d-HmDWwgqkmPLJKx95bSlSnzw6jd5nXoBMyaJ/s1600/IMG_20170523_081650071_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ9bz6a1P6DllxWoyZ6_TQGihQU6O0PepNV9DuUMirYjBealpSGk3fx3bI7YCefswaVong_dlrLTG9Y4vMAVQjKMxXOuQYs5iAo3etIQ7d-HmDWwgqkmPLJKx95bSlSnzw6jd5nXoBMyaJ/s640/IMG_20170523_081650071_HDR.jpg" width="640"></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Add caption</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
The Norland Apple tree... Oh man! What an unpleasant surprise it was too find out that we got sprinklers all set up for that tree and there is no valve to be found. So, we have to hand water that until they figure it out and fix it. The weeds are coming up anywhere they can get past the landscaping barrier, which you can see behind the Apple tree, and Steve just recently used "killzall" on it and it seems to be working now. <br>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaUG2W73e3z3mfNyG5FxtAA640eM7iXVpMr9O_5u0MuggEwF4bLqQrhGeelVXu09SsZ7sXv3r7BVaE1p6kfMEGWOub19mot-Q4_9rvL-F8yDeQEgL7qstuSm0NVAD6kAYB1wpECzU_ZjQn/s1600/IMG_20170523_081802737.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaUG2W73e3z3mfNyG5FxtAA640eM7iXVpMr9O_5u0MuggEwF4bLqQrhGeelVXu09SsZ7sXv3r7BVaE1p6kfMEGWOub19mot-Q4_9rvL-F8yDeQEgL7qstuSm0NVAD6kAYB1wpECzU_ZjQn/s640/IMG_20170523_081802737.jpg" width="480"></a></div>
After all the weeding we did this spring, we laid down 6ml black plastic in our Curbit bed so we won't ever have to deal with that again. There are 8 mounds and we have cut a little hole in the plastic at the tops of the hills for our plants to grow. We planted blue Jarradelle winter squash, yellow zebra tiger squash, zucchini, big moon pumpkin, cantaloupe and watermelon.<br>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNCyTfY8gX8pCvt6QGJHmucT9r_pm2lyOhJefyQDsowh6B5xE_zwNYNOTIiT3cGKgLnyF5omMHRWcDHj0n_mHaIVTbN5veiSf5qh3czGa9Ng91hyiXRPEGGMDvhPTrEourf2jwZeEBUDt9/s1600/IMG_20170523_082014640.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNCyTfY8gX8pCvt6QGJHmucT9r_pm2lyOhJefyQDsowh6B5xE_zwNYNOTIiT3cGKgLnyF5omMHRWcDHj0n_mHaIVTbN5veiSf5qh3czGa9Ng91hyiXRPEGGMDvhPTrEourf2jwZeEBUDt9/s320/IMG_20170523_082014640.jpg" width="320"></a></div>
This next bed has lovely walking onions, chard, garlic, and chives that came back from last year! We laid down some cardboard to keep the weeds down next to that bed. I'm thinking of putting rocks or mulch in that path, but leaning toward rocks to avoid pests. <br>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsh0SbofQD5NFP9xFlgy6xJw4htc159Ua7yAvMOfdXZDmnYbjubix6Mi_aOT5H5i035AAjARAx-4Z9ic8LBtcM9sdDweZYblM83J8JBbbOTnZCZFgaVeXafgphOOvjdFR4KhhYr6D4ccmL/s1600/IMG_20170523_082113214_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsh0SbofQD5NFP9xFlgy6xJw4htc159Ua7yAvMOfdXZDmnYbjubix6Mi_aOT5H5i035AAjARAx-4Z9ic8LBtcM9sdDweZYblM83J8JBbbOTnZCZFgaVeXafgphOOvjdFR4KhhYr6D4ccmL/s320/IMG_20170523_082113214_HDR.jpg" width="240"></a></div>
The chard is nice and tall and is going to seed! I'm excited to see what that ends up looking like. <br>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4A8QfvCFvBFe6TE0e-La6cIxA4DQFaIs3dpyHJu-wy233L8bqdd_L3hYORKE2jAlZIJm6FwW1Otlfixu4Bfzt8J4_nfZMAU2LoTNrGkug9fJYhTy6pSYJSHR5QoRSrZMJ4ZgWCbbwasXB/s1600/IMG_20170523_082135183.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4A8QfvCFvBFe6TE0e-La6cIxA4DQFaIs3dpyHJu-wy233L8bqdd_L3hYORKE2jAlZIJm6FwW1Otlfixu4Bfzt8J4_nfZMAU2LoTNrGkug9fJYhTy6pSYJSHR5QoRSrZMJ4ZgWCbbwasXB/s320/IMG_20170523_082135183.jpg" width="320"></a></div>
We love our chives and chive flowers. I really should use it more in cooking, but honestly, my cooking lately has been really sporadic with how busy the yard, garden, homeschool, and relief society responsibilities have kept me. We've eaten out way more than we should. <br>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKqUGMZnf-Mv_OhmwvvLer7H_J6o145rFBryt-XspUFrdPzeDnOQmhhdu_gU_foPMbNRz6VxEZOJ5VOtOcJcRNvX5MZ9BDt2VlI6SHWYj5OrbxD18NZ19hYM8y0IhH9Mf-XZNXDMtZeL3Z/s1600/IMG_20170523_082139245_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKqUGMZnf-Mv_OhmwvvLer7H_J6o145rFBryt-XspUFrdPzeDnOQmhhdu_gU_foPMbNRz6VxEZOJ5VOtOcJcRNvX5MZ9BDt2VlI6SHWYj5OrbxD18NZ19hYM8y0IhH9Mf-XZNXDMtZeL3Z/s320/IMG_20170523_082139245_HDR.jpg" width="320"></a></div>
<br>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnLN0qsputoymwvVwrUrDK1G40O45fmF8hGwdVzR4jWXw76Cz0NSxeupVKrLegbW9Rpt2Sp00wfTW_W7Dvus81R-TM_HWHXwsuiEUlicGHPGWLTl6aofbt5D8zvvY1EtlbiHI5ELfA1sEb/s1600/IMG_20170523_082200232.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnLN0qsputoymwvVwrUrDK1G40O45fmF8hGwdVzR4jWXw76Cz0NSxeupVKrLegbW9Rpt2Sp00wfTW_W7Dvus81R-TM_HWHXwsuiEUlicGHPGWLTl6aofbt5D8zvvY1EtlbiHI5ELfA1sEb/s320/IMG_20170523_082200232.jpg" width="240"></a></div>
We covered our cabbages with netting to prevent the moths from destroying our crop. We'll see how well it works.<br>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjszk7I7hg-zYxEmrfRJFpdTFwh-Gaow4QQ7m36-QpabOCjBqn_2gGzSY0gWBIcU5CDBtt36Ev8xJzgZCe3VfdSyo9In2XT1l5L1KR1LlstHb8XVnvfadZae8eTBJ4uxJh691h3cMr8sjuN/s1600/IMG_20170523_082215993.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjszk7I7hg-zYxEmrfRJFpdTFwh-Gaow4QQ7m36-QpabOCjBqn_2gGzSY0gWBIcU5CDBtt36Ev8xJzgZCe3VfdSyo9In2XT1l5L1KR1LlstHb8XVnvfadZae8eTBJ4uxJh691h3cMr8sjuN/s320/IMG_20170523_082215993.jpg" width="320"></a></div>
<br>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0mDGEfjtDXP5B9oizNKVfr-r4xUtalzOozTYsYNdj4v-thArGxehobBhWUSG5KMBDDqbV9Df8gyfqVcc1OA0v_gmfbU_FBpfwtlV5EWLPG0EsZWsjeoEmJ-Jd52AXcBCit39J2RlJk-DT/s1600/IMG_20170523_082224392.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0mDGEfjtDXP5B9oizNKVfr-r4xUtalzOozTYsYNdj4v-thArGxehobBhWUSG5KMBDDqbV9Df8gyfqVcc1OA0v_gmfbU_FBpfwtlV5EWLPG0EsZWsjeoEmJ-Jd52AXcBCit39J2RlJk-DT/s320/IMG_20170523_082224392.jpg" width="320"></a></div>
<br>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwo5d8Xh46KGgLrymnj3JIBhOLiS0w1WEZw4Jd-YxuXrFAYAjxSdeVy6K3r2j9E2efLVQMI5a87gXSm_LYz9c1RJP3LiuuENy0gdAxyT0ERFHPRscefjcsYZbGNb1y1OR-_dpsHAzHZGQF/s1600/IMG_20170523_082235093.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwo5d8Xh46KGgLrymnj3JIBhOLiS0w1WEZw4Jd-YxuXrFAYAjxSdeVy6K3r2j9E2efLVQMI5a87gXSm_LYz9c1RJP3LiuuENy0gdAxyT0ERFHPRscefjcsYZbGNb1y1OR-_dpsHAzHZGQF/s320/IMG_20170523_082235093.jpg" width="320"></a></div>
In another cabbage bed, we covered it with a shade fabric to help protect it from bugs and keep the ground cooler, hoping to harvest in the summer and not just the fall after it cools down.<br>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3wyL8QsLCFRy_mujtWrnV5QJ8r3dPnhKBYlwRZIYAes_CMw1VBmI_ErHSgSTnPx2btFRirl1-kaTJJiCeOh3mR3yQODIMZf1Cxl6p_o2KILILsaqNta2UfyjOhzP2P-qKoJ4NWPxhrHXt/s1600/IMG_20170523_082255650.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3wyL8QsLCFRy_mujtWrnV5QJ8r3dPnhKBYlwRZIYAes_CMw1VBmI_ErHSgSTnPx2btFRirl1-kaTJJiCeOh3mR3yQODIMZf1Cxl6p_o2KILILsaqNta2UfyjOhzP2P-qKoJ4NWPxhrHXt/s320/IMG_20170523_082255650.jpg" width="320"></a></div>
In addition to cabbage, our come crops include aspabroc, Minuteman cauliflower, flat Dutch cabbage (these get huge!), and golden acre cabbage.<br>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2bCEefP0eXw-vf8PRI9uHfEJkQO6k0QV6Hk31zaMKD51iX-CB784jMC_3rUQT8_BxLIOUKV_D8tk0r1vf7ckzuskmW8519MsUUvaR-hgYWOK8FeFQ_DrSZ25cAGlssFB1juX6uYpMmDb8/s1600/IMG_20170523_082402240_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2bCEefP0eXw-vf8PRI9uHfEJkQO6k0QV6Hk31zaMKD51iX-CB784jMC_3rUQT8_BxLIOUKV_D8tk0r1vf7ckzuskmW8519MsUUvaR-hgYWOK8FeFQ_DrSZ25cAGlssFB1juX6uYpMmDb8/s320/IMG_20170523_082402240_HDR.jpg" width="320"></a></div>
My neighbor friend, Jax, helped me plant the popcorn. He loves helping garden and he's really good at it!<br>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcqEY9q2iVV4Tj_COCpJ1evC4CtTMuQbkkgy6yiSqwx4wPNtH5cfgvFIW5Rjj-u1kMCegNxHYdHKi0MNy5U1l5LgOrIHSDqp1ZzJf0n9SRs_osLFQx4Vixzjl9h7N7LvycIKjC6Ku47Cbb/s1600/IMG_20170523_082427436.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcqEY9q2iVV4Tj_COCpJ1evC4CtTMuQbkkgy6yiSqwx4wPNtH5cfgvFIW5Rjj-u1kMCegNxHYdHKi0MNy5U1l5LgOrIHSDqp1ZzJf0n9SRs_osLFQx4Vixzjl9h7N7LvycIKjC6Ku47Cbb/s320/IMG_20170523_082427436.jpg" width="320"></a></div>
Our lilac isn't prolific, but it did bloom a bit. And the bloom is beautiful. <br>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN05_6MZ9BXN11AGfwHBD7oJ7N154O1mDvJnQfYkG54JbJ06of2l3a-Ob45IEdSDboOT7ia-xQZQfO0yH7_QUJeqZrQBqZW-NrwtJg7RxqMh2I_Fx85Vk99JVH_Ty3i7QIyCzfaI2czBT-/s1600/IMG_20170523_082507103_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN05_6MZ9BXN11AGfwHBD7oJ7N154O1mDvJnQfYkG54JbJ06of2l3a-Ob45IEdSDboOT7ia-xQZQfO0yH7_QUJeqZrQBqZW-NrwtJg7RxqMh2I_Fx85Vk99JVH_Ty3i7QIyCzfaI2czBT-/s320/IMG_20170523_082507103_HDR.jpg" width="240"></a></div>
We had parsnips come up in the spring and they're going to seed. I've never seen that for myself before. <br>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2soBvJKFztoyPa93c7RUTsdV0H3U_v4_-TUtkw-bWbmp0mcRrQ3n9dp_zAKBh-8Vyni0GFySLDeCHGQ8TYm16fr0eI3NF5pQcQhm8Y-maAXYhUYxKmx06ivhobhK6DZ2zKKstuP1ikTGT/s1600/IMG_20170523_082602404_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2soBvJKFztoyPa93c7RUTsdV0H3U_v4_-TUtkw-bWbmp0mcRrQ3n9dp_zAKBh-8Vyni0GFySLDeCHGQ8TYm16fr0eI3NF5pQcQhm8Y-maAXYhUYxKmx06ivhobhK6DZ2zKKstuP1ikTGT/s320/IMG_20170523_082602404_HDR.jpg" width="240"></a></div>
<br>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoE3T1r3cgnKqPqEIbFxwMx-DG7txY560C3q8D8uoC6uaK147qztytwycjLAo-_eTtXE0gLf6f1zYpAANLVpM00dwT3EyKLuiQShyphenhyphen0Tlyit9v0VVMVJFR36Y05F_4ol6r6lthnFul2KvGV/s1600/IMG_20170523_082620900.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoE3T1r3cgnKqPqEIbFxwMx-DG7txY560C3q8D8uoC6uaK147qztytwycjLAo-_eTtXE0gLf6f1zYpAANLVpM00dwT3EyKLuiQShyphenhyphen0Tlyit9v0VVMVJFR36Y05F_4ol6r6lthnFul2KvGV/s320/IMG_20170523_082620900.jpg" width="320"></a></div>
Nutrimulch was added to all the beds we planted in. Hopefully that gives them a great start. <br>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf2X8_SSLhXesZjkB_U_Moo1Dz3tMQqO_TY5GRA4_DEVJVYjlBof5x5_IcLJw6Gyg0piccxOvIiLdQagJDdioiwYf4x0IQsfu7Wwrjn5hZUqyOJ58_GY01shixbkV74cuRsFgl8V9v8jru/s1600/IMG_20170523_082628702.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf2X8_SSLhXesZjkB_U_Moo1Dz3tMQqO_TY5GRA4_DEVJVYjlBof5x5_IcLJw6Gyg0piccxOvIiLdQagJDdioiwYf4x0IQsfu7Wwrjn5hZUqyOJ58_GY01shixbkV74cuRsFgl8V9v8jru/s320/IMG_20170523_082628702.jpg" width="240"></a></div>
<br>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXAXXLls_CXNpphuR3UXj_5uxx678UCL3Uk65hvGiwL6hIYF3ifcoRKXQe3EoHKh_ZyzlmknCMG6hOvDxayGQ8VHqFphiERuVLKbtRPyNLQPZYAGEllweYSq4GIX4A_Jk3wi_u92Gkw9yn/s1600/IMG_20170523_082634601_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXAXXLls_CXNpphuR3UXj_5uxx678UCL3Uk65hvGiwL6hIYF3ifcoRKXQe3EoHKh_ZyzlmknCMG6hOvDxayGQ8VHqFphiERuVLKbtRPyNLQPZYAGEllweYSq4GIX4A_Jk3wi_u92Gkw9yn/s320/IMG_20170523_082634601_HDR.jpg" width="240"></a></div>
Our strawberries are beautiful on the side yard. <br>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiphxJpq-To7F3QSY4z6oRvmG5_2OhigkVCjiQbTkeqwRRwjqVeOOCBecMKBpkJHad4TEvHR24vbTTe0Ry7qXVDt7Es5gEsy6rltgSV_HmxxvvhsfH0r2esvnnnq1tcFgDXj5j4eciy4HoE/s1600/IMG_20170523_082854924_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiphxJpq-To7F3QSY4z6oRvmG5_2OhigkVCjiQbTkeqwRRwjqVeOOCBecMKBpkJHad4TEvHR24vbTTe0Ry7qXVDt7Es5gEsy6rltgSV_HmxxvvhsfH0r2esvnnnq1tcFgDXj5j4eciy4HoE/s320/IMG_20170523_082854924_HDR.jpg" width="240"></a></div>
The girls use gardening as hands on science. Without them, this garden wouldn't likely exist in the marvelous way it does. <br>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsNT6tlKwMQxYfgdegdDD3Sab0S__KFEQqEFQLXO0Euq8cW_TjUKPBDAZX8PK49J-UYHXoqvP02dtVEbozMMrlxALLHrUmFCt7LoQOJ9n6m7OQFSMWGrzMlyBy8NYH-4de33jrBkvkp04Y/s1600/IMG_20170523_113357637.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsNT6tlKwMQxYfgdegdDD3Sab0S__KFEQqEFQLXO0Euq8cW_TjUKPBDAZX8PK49J-UYHXoqvP02dtVEbozMMrlxALLHrUmFCt7LoQOJ9n6m7OQFSMWGrzMlyBy8NYH-4de33jrBkvkp04Y/s320/IMG_20170523_113357637.jpg" width="320"></a></div>
<br>Lani Christensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10236705258105595263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477425995428575561.post-77679935446144770362017-05-01T10:23:00.001-07:002017-05-01T10:23:15.914-07:00Our new seedlings, and a big fire!Hi! Tame Dame #3 here! Also known as amara, and We planted seedlings!!!!! They are growing amazingly, and we have the plastic off of them now. We fill up the tubs with water, and it soakes into the plant!!!! A couple days ago, we were pulling up the dry weeds from the side of the house, and we lit them on fire! Jax, our friend came to watch it too.<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKLhZpwkncf14wxM7lrff_PW9fTp5ZssbBpaIb_EHHE2w18SIeJ6pQmiWO8fsiuyJvah1Bn66xz1FDebet9q-95HkNsbK7zjJKT0ODQkB0dXo9P52ictl9200r_GwWb5fDAOS6BS5jRDNk/s1600/IMG_20170426_215920066.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKLhZpwkncf14wxM7lrff_PW9fTp5ZssbBpaIb_EHHE2w18SIeJ6pQmiWO8fsiuyJvah1Bn66xz1FDebet9q-95HkNsbK7zjJKT0ODQkB0dXo9P52ictl9200r_GwWb5fDAOS6BS5jRDNk/s640/IMG_20170426_215920066.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim85WbwLEVo8Xx_2vSsw1wiojQIeB1cB6LBnkDCiOJlB3UshafvsrqlzV41kat4t4T9Vz6AcafwuqxjrmiX0tMZ7csRS16Rk-ZNvSMvb0gri1qR30sTeqvHNocBiJ6xq3afH7j3zkeHev4/s1600/IMG_20170426_215928300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim85WbwLEVo8Xx_2vSsw1wiojQIeB1cB6LBnkDCiOJlB3UshafvsrqlzV41kat4t4T9Vz6AcafwuqxjrmiX0tMZ7csRS16Rk-ZNvSMvb0gri1qR30sTeqvHNocBiJ6xq3afH7j3zkeHev4/s640/IMG_20170426_215928300.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBpO31M5fwX0SpXBG2mx6D-Lk5fNnwLNG1n_ZorMRoeE0rZzi0tKu5mOwzArbGo9GOxgNAj28nKhZDRZ5DX2L2NcUppDeSjSvGjDQEphEeuqIYl8prFCCGA3_NUYIfBuL-RMj6N_GuKeuB/s1600/IMG_20170425_121018342.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBpO31M5fwX0SpXBG2mx6D-Lk5fNnwLNG1n_ZorMRoeE0rZzi0tKu5mOwzArbGo9GOxgNAj28nKhZDRZ5DX2L2NcUppDeSjSvGjDQEphEeuqIYl8prFCCGA3_NUYIfBuL-RMj6N_GuKeuB/s640/IMG_20170425_121018342.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQguUMl04XDXUB4NlyFOB7FS3O9pqJwFHxIHecCaj447oXF-vTKDswAuLKhr0KDlU-tJPu6JkIhmdnd1YeiVpNi7ahQRIHfWuBzDCOHNxuE4cyteH7c2WTGPEeo4FiIxc3u0MWrmMZ32t_/s1600/IMG_20170425_121016999.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQguUMl04XDXUB4NlyFOB7FS3O9pqJwFHxIHecCaj447oXF-vTKDswAuLKhr0KDlU-tJPu6JkIhmdnd1YeiVpNi7ahQRIHfWuBzDCOHNxuE4cyteH7c2WTGPEeo4FiIxc3u0MWrmMZ32t_/s640/IMG_20170425_121016999.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ8YvGhyWrk3z9NZsd0xPMBHwffuUD3chmEzOOFsI2WquFldvPfTjl5Sv245Q28STuA7Jc2Ca9slma2ZqBaRqT4O-XIpc3SiiFwYx5fudejpDrvix-ej51CtlHlCYUq4vi2Gxj8eTiWaPg/s1600/IMG_20170425_121005508.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ8YvGhyWrk3z9NZsd0xPMBHwffuUD3chmEzOOFsI2WquFldvPfTjl5Sv245Q28STuA7Jc2Ca9slma2ZqBaRqT4O-XIpc3SiiFwYx5fudejpDrvix-ej51CtlHlCYUq4vi2Gxj8eTiWaPg/s640/IMG_20170425_121005508.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY6kem04r9F0mJAyFT4AiNZCm-3WzLvYt9xfrfcyeRHoE87Wd7dPgA4Pimhumw5qFNA2gkIfZX-5Cnm1X9tXOS2HbE6GB2I7SvF8b7u36VYdBDS_OpCCoiHGDLgfXO36ZAcbERDkadF81e/s1600/IMG_20170425_120559021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY6kem04r9F0mJAyFT4AiNZCm-3WzLvYt9xfrfcyeRHoE87Wd7dPgA4Pimhumw5qFNA2gkIfZX-5Cnm1X9tXOS2HbE6GB2I7SvF8b7u36VYdBDS_OpCCoiHGDLgfXO36ZAcbERDkadF81e/s640/IMG_20170425_120559021.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />Lani Christensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10236705258105595263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477425995428575561.post-77794995328492405252017-04-02T12:49:00.001-07:002017-05-03T12:47:36.437-07:00Sea Of Putrid Purple Posies<img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0Ku6b9K5NTA/WOFWDSvOBQI/AAAAAAAAwO0/qrpqeidKYe4/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" alt="" width="320" height="239"><br>"They're pretty," I remember saying the year I moved here. "I love purple flowers, and there are so many of them!"<br><br>"Oooohhh no!" The woman standing at my door from the Jehovah's witnesses contradicted, "Those are the stinkiest flowers you've smelled, they last for a week, then they turn into monsters with inch-long thorns!"<br><br><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mD-1pxGE6OY/WOGRr7gbklI/AAAAAAAAwPQ/8obH9xYxfhA/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" alt="" width="320" height="239"><br><br>Sure enough, I witnessed the deception of the pretty purple posies as they unveiled​ their true identity. The putrid flowers fell (yes, they really do stink) and thick, inch-long thorns portruded abundantly from every stem, the little weed bushes drying up and covering the ground with a mass of hard, pokey spines! It was a hot mess of spiky-ness! <br><br>I don't like those purple flowers anymore. I've been fighting them every year. Over conference weekend (first weekend in April) I tackled bunches of them that were over running my garden. An hour of hard, heavy pulling, and I only got a corner of the garden weeded. The ground was still so very wet that the mud just clung to the roots, heaving up so much earth and worms that it made the process slow going. <br><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-nOFyhNUJ5iM/WQotl8i4_nI/AAAAAAAAx5E/yH7cXjtPR5ES9CDyOk3P_r8-hct6LP8SQCHM/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" width="320" height="239"><br><br>It's been a high water year for us and the water table has caused flooding in our subdivision since February. We've been pumping out our crawlspace pretty much every day until just recently. Here's what it looked like conference weekend:<br><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-PfAYlHbo1ts/WQowGEmaCkI/AAAAAAAAx5Q/M5RYCf79roUaYmwy3SUCuYW_V1pkt2XOACHM/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" width="320" height="240"><br><br>I paid for a service project from the Young Women at our church fundraiser and I decided that they would be my weeding helpers. I arranged to have them come a couple weeks after I tried tackling the project on my own. They gave me 2 hours of their hard work and I was so blessed to have been the winner of their service project. <br><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-IfdIpK02eMg/WQoxW4h8IqI/AAAAAAAAx5c/JbjyVxWwTUwnKdNv9O8z0YkdhAi5shRUACHM/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" width="320" height="179"><br>They pulled, picked, and piled every one of those pukey purple weeds, leaving 8 large mounds of the things to die and dry and eventually to be set afire. <br><br>With the help of my daughter, we hauled the piles over the fence to be burned, thus leaving the ground ready for the black plastic to kill the other weeds. <br><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kpxwLmgxNcI/WQozElEw6NI/AAAAAAAAx5o/u29R_SQUPAwAPyKzfu8PZE8Ez11F-DbwwCHM/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" width="240" height="320"><br><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-PSRGaB74CnM/WQozbAwk2MI/AAAAAAAAx5s/xNjZLJowokANyPUFNmKtQbuvXBZF63NLACHM/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" width="320" height="240"><br>I was so sore the next day, but it's all part of fighting for a garden in the Wild West!Lani Christensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10236705258105595263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477425995428575561.post-60020729334660226372017-01-29T15:13:00.000-08:002017-01-29T15:13:01.017-08:00SEPT 2016- Warm Days, Harvests, Preservation, and Floods<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrQ21VKBt5QKFWt7iDCyH6pAJFp_47RL1Dwg6Xl93yIgYPNT0yY366F9VS9qfdN-tzLA_hd2RDXhffy7hkNTT3WbrsIyJtBP8_ut0O2LVUMbTDSaAIIb0jbeRQcPGEneHTve-2gCFUsR6s/s1600/20160917-NIK_5897.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrQ21VKBt5QKFWt7iDCyH6pAJFp_47RL1Dwg6Xl93yIgYPNT0yY366F9VS9qfdN-tzLA_hd2RDXhffy7hkNTT3WbrsIyJtBP8_ut0O2LVUMbTDSaAIIb0jbeRQcPGEneHTve-2gCFUsR6s/s640/20160917-NIK_5897.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
We enjoy the outdoors a lot in September. My family is learning photography, and we took several opportunities to practice what we're learning.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg37AwxzC1WpQ58LocLnmVSFfdKzAxRDjsA_ChXM6YdL5Yt5JwUZDifllT7nlRrcNDPO0mQqjlZtQ1Wk8pYY9jBqSvoc87CBL2P3x-9VxG2qYHk3b1MiZ7np1_Nky0R_Q-qyiFiPMSuI5So/s1600/20160917-NIK_5919.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg37AwxzC1WpQ58LocLnmVSFfdKzAxRDjsA_ChXM6YdL5Yt5JwUZDifllT7nlRrcNDPO0mQqjlZtQ1Wk8pYY9jBqSvoc87CBL2P3x-9VxG2qYHk3b1MiZ7np1_Nky0R_Q-qyiFiPMSuI5So/s640/20160917-NIK_5919.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqCRCC_Wr617Vvsp5RCZKwj3p6B2UPjjRKSjs7TockEu411sUG3-o_CBXUo6AyIGWyAjSQ739VbeFPX1cbIOQzbPWaJF1wDk2Ob4aXd8ShknW8zfZpfuASQfMUf5oD4GsoPxu3nY6Aijs7/s1600/20160917-NIK_5930.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqCRCC_Wr617Vvsp5RCZKwj3p6B2UPjjRKSjs7TockEu411sUG3-o_CBXUo6AyIGWyAjSQ739VbeFPX1cbIOQzbPWaJF1wDk2Ob4aXd8ShknW8zfZpfuASQfMUf5oD4GsoPxu3nY6Aijs7/s640/20160917-NIK_5930.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS6ku3bxKV5P6YxTa3c1Sml_aAYRt8eMonV87Lr6XL950m3ts6Zncw-YaH4na8tnihuBbmlGRK1-vHFE0Ub6XIeNyX5OVAYH4t5C5y3LGEXGv1y3hJerqM8MkRBio_WiW7cSA0zygrG5TO/s1600/20160917-NIK_5948.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS6ku3bxKV5P6YxTa3c1Sml_aAYRt8eMonV87Lr6XL950m3ts6Zncw-YaH4na8tnihuBbmlGRK1-vHFE0Ub6XIeNyX5OVAYH4t5C5y3LGEXGv1y3hJerqM8MkRBio_WiW7cSA0zygrG5TO/s640/20160917-NIK_5948.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvgGIKjb00CHQCwoPFnpX7mPRkVEHcXUOBZiyXkwiN6qeb98iYCTZ7XQ_wTZRN7nhERFxK3eTDrLrU2OtCN4YKp7CtEB_liR3W-ZdXpMjvNsOXxCX5vyEPJ4pfNjMcOUdidlA5QMn2jIYc/s1600/20160917-NIK_5957.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvgGIKjb00CHQCwoPFnpX7mPRkVEHcXUOBZiyXkwiN6qeb98iYCTZ7XQ_wTZRN7nhERFxK3eTDrLrU2OtCN4YKp7CtEB_liR3W-ZdXpMjvNsOXxCX5vyEPJ4pfNjMcOUdidlA5QMn2jIYc/s640/20160917-NIK_5957.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3vMJ6PtbvSrX4w4y9zex1FNXmIu6-RPoDS6DmqB8JDFfeACgqzlsk336ebxSXUwa0SI5RryO5YzQ7R4YtB-rJP5fwpaOU346rNUlr01XduarEsPArNHNgCUqAVcZ6e_ov6AuDVT_3mKje/s1600/20160930-NIK_6041.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3vMJ6PtbvSrX4w4y9zex1FNXmIu6-RPoDS6DmqB8JDFfeACgqzlsk336ebxSXUwa0SI5RryO5YzQ7R4YtB-rJP5fwpaOU346rNUlr01XduarEsPArNHNgCUqAVcZ6e_ov6AuDVT_3mKje/s640/20160930-NIK_6041.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This cloud was right above our house. I've never seen one like it!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyxPdsqYbmDm7T7wLJPAhXZOUvT-8qIDGNsmej1yXnJWpHOjuwYDcJ25H1c5eF_sNlkjAWOeL4LhClmRdDi9RKHATxPOHKweZJlWMEn-KKJp6JJ8jQ5KnbaGNdOPbN6LXu5SeS4IYBupGz/s1600/20160930-NIK_6108.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyxPdsqYbmDm7T7wLJPAhXZOUvT-8qIDGNsmej1yXnJWpHOjuwYDcJ25H1c5eF_sNlkjAWOeL4LhClmRdDi9RKHATxPOHKweZJlWMEn-KKJp6JJ8jQ5KnbaGNdOPbN6LXu5SeS4IYBupGz/s640/20160930-NIK_6108.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia6TFwVIa8qTZflFbjXT2DEiKUdS6-xUFE-1SyatLiIuSs_1_sQBgmZhXhSWHwil4DhZqI1W0zp1Q6hLPukQl20p3aENZ7pEDvK7T-RwDWoOR6-3EsHbG6Ezeqtv4-8h5pQtKgCd0jll07/s1600/20160930-NIK_6115.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia6TFwVIa8qTZflFbjXT2DEiKUdS6-xUFE-1SyatLiIuSs_1_sQBgmZhXhSWHwil4DhZqI1W0zp1Q6hLPukQl20p3aENZ7pEDvK7T-RwDWoOR6-3EsHbG6Ezeqtv4-8h5pQtKgCd0jll07/s640/20160930-NIK_6115.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY7kQqwtUDbcF_vcVKlRz3gepOXAbbz3zDYxUajGGuPTh-K46DqSM3eJnUlo20acv0Znck_0OTq-b38bn9sbiFdZ8j7A-mzLuvUBCVyBay2aD0t1eHhQBTnqviab211ePjqxyra6__P6_f/s1600/IMG_20160904_150703348.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY7kQqwtUDbcF_vcVKlRz3gepOXAbbz3zDYxUajGGuPTh-K46DqSM3eJnUlo20acv0Znck_0OTq-b38bn9sbiFdZ8j7A-mzLuvUBCVyBay2aD0t1eHhQBTnqviab211ePjqxyra6__P6_f/s640/IMG_20160904_150703348.jpg" width="360" /></a></div>
<br />
September is a good month for harvesting!<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZZU_ZcP0JABxEPFJ6zkW3C_xFa5Ks7-Ut8bp1_zpddF1UaZkMovbrt1KEeES_FG8LGzrx2eAGOvNxKFelWEwwOpNPBljGU7Hjfi4Nl1_ELF1e7PROOXpJPlpoApGmP62RR2u7yOSxXAw5/s1600/IMG_20160906_104830570.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZZU_ZcP0JABxEPFJ6zkW3C_xFa5Ks7-Ut8bp1_zpddF1UaZkMovbrt1KEeES_FG8LGzrx2eAGOvNxKFelWEwwOpNPBljGU7Hjfi4Nl1_ELF1e7PROOXpJPlpoApGmP62RR2u7yOSxXAw5/s640/IMG_20160906_104830570.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">zucchini</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuNFudNmAzI1sA5LZvvZ8xUTnUnFgz7InV5D6Abr2EU9T5n11NH_tZ5vAHJk7fG0a9C5NHsS04bTe-xr0VzhyphenhyphenSHT2-WiyV8qqgIZvAPopRmA4nX6nz0gVnMMgqfF7pto1EmHt3AsjvtAvw/s1600/IMG_20160906_104840884.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuNFudNmAzI1sA5LZvvZ8xUTnUnFgz7InV5D6Abr2EU9T5n11NH_tZ5vAHJk7fG0a9C5NHsS04bTe-xr0VzhyphenhyphenSHT2-WiyV8qqgIZvAPopRmA4nX6nz0gVnMMgqfF7pto1EmHt3AsjvtAvw/s640/IMG_20160906_104840884.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yukon gold potatoes- a meager harvest for as many plants as we had.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigpZnlqbSSArNcc2LdabRxpx8-tSXYlA8a6pgZfbgDDNDBdE74TIMlDg_qaX-2ngU7cq2lGN5CqXotpHlRHJAoXaaBJjQ5ep7psbZ0mgv6yHUDpslWV4W_p5aILz9s-XXI-i98L71hD1Q-/s1600/IMG_20160906_104850241.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigpZnlqbSSArNcc2LdabRxpx8-tSXYlA8a6pgZfbgDDNDBdE74TIMlDg_qaX-2ngU7cq2lGN5CqXotpHlRHJAoXaaBJjQ5ep7psbZ0mgv6yHUDpslWV4W_p5aILz9s-XXI-i98L71hD1Q-/s640/IMG_20160906_104850241.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We neglected the strawberries, but they still produced some for us.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi26i6hiC-69FLG35scN4vliF_dHpRkKeFhnCZMnPplCuK8oJ4TsroquUZxpRSQMR4LuaFy-01wKj5EhrWAtkxfQ6v6vTP2UKlpDAKIuWBoFd_BlaKhzQOggQW10KwRh6rpfTXxlC_NRAO3/s1600/IMG_20160906_105346396.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi26i6hiC-69FLG35scN4vliF_dHpRkKeFhnCZMnPplCuK8oJ4TsroquUZxpRSQMR4LuaFy-01wKj5EhrWAtkxfQ6v6vTP2UKlpDAKIuWBoFd_BlaKhzQOggQW10KwRh6rpfTXxlC_NRAO3/s640/IMG_20160906_105346396.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCZgL3XTXb_GsPTQNn1DqeNabdGw1oKpx3Mv6N6-sCTGb3M_su2CadHopuustn2CuFLgGbEsVKfBIijolcjOvXS52xdPyuv9qe9EgXvo52UmlEhurrDJu6eX7kXrSzQTk80jtnCuupBLDM/s1600/IMG_20160906_105412198.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCZgL3XTXb_GsPTQNn1DqeNabdGw1oKpx3Mv6N6-sCTGb3M_su2CadHopuustn2CuFLgGbEsVKfBIijolcjOvXS52xdPyuv9qe9EgXvo52UmlEhurrDJu6eX7kXrSzQTk80jtnCuupBLDM/s640/IMG_20160906_105412198.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP9c87Suaoo0SaYD9SdayB9Li_KIWsgfmHqyZ_7mVM0ID2cKWsBKLCwtj9n2JZL_7Xv3saJQXEUHNmP9uD9rtM_C7YeuZmZun5O240KATkuKUqH3GYZd3Rtbp-V6k1uwfuMdTL6e4Y0J89/s1600/IMG_20160906_105445848.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP9c87Suaoo0SaYD9SdayB9Li_KIWsgfmHqyZ_7mVM0ID2cKWsBKLCwtj9n2JZL_7Xv3saJQXEUHNmP9uD9rtM_C7YeuZmZun5O240KATkuKUqH3GYZd3Rtbp-V6k1uwfuMdTL6e4Y0J89/s640/IMG_20160906_105445848.jpg" width="360" /></a></div>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCwTM5iXdYPaaQqvg7JvAlhJk81v2kYUAStojrmYuuzaXPuTBVGSSHE5QeaeO7CbnNcAUcB33_rxBxeogysbzIi4Qq9hLp4rkxF_aTsij7e8xVxpdSJXpHU6MbqNNUCwQs20HuIuJCFE0Q/s1600/IMG_20160906_105458651.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCwTM5iXdYPaaQqvg7JvAlhJk81v2kYUAStojrmYuuzaXPuTBVGSSHE5QeaeO7CbnNcAUcB33_rxBxeogysbzIi4Qq9hLp4rkxF_aTsij7e8xVxpdSJXpHU6MbqNNUCwQs20HuIuJCFE0Q/s640/IMG_20160906_105458651.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here we see romas, baby romas, italian determinate, yellow pear, purple grape heirloom, brandywine heirloom, and rutger tomatoes!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzCateYjOH3rMhYoEa3NfAgfEXjFqKhLTW5Qyy4Sotq1Jbdih69PO45uNo74eo3wFdcoqn_7bV_h1m-4Fu8RPz2CWxpdU0Fes85BmSP997lW8ozHOqhEvPIjz69VW4qk3FETtnjwHpD9u6/s1600/IMG_20160906_105521374.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzCateYjOH3rMhYoEa3NfAgfEXjFqKhLTW5Qyy4Sotq1Jbdih69PO45uNo74eo3wFdcoqn_7bV_h1m-4Fu8RPz2CWxpdU0Fes85BmSP997lW8ozHOqhEvPIjz69VW4qk3FETtnjwHpD9u6/s640/IMG_20160906_105521374.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chard never disappoints. It has a long growing season and the bugs don't bug it too much.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOJE962IBz3IITKILqkl3ghbs_SJ-B4Usk0RieYEhZtloWiSLQzgkj1AbLYeRGmGowYkGNVNe1SUOYGesxd-GG_t7_oHA1BqsQ3Hhbnn_r0WL91f2TwCXq7xgM9kTDL_PfnpAHHxe2mdAp/s1600/IMG_20160906_105537455.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOJE962IBz3IITKILqkl3ghbs_SJ-B4Usk0RieYEhZtloWiSLQzgkj1AbLYeRGmGowYkGNVNe1SUOYGesxd-GG_t7_oHA1BqsQ3Hhbnn_r0WL91f2TwCXq7xgM9kTDL_PfnpAHHxe2mdAp/s640/IMG_20160906_105537455.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our pole beans of 3 varieties- emerite (Green), rattlesnake (stripey ones), and golden filet (yellowish)</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQNQKjLAazgiemFUGnhCrycQx4Nts19kqNNaa9sfOGrGUCUfVwrDWkDNRLNW8NZh-rGBnZbGaofOvQIgmUmRv0IyFT8WhBQosqgP2FLNEJsSVeEBJhumAjXlFwwD2dR1so2pmkDhnrsH_o/s1600/IMG_20160906_105547988.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQNQKjLAazgiemFUGnhCrycQx4Nts19kqNNaa9sfOGrGUCUfVwrDWkDNRLNW8NZh-rGBnZbGaofOvQIgmUmRv0IyFT8WhBQosqgP2FLNEJsSVeEBJhumAjXlFwwD2dR1so2pmkDhnrsH_o/s640/IMG_20160906_105547988.jpg" width="360" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We began to harvest beets. We should've planted more and gave them more attention. These were so good roasted. The tiny ones are a pain to deal with, so I'd really thin them better next time.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyWG6B2TKKYnspb9lt5ZAoFTPadbPRZvpBCG6MSeeYyMZrM1p6Q0SBEoKiSSWpoiRHw5v_vjN2eMm52tNQXhhoan5f6i7uP6tL1mGPkR1MW-25CVqdiZcqUyXfxB1vxHw4RZb1aEGoTd22/s1600/IMG_20160906_105613243.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyWG6B2TKKYnspb9lt5ZAoFTPadbPRZvpBCG6MSeeYyMZrM1p6Q0SBEoKiSSWpoiRHw5v_vjN2eMm52tNQXhhoan5f6i7uP6tL1mGPkR1MW-25CVqdiZcqUyXfxB1vxHw4RZb1aEGoTd22/s640/IMG_20160906_105613243.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">funny tomato</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhttrjeS-MPHVwvvVfRm7491Hs8H2k-2nL3taHoW8K8x2wiB0VtgJ4H37C-TLG6b48o6SEU-i05914dpanLrQEOPHR5to2n6tL6y9wV0EzqR5De4QaqyDleRjQiE6LY-pprt8kvqOdmjRbw/s1600/IMG_20160906_105747130.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhttrjeS-MPHVwvvVfRm7491Hs8H2k-2nL3taHoW8K8x2wiB0VtgJ4H37C-TLG6b48o6SEU-i05914dpanLrQEOPHR5to2n6tL6y9wV0EzqR5De4QaqyDleRjQiE6LY-pprt8kvqOdmjRbw/s640/IMG_20160906_105747130.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our little gardener! Harvesting her haul makes her happy!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAQuDN4zLCr1XXhsAfEldIrsBxTvxHRhkUJhkSggefjCV9PeYLHI8dHM5fExf2VvL2Av9aoZXvdNaIvS6ygqV9CiTSaSK7zB8uPwzINLgJs2TM9iUAOyQPvXDkgTNVcg7n0gWdOl43KC-v/s1600/IMG_20160906_105803747.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAQuDN4zLCr1XXhsAfEldIrsBxTvxHRhkUJhkSggefjCV9PeYLHI8dHM5fExf2VvL2Av9aoZXvdNaIvS6ygqV9CiTSaSK7zB8uPwzINLgJs2TM9iUAOyQPvXDkgTNVcg7n0gWdOl43KC-v/s640/IMG_20160906_105803747.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAA7eQQfnX3FbtxnQEGlCCMWuB67drJ1Zlun8c9K96xTY6IyLplmkpONT_B6pqqTn7kv-oDbOcP3B8B71yJS9_P2miuy0hb8__GUSDEt8B997WkWalnpp5lSnGJ5UseBSQfWhjOjjh2ljl/s1600/IMG_20160906_105855077.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAA7eQQfnX3FbtxnQEGlCCMWuB67drJ1Zlun8c9K96xTY6IyLplmkpONT_B6pqqTn7kv-oDbOcP3B8B71yJS9_P2miuy0hb8__GUSDEt8B997WkWalnpp5lSnGJ5UseBSQfWhjOjjh2ljl/s640/IMG_20160906_105855077.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Tg5xZTBBEK17-kfxL7OxPnD52n0pPtuyTvr562yDSJfPZt9tshSUTFbSqc-oU4BcIZ0Bl3pyorrNzZDXevhsNkq7oe3TxBTDFsmoC0sqHth9u9B15LH-kiYKzwB0EfSxfAzMW0H8k6so/s1600/IMG_20160906_110003885.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Tg5xZTBBEK17-kfxL7OxPnD52n0pPtuyTvr562yDSJfPZt9tshSUTFbSqc-oU4BcIZ0Bl3pyorrNzZDXevhsNkq7oe3TxBTDFsmoC0sqHth9u9B15LH-kiYKzwB0EfSxfAzMW0H8k6so/s640/IMG_20160906_110003885.jpg" width="360" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wowzers! Those brandywine tomatoes are unpredictably large.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKnuXKxhBLXA7bGhFc6-UlyChPbHeQZhfuSnqI8Mk5YE5ZAjvXXf5G_vx_OAobNeeaS66ZTVZNAzVQcMyO23BJJCX0EfnvHuJ0M80wQp0i0uY7TPFLxMDvHspMGu8ZPBD3lJaDuHFD0nvl/s1600/IMG_20160906_110021083.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKnuXKxhBLXA7bGhFc6-UlyChPbHeQZhfuSnqI8Mk5YE5ZAjvXXf5G_vx_OAobNeeaS66ZTVZNAzVQcMyO23BJJCX0EfnvHuJ0M80wQp0i0uY7TPFLxMDvHspMGu8ZPBD3lJaDuHFD0nvl/s640/IMG_20160906_110021083.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP1lKTPbanU-hdPk1hk4APDUbpRfa0UKZMvVQdYhlSmVZ8rJq6VOWa0_SeFxPeXGEtEYrmSzlXCMk9j6VHFSWgpCgr72mYhTFi7KU_6h8siAvjwhQLbs3cmHNcT3ewvL609isT7WFqbzfj/s1600/IMG_20160906_110040893.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP1lKTPbanU-hdPk1hk4APDUbpRfa0UKZMvVQdYhlSmVZ8rJq6VOWa0_SeFxPeXGEtEYrmSzlXCMk9j6VHFSWgpCgr72mYhTFi7KU_6h8siAvjwhQLbs3cmHNcT3ewvL609isT7WFqbzfj/s640/IMG_20160906_110040893.jpg" width="360" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjTCcwyCDKQoJghTLWIKe1pcDgo40mokK4YcEKl1Q3fJhYSge9xE5hKzVjDNP-Bi_01iydBoJVsECrAEoekYeZoawFm7xzEAJss5H-qcRAqToO8kKAbKTbW5f3mG8dBaOzjZAV3x99RXDT/s1600/IMG_20160906_110119769.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjTCcwyCDKQoJghTLWIKe1pcDgo40mokK4YcEKl1Q3fJhYSge9xE5hKzVjDNP-Bi_01iydBoJVsECrAEoekYeZoawFm7xzEAJss5H-qcRAqToO8kKAbKTbW5f3mG8dBaOzjZAV3x99RXDT/s640/IMG_20160906_110119769.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDTcgvwmoM2riTUXW8a_-O3cy474dgYXS3KZfSwUR0SG8fcfS3PwCgBa7TjcoPDVlv4dJbSsUI4UNojHdWWGBObhSeVW0BIEW9gxeyZgIPlGbSpWiKBlw5gSWEModLuOCnncuNCq8MIvtJ/s1600/IMG_20160909_090803728_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDTcgvwmoM2riTUXW8a_-O3cy474dgYXS3KZfSwUR0SG8fcfS3PwCgBa7TjcoPDVlv4dJbSsUI4UNojHdWWGBObhSeVW0BIEW9gxeyZgIPlGbSpWiKBlw5gSWEModLuOCnncuNCq8MIvtJ/s640/IMG_20160909_090803728_HDR.jpg" width="360" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not all our tomatoes did well. This plant had blossom end rot, and I believe a tomato horn worm as well.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJcLfgFBp2XTDjz6Ckse0VfAEfG98p4GADTiAuVq4cDdTKnzAGVga-fqSoqhZVm51pnO__LLsdeS_2FUB1e1sLvAG2qehBSJPa4RHi979M0k5UQaxXSq5BTrJQpZn1YuvkLKjdAl5B0ZRS/s1600/IMG_20160909_090822380.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJcLfgFBp2XTDjz6Ckse0VfAEfG98p4GADTiAuVq4cDdTKnzAGVga-fqSoqhZVm51pnO__LLsdeS_2FUB1e1sLvAG2qehBSJPa4RHi979M0k5UQaxXSq5BTrJQpZn1YuvkLKjdAl5B0ZRS/s640/IMG_20160909_090822380.jpg" width="360" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The plant next to it was giving us pretty tomatoes though.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzspME70goWN_bCxdChtVCYMiw_pZPAr-43cudN7VnKeR3oe8MrY2UHCMujNhpQ4MNUukHK1fsWNE_UBaW_OMsMi4qbl2tpLMUHfb6OoCv_1-mqtIaOR3dGUDcPoVgw01ofJmKob8D7lPk/s1600/IMG_20160909_090858410.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzspME70goWN_bCxdChtVCYMiw_pZPAr-43cudN7VnKeR3oe8MrY2UHCMujNhpQ4MNUukHK1fsWNE_UBaW_OMsMi4qbl2tpLMUHfb6OoCv_1-mqtIaOR3dGUDcPoVgw01ofJmKob8D7lPk/s640/IMG_20160909_090858410.jpg" width="360" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">diseased and dying</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU9yH6Y8hniysoSAYGkYANntQmRDK4xmQcNm6uTgfjtE3y2MucyhaXQqnZXQI_cOWaT3tkdZKuLUm1z2Xqew1rOd8hKZdzDinr9xZz83v8RS1q4V1yvV6kpALdtkzd6P-VVLlHpaE0OhJB/s1600/IMG_20160921_082708416.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU9yH6Y8hniysoSAYGkYANntQmRDK4xmQcNm6uTgfjtE3y2MucyhaXQqnZXQI_cOWaT3tkdZKuLUm1z2Xqew1rOd8hKZdzDinr9xZz83v8RS1q4V1yvV6kpALdtkzd6P-VVLlHpaE0OhJB/s640/IMG_20160921_082708416.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Madi and Amara head to the garden with the wagon and a box to start harvesting.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
Then, one day, the rains came down and the floods came up!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUIzsVizazQxsE-KLHaXvEy5-MxtKl-syuT4_gjvKyQvScSmpHEpZ38I9psa9xVXBHTSOEdDPrMTo-gw4wPybo9xCGrBnYCrxypFeERoKeSAzNgRXEwnrLy3tq0L6y9LMIWlGJFCb8VvnW/s1600/IMG_20160922_085431722.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUIzsVizazQxsE-KLHaXvEy5-MxtKl-syuT4_gjvKyQvScSmpHEpZ38I9psa9xVXBHTSOEdDPrMTo-gw4wPybo9xCGrBnYCrxypFeERoKeSAzNgRXEwnrLy3tq0L6y9LMIWlGJFCb8VvnW/s640/IMG_20160922_085431722.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg63bqI3-Ay-QTdJCIVW3A4nxh9mtXvRyd-1M7qpw2u1ZC3pm77vOd9nqMnwn_ADOBOZu3tz2CqbUsnTPwKRr0naahKqxNRnZZEMvNnm_0CWzgejU8mjUBTuIjpY4b7i9u0GkazdJ8pex2N/s1600/IMG_20160922_085738550.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg63bqI3-Ay-QTdJCIVW3A4nxh9mtXvRyd-1M7qpw2u1ZC3pm77vOd9nqMnwn_ADOBOZu3tz2CqbUsnTPwKRr0naahKqxNRnZZEMvNnm_0CWzgejU8mjUBTuIjpY4b7i9u0GkazdJ8pex2N/s640/IMG_20160922_085738550.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTMF6pZwJnx7VEJWP34Lch9TSwVikPcQocWuRrCkOpI7iYl4BeuRGYKcx34SbVIIKkQX1IXmErz5svMAzBy_nT4VnfZ_c1kpGtRqMggf0DlksI1fw7yhyphenhyphenctpBmemGTidSlkCBc4RcW0L_w/s1600/IMG_20160922_085835795.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTMF6pZwJnx7VEJWP34Lch9TSwVikPcQocWuRrCkOpI7iYl4BeuRGYKcx34SbVIIKkQX1IXmErz5svMAzBy_nT4VnfZ_c1kpGtRqMggf0DlksI1fw7yhyphenhyphenctpBmemGTidSlkCBc4RcW0L_w/s640/IMG_20160922_085835795.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDODZiQbwrfpK5yypaBBe3NAsnOE4Dnmg0Q2aAWFpjASb2ENRPAXs1Eu6_JZZ6dlhn6Wn3wIy7ORtogElgsl8Yz6PNt9XxLNndJdG_SCyYtieuNx8_UwOjZBG9yH2W5g1L1j-2jdJLLv-Q/s1600/IMG_20160922_095908860.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDODZiQbwrfpK5yypaBBe3NAsnOE4Dnmg0Q2aAWFpjASb2ENRPAXs1Eu6_JZZ6dlhn6Wn3wIy7ORtogElgsl8Yz6PNt9XxLNndJdG_SCyYtieuNx8_UwOjZBG9yH2W5g1L1j-2jdJLLv-Q/s640/IMG_20160922_095908860.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I thought the rain made our chicks n hens look pretty!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
All that rain called for a warm meal with all those garden veggies. Here we have crockpot chicken and veggies in a Sweet-Thai-Chile Sauce<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij3_paFYDFb-4TiVGjQKpQyP43yU1vQFph88q286XerRkUzX9bIg3pW1n7_6K-CeaVKEPAfYhJ7Wihe7s0f7QNiyMMrOSWI_WTMWa3DefnXyo9us-LA2QrYXpYOOTjaSK5951dVJ2wcBAq/s1600/IMG_20160922_100308132.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij3_paFYDFb-4TiVGjQKpQyP43yU1vQFph88q286XerRkUzX9bIg3pW1n7_6K-CeaVKEPAfYhJ7Wihe7s0f7QNiyMMrOSWI_WTMWa3DefnXyo9us-LA2QrYXpYOOTjaSK5951dVJ2wcBAq/s640/IMG_20160922_100308132.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
The weather was also cause for creating a flotation device. Lily and Amara invented this lovely ship to sail the seas in our front yard.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSCndrUbTh576bApqIwHfqaGbY7knNhCk1XYyqSCWFRX8Wy6t_Vj7iGW_dUlc7YivlBEiHib-h7QBCsMhbdHT0faE7UIwHG_s91KHisMO-PeIC1JWYURXF66GRz73l0baLBGdOGxYAZtVq/s640/IMG_20160922_134749543.jpg" width="640" /><br />
It was featured on KSL News facebook page! I had posted pics on facebook and a friend of mine asked if she could feature them on her facebook page for local news because most of the stories about the flooding in Roosevelt were depressing, but ours was a nice spin on it all. Then she gave me a link to send the pics to KSL. I did just that and 2 hours later, they were featured!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5-YEZgyeoAk0S6wuwkyfm9WvYJKVbhOHtRZW9eVpor1VepIWCkqRBTyu5Sp60TmeNy8sjl03OpkIC8EYA88OqRhpcEfq_zq24mIB3kGXXbcMkup3MiSgyfOXCoMfE5f9jfS336HGtU6Hs/s1600/IMG_20160922_134806504.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5-YEZgyeoAk0S6wuwkyfm9WvYJKVbhOHtRZW9eVpor1VepIWCkqRBTyu5Sp60TmeNy8sjl03OpkIC8EYA88OqRhpcEfq_zq24mIB3kGXXbcMkup3MiSgyfOXCoMfE5f9jfS336HGtU6Hs/s640/IMG_20160922_134806504.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigeIR9bkW3D-LJYEYbMJmWktQ48JMJgG1SNNDmqS0dA8yK2wGShLs7XWqOVBO8TawvufDVkrglCxnZlzNlPeITl95e9zSu8bxni3ELCCqeF0SFMkVEsjzrHxb0nxQ3ehkrjEgvOrGjVA9m/s1600/IMG_20160922_135057676_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigeIR9bkW3D-LJYEYbMJmWktQ48JMJgG1SNNDmqS0dA8yK2wGShLs7XWqOVBO8TawvufDVkrglCxnZlzNlPeITl95e9zSu8bxni3ELCCqeF0SFMkVEsjzrHxb0nxQ3ehkrjEgvOrGjVA9m/s640/IMG_20160922_135057676_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzkvDXOO8kbB3X9zGdU-tAwj2LUqDkYBIplgYQDJfJrTMiQzncgzN8hHkP2exuyk9-fzk097SxGx1tJkx-MeziLr9X4JYREguVmQAzUSGEt-SFf0bj1Hg7Uw_aRtDbUx5iPV6LFWQJMrHm/s1600/IMG_20160922_140406643.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzkvDXOO8kbB3X9zGdU-tAwj2LUqDkYBIplgYQDJfJrTMiQzncgzN8hHkP2exuyk9-fzk097SxGx1tJkx-MeziLr9X4JYREguVmQAzUSGEt-SFf0bj1Hg7Uw_aRtDbUx5iPV6LFWQJMrHm/s640/IMG_20160922_140406643.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigdQph2xnme_ZMBhupngEX5xKYxeY0dlC199QyBIlqoLUjW3UFrAnWKaDJhTLxVQ2iNa32zQJwf4ehnOrvC9eE9cGO6OHhqGkXqxSdgQPA0HTqGUAHIXgIMCxX5jomC3V4E5MRVdlNYg6-/s1600/IMG_20160922_140931747.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigdQph2xnme_ZMBhupngEX5xKYxeY0dlC199QyBIlqoLUjW3UFrAnWKaDJhTLxVQ2iNa32zQJwf4ehnOrvC9eE9cGO6OHhqGkXqxSdgQPA0HTqGUAHIXgIMCxX5jomC3V4E5MRVdlNYg6-/s640/IMG_20160922_140931747.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4GaRq-B47PZmUsTnI5YJb5JriKu-Jb6H9TuoNbB8Hllt35p8LkeyNR_XDfDl7txRMP3A_NO3SQv8i5n44iYpC4_zfhHU7kXCF9xavLgktUWKTeWaA1zydQIc8p38rV4nTtpdtcbMD2mF3/s1600/IMG_20160922_182642618.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4GaRq-B47PZmUsTnI5YJb5JriKu-Jb6H9TuoNbB8Hllt35p8LkeyNR_XDfDl7txRMP3A_NO3SQv8i5n44iYpC4_zfhHU7kXCF9xavLgktUWKTeWaA1zydQIc8p38rV4nTtpdtcbMD2mF3/s640/IMG_20160922_182642618.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
While it rained and rained, I used my new pressure canner to preserve 20 pints of tomatoes.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXO8VvQAGGBzNK_iehyphenhyphenMREFsbMFJPRU4yb3C755V16UASwEhrLLH9Haj6olksdgLEw3KvN5VSjVtUQydFmd6PJjKxgFHXppD02wu_JeFWlUcuJidZBKm_ZhYod1PBOE7ty9p9KTaC0ztvl/s1600/IMG_20160926_185804100.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXO8VvQAGGBzNK_iehyphenhyphenMREFsbMFJPRU4yb3C755V16UASwEhrLLH9Haj6olksdgLEw3KvN5VSjVtUQydFmd6PJjKxgFHXppD02wu_JeFWlUcuJidZBKm_ZhYod1PBOE7ty9p9KTaC0ztvl/s640/IMG_20160926_185804100.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
Our property gets flooded quite a bit whenever the snows melt or the rain pours or the sprinklers in the farmer's field above us leak. I got brave and wrote up a letter to the city council and presented it at one of their meetings. I was nervous, because I really wanted to persuade them to put in a culvert to divert water from my property, but I didn't have a lot of confidence because the secretary didn't seem to think they would rule in my favor. The day came, I gave my speech, gave them my best proposals and they agreed that something needed to be done. They couldn't tell me when, but they agreed to do something about it. Yay!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ-zmrALbGBcrR5di7l0mZBtbSDCnYEwbnl59IMcFaJxeDpNjyQxNh8phGhlBM7qIH7yP9YtFjWZYOhEmeWsXV8y4AxVAkiEUBVLcqt-SeoHNCZppLxr_iv4M4k8nO7Mq2IkCzEwnpwk0A/s1600/untitled+%25281+of+1%2529+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ-zmrALbGBcrR5di7l0mZBtbSDCnYEwbnl59IMcFaJxeDpNjyQxNh8phGhlBM7qIH7yP9YtFjWZYOhEmeWsXV8y4AxVAkiEUBVLcqt-SeoHNCZppLxr_iv4M4k8nO7Mq2IkCzEwnpwk0A/s640/untitled+%25281+of+1%2529+%25282%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
The rest of the photos in this post are a part of our photography practice in September. Many were taken and processed by my kids. <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRHLxSc24CQKv-_eTkDkPumqlM1TmS_ZSJg-k7DE-1wjdPp34jY9mTlqlU_7oHEVDIwCgPddre4t8rCLwRHDKFVhxODXAaSiNSCsf2qaBdrBIcY37T8hYPmIDhg99b5Bw0E595OoCLyjXx/s1600/untitled+%25281+of+1%2529-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRHLxSc24CQKv-_eTkDkPumqlM1TmS_ZSJg-k7DE-1wjdPp34jY9mTlqlU_7oHEVDIwCgPddre4t8rCLwRHDKFVhxODXAaSiNSCsf2qaBdrBIcY37T8hYPmIDhg99b5Bw0E595OoCLyjXx/s640/untitled+%25281+of+1%2529-3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8YVAtDmn5gvqRr-MNEQ48qZdytWRf6aTt9boQMPtbmLDrluCrUENDNWbzDCBeMk6aUmfJlmXSLFPyFrflDpH5jEq0jK094vdcVAH1X8jLJYEyCW-U4AqF3Zsq1yMphcgeKppyHGzZH406/s1600/untitled+%25284+of+6%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8YVAtDmn5gvqRr-MNEQ48qZdytWRf6aTt9boQMPtbmLDrluCrUENDNWbzDCBeMk6aUmfJlmXSLFPyFrflDpH5jEq0jK094vdcVAH1X8jLJYEyCW-U4AqF3Zsq1yMphcgeKppyHGzZH406/s640/untitled+%25284+of+6%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">P.S. our corn harvest was meager and the corn wasn't tender. I think our tough kernals problem came from cross pollination of the 2 varieties. I ended up husking and shucking it all and blending it up to make cornbread, which was tasty. The strawberry popcorn were cute kernels, which popped up fine, but they were probably the smallest little popcorns I've ever seen. They're a little hard to shuck off the cob when they've dried sufficiently, I may need to find an easier way to do it. 1/4 of the ears were being eaten by plump caterpillars. </td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiva8L_q7lpQiis-2aC6k9MPtfGfPSVlQV865-TPTlR0zbqa0j2MYGf0Y8Ef9yBvc3FTzvbFSNvtlPkwsd2W6donlKhyphenhyphenMiUKhjbSt_d6EJO9bLQeZ1_FF_duzL4eWwO-ODpCi8dO-mvJPg-/s1600/untitled+%25285+of+6%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiva8L_q7lpQiis-2aC6k9MPtfGfPSVlQV865-TPTlR0zbqa0j2MYGf0Y8Ef9yBvc3FTzvbFSNvtlPkwsd2W6donlKhyphenhyphenMiUKhjbSt_d6EJO9bLQeZ1_FF_duzL4eWwO-ODpCi8dO-mvJPg-/s640/untitled+%25285+of+6%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYDrFyTHxW0rX0H-RIFG57HZOn8c4OANNcWDCaEvPhDchY97ZNdnEZZGqzyqzL3YHb0gonnQNpiSXPQeZmhAVL2YRE0fknyZvWCRog1JBwJi14pn7Iu1v52AG7Is6HWqIGb_98ZswXehOJ/s1600/untitled-03390.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYDrFyTHxW0rX0H-RIFG57HZOn8c4OANNcWDCaEvPhDchY97ZNdnEZZGqzyqzL3YHb0gonnQNpiSXPQeZmhAVL2YRE0fknyZvWCRog1JBwJi14pn7Iu1v52AG7Is6HWqIGb_98ZswXehOJ/s640/untitled-03390.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJOITI0P3WTz2CY7lISfyJN42udItrSbKSEp6LtiUntTrF-X9s68ZzlWM9SvanSq16nesfopJznJgwct9D-xYa-U7nxxAiNNfQqxagqrrSriJ3THMo_yXUlgDjGZsOG08RB35jdZj-Ra89/s1600/untitled-03421.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJOITI0P3WTz2CY7lISfyJN42udItrSbKSEp6LtiUntTrF-X9s68ZzlWM9SvanSq16nesfopJznJgwct9D-xYa-U7nxxAiNNfQqxagqrrSriJ3THMo_yXUlgDjGZsOG08RB35jdZj-Ra89/s640/untitled-03421.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLhF6eUONGGPDFJHb0XuEkVLo87FRaGa-iC235VTXd-8yVHynIm467d7i1JpLRXcAFqBin9xEnE9S6qW8JADXdQzdlfmfjrpUUV6NsUA5xp-tedvMLJ1xevPNMRR-BuXR0OBMwi7-BVr_f/s1600/untitled-03507.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLhF6eUONGGPDFJHb0XuEkVLo87FRaGa-iC235VTXd-8yVHynIm467d7i1JpLRXcAFqBin9xEnE9S6qW8JADXdQzdlfmfjrpUUV6NsUA5xp-tedvMLJ1xevPNMRR-BuXR0OBMwi7-BVr_f/s640/untitled-03507.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />Lani Christensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10236705258105595263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477425995428575561.post-62895812265559575062017-01-24T09:37:00.000-08:002017-01-24T09:37:02.759-08:00We hatched a Monarch!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-swv9oD1I8bE/V9bTnDUBAoI/AAAAAAAAlkU/1lcyqgpap6YRD9kyJttXSga-ilWyhmmQgCPcB/s1600/20160909-DSC03117.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-swv9oD1I8bE/V9bTnDUBAoI/AAAAAAAAlkU/1lcyqgpap6YRD9kyJttXSga-ilWyhmmQgCPcB/s640/20160909-DSC03117.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
I have a friend from church who is also a homeschooling mom, and she lives by a field that has lots of milkweed. She and her kids collected some monarch caterpillars from the plants and put them in jars that they prepared for it. We were so lucky that she thought of us and brought us a chrysallis to watch a Monarch butterfly hatch. <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVxPNWjSxjqwqIwAJ6-fdwQYYlwWsKtV59shzfC3TDczGLAFQKnDNpkFgNqpmR_pE9VhFlK8Ec-QSL5D2Dm0ymgFY6V1jPbNAfgU6PHZeqormvgDaLnGhK7hsc78Dvvp53Kq06nbSCHBx-/s1600/IMG_20160911_215532464.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVxPNWjSxjqwqIwAJ6-fdwQYYlwWsKtV59shzfC3TDczGLAFQKnDNpkFgNqpmR_pE9VhFlK8Ec-QSL5D2Dm0ymgFY6V1jPbNAfgU6PHZeqormvgDaLnGhK7hsc78Dvvp53Kq06nbSCHBx-/s640/IMG_20160911_215532464.jpg" width="360" /></a></div>
We watched the chrysallis and it started to turn color one night, so we knew the event would be happening soon. During the week, we had science lessons about butterflies and Monarch migration.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxTgrcySfH8lJ-254c_epprgqRDq30MwWzRCZrBLzjLWPLTqtCto0pbXR5hWurS634SPbovU7hKDftAGDQLCXys4epT3uwKGKlVHWrxoMol0HYTM2IWGytHqah2K24lokNrQv6vq3wv-ok/s1600/IMG_20160911_215627748.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxTgrcySfH8lJ-254c_epprgqRDq30MwWzRCZrBLzjLWPLTqtCto0pbXR5hWurS634SPbovU7hKDftAGDQLCXys4epT3uwKGKlVHWrxoMol0HYTM2IWGytHqah2K24lokNrQv6vq3wv-ok/s640/IMG_20160911_215627748.jpg" width="360" /></a></div>
Then we woke up one morning and the chrysallis was blackish, but when you got close it really was transparent and you could see the butterfly folded up in there.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEoqNCGN1DbwMzI6h9kGhWQXFNBKhqUEOKE18A1olXENir-ZT3jQJIWdQaOI9ZCFN_TqyYXpknjCHSJSGHHdTuHCxrzgL_xAOOTQkrzq48XBvO7s_09piGHQNtcXLJepMitghcTqLJ1oym/s1600/20160912-DSC03185.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEoqNCGN1DbwMzI6h9kGhWQXFNBKhqUEOKE18A1olXENir-ZT3jQJIWdQaOI9ZCFN_TqyYXpknjCHSJSGHHdTuHCxrzgL_xAOOTQkrzq48XBvO7s_09piGHQNtcXLJepMitghcTqLJ1oym/s640/20160912-DSC03185.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-90GsB7wQIzM/V9bTnL8guwI/AAAAAAAAlkU/iBvN_EzV8BI19u919455Gc83nXo08qNvgCPcB/s1600/20160912-DSC03221.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-90GsB7wQIzM/V9bTnL8guwI/AAAAAAAAlkU/iBvN_EzV8BI19u919455Gc83nXo08qNvgCPcB/s640/20160912-DSC03221.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
We suspended the jar lid with the hanging chrysalis from a metal stand with popsicle sticks taped to it. Then we went to finish math. We came out 10 minutes later and the butterfly was out! We missed the jail-break! <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-p6DyXO41LZE/V9b1SjZi0CI/AAAAAAAAlo4/9gr7zaCQp4oJSBFZ6Lh5XcfBR8gG2TJpACPcB/s1600/IMG_20160912_111006580.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-p6DyXO41LZE/V9b1SjZi0CI/AAAAAAAAlo4/9gr7zaCQp4oJSBFZ6Lh5XcfBR8gG2TJpACPcB/s640/IMG_20160912_111006580.jpg" width="360" /></a></div>
Butterflies don't fly away immediately when they hatch. They need time for their wings to dry (Maybe an hour or 2), so we took turns letting the butterfly climb onto our fingers. We brought it outside so when it was ready we could let him fly.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fTgsWy8lCxI/V9b1Sh1eVVI/AAAAAAAAlo4/7Qn90F5jCBM57_sYY8HPO03_RxsoDJXOgCPcB/s1600/IMG_20160912_111022296.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fTgsWy8lCxI/V9b1Sh1eVVI/AAAAAAAAlo4/7Qn90F5jCBM57_sYY8HPO03_RxsoDJXOgCPcB/s640/IMG_20160912_111022296.jpg" width="360" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMScjxvqAWWg6kWRTh8_NI3az_UBbpujU9KNx3iVOqJ-fyJ3n9SaoTdzHRR5PRlW5TXIW5LllGb0GOf4tDecjgKM3uGF7JvtUe7JNRVBTY-dDZaY2KR6FRHx3qXVIdDEh8Jhc2JhWHA2A3/s1600/IMG_20160912_113531223.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMScjxvqAWWg6kWRTh8_NI3az_UBbpujU9KNx3iVOqJ-fyJ3n9SaoTdzHRR5PRlW5TXIW5LllGb0GOf4tDecjgKM3uGF7JvtUe7JNRVBTY-dDZaY2KR6FRHx3qXVIdDEh8Jhc2JhWHA2A3/s640/IMG_20160912_113531223.jpg" width="360" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0iiH3zGicPnRXlwquLLkDueQk3N75qd3aqMvZtDOvy7yGrobLFB1Nkc4UqXnRN-KbaGycj-pDTvlyb51P0tfsYbL6aRPhpQiuh2Rd8c7DMvtqpKnLz5giOB3reVNde7akWuTQ1pyhdXac/s1600/IMG_20160912_125019796.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0iiH3zGicPnRXlwquLLkDueQk3N75qd3aqMvZtDOvy7yGrobLFB1Nkc4UqXnRN-KbaGycj-pDTvlyb51P0tfsYbL6aRPhpQiuh2Rd8c7DMvtqpKnLz5giOB3reVNde7akWuTQ1pyhdXac/s640/IMG_20160912_125019796.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLE55gQjmqfxrX_ULOlftJybcmH7f5lQ6t7X9_7VQEAUiD5Zh5jKoTfBTb46UHtU6gAWXIvTtgwoRp7xp1QVsoL0Q6fxoyNjuS9bHcfW4Fm04Sl9vM74D4kFbork9rCnYk8sXxnc06tOz2/s1600/IMG_20160912_124946939.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLE55gQjmqfxrX_ULOlftJybcmH7f5lQ6t7X9_7VQEAUiD5Zh5jKoTfBTb46UHtU6gAWXIvTtgwoRp7xp1QVsoL0Q6fxoyNjuS9bHcfW4Fm04Sl9vM74D4kFbork9rCnYk8sXxnc06tOz2/s640/IMG_20160912_124946939.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqscJeAbB8mmaWGQTpz9kZDjHX5V9AEUifPSCiVyUFy5V5Pe2qEJGTY-QKZia1jQZdNlUPF4RuOhQwWzJjcXbajpMTdUwPOCzSrGZ2l4aijfGSnrVQidFiy9HTKE7scim16RBVEvwSDbEB/s1600/IMG_20160912_124852403.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqscJeAbB8mmaWGQTpz9kZDjHX5V9AEUifPSCiVyUFy5V5Pe2qEJGTY-QKZia1jQZdNlUPF4RuOhQwWzJjcXbajpMTdUwPOCzSrGZ2l4aijfGSnrVQidFiy9HTKE7scim16RBVEvwSDbEB/s640/IMG_20160912_124852403.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5XxZP9Prpg0Mp79sZe74YnWnW2wK_r-U6_Y-146U_odUGMAsh7h7RY2T-6zMkBlY3brDwMs-_liYw8riyq7wltgO5NN9lP5L3_K0NvhgQAvJZxdmqKcY2Ip3-D68oneyO6_vt8USivaSi/s1600/IMG_20160912_124458811.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5XxZP9Prpg0Mp79sZe74YnWnW2wK_r-U6_Y-146U_odUGMAsh7h7RY2T-6zMkBlY3brDwMs-_liYw8riyq7wltgO5NN9lP5L3_K0NvhgQAvJZxdmqKcY2Ip3-D68oneyO6_vt8USivaSi/s640/IMG_20160912_124458811.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
The butterfly began to open his wings. Open and close, open and close. We had other things to do, so we set the Monarch on a tree branch and eventually he flew away. It was so fun to have that experience of hatching a monarch!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2WLb-LOWW81K7PouKZmfRAkcsynEI6UPJB4PX0vT1ph3MZ0yKUX8jJVgKjtznlTjmZNuYfngOKhrEy927B0Ro9HOA763gF7KSx4OdgKYpgBHJP4gMANjs3HhMZo88SCN0qqrsJJyouX7s/s1600/IMG_20160912_124441371.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2WLb-LOWW81K7PouKZmfRAkcsynEI6UPJB4PX0vT1ph3MZ0yKUX8jJVgKjtznlTjmZNuYfngOKhrEy927B0Ro9HOA763gF7KSx4OdgKYpgBHJP4gMANjs3HhMZo88SCN0qqrsJJyouX7s/s640/IMG_20160912_124441371.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh85INTKd3EOuCRvSw_QOjb82ItWUlcOKjW0Bv47kPFh4a8lDhamPmKyaeYVNL4_Sv52chlS4ykrXEut1J5EkQf_HxIZr9_rUgdDqorvtjmBfusRMzx8Qijxvm6A5AjeKmEvKULrffiNwf5/s1600/20160909-DSC03117-ANIMATION.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh85INTKd3EOuCRvSw_QOjb82ItWUlcOKjW0Bv47kPFh4a8lDhamPmKyaeYVNL4_Sv52chlS4ykrXEut1J5EkQf_HxIZr9_rUgdDqorvtjmBfusRMzx8Qijxvm6A5AjeKmEvKULrffiNwf5/s640/20160909-DSC03117-ANIMATION.gif" width="640" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<br />Lani Christensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10236705258105595263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477425995428575561.post-90371942763155976352016-10-23T22:45:00.000-07:002016-10-23T22:45:16.358-07:00Admiring Family Gardens<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SaBZjsbAJQg/V6ZyniCrtHI/AAAAAAAAizw/uMTE2uHLJgU1HlDNmiON4aNH66Oio4aSQCPcB/s1600/20160727_145758.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SaBZjsbAJQg/V6ZyniCrtHI/AAAAAAAAizw/uMTE2uHLJgU1HlDNmiON4aNH66Oio4aSQCPcB/s640/20160727_145758.jpg" width="360" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Uncle Ryan and Aunt Laurel Nielson grew this amazingly tall sunflower!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tn8nyE9oCNw/V56lh5J4S4I/AAAAAAAAh1g/oONUqnbQ-IE6lSrz41gIx-LmGsxC8YCoQCPcB/s1600/IMG_20160731_192729574.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tn8nyE9oCNw/V56lh5J4S4I/AAAAAAAAh1g/oONUqnbQ-IE6lSrz41gIx-LmGsxC8YCoQCPcB/s640/IMG_20160731_192729574.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A stroll with April and Tommy down the hill into my dad's garden</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-w7Mqi82Y9jA/V56mFG84KhI/AAAAAAAAh1w/s-eZOMrA8lIYAF4csY1We4rfO9s_28K1gCPcB/s1600/IMG_20160731_192801522.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-w7Mqi82Y9jA/V56mFG84KhI/AAAAAAAAh1w/s-eZOMrA8lIYAF4csY1We4rfO9s_28K1gCPcB/s640/IMG_20160731_192801522.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This year he set up his own above ground irrigation line that he rigged with pvc pipe and hoses.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-S3ZQiZ4x2aU/V6ZynnFZW0I/AAAAAAAAizw/b_upuWERBfERm30ZmTx9UgfKuMn_s14OgCPcB/s1600/IMG_20160731_192949443.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-S3ZQiZ4x2aU/V6ZynnFZW0I/AAAAAAAAizw/b_upuWERBfERm30ZmTx9UgfKuMn_s14OgCPcB/s640/IMG_20160731_192949443.jpg" width="360" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">lots of peppers</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MFRCXEC9bss/V56mbORvG2I/AAAAAAAAh2M/5n45RMW5U18N1rF-GZqTMKS-YVYzKk3PgCPcB/s1600/IMG_20160731_193118273.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MFRCXEC9bss/V56mbORvG2I/AAAAAAAAh2M/5n45RMW5U18N1rF-GZqTMKS-YVYzKk3PgCPcB/s640/IMG_20160731_193118273.jpg" width="360" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">His tomatoes are looking good.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfWj3R_-qaXdAUBE5j0x2Tq9FVyF26R7WX2WP0PM4sCYehqZRiOUtZ0inJ7-joWL2WVCmG1ZcDc3y_05RWuyQQLfRiev95qLYiZ9VJP7F8qg_NGm-xmh1_r-5wMclsxx6KMTJUVxiAcRVb/s1600/IMG_20160731_193134732.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfWj3R_-qaXdAUBE5j0x2Tq9FVyF26R7WX2WP0PM4sCYehqZRiOUtZ0inJ7-joWL2WVCmG1ZcDc3y_05RWuyQQLfRiev95qLYiZ9VJP7F8qg_NGm-xmh1_r-5wMclsxx6KMTJUVxiAcRVb/s640/IMG_20160731_193134732.jpg" width="360" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tomatillo plants are growing too!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />Lani Christensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10236705258105595263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477425995428575561.post-55454737270542718232016-08-24T13:05:00.001-07:002016-08-24T13:05:53.688-07:00Our Mid-August Garden<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOg9JUJohbMpxrgK1YnNRo3oCWn_8-0Q_WUZJRYHbstBshiA0yyS0UgeG-zgc0n7j8C0NDekYlyvKR7wjaIahPWUkzXjE2B664aFoJv9wpgYXF7z-567x4gD-ig0CmLVeA1MZODaHZ-p4p/s1600/IMG_20160817_202229200.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOg9JUJohbMpxrgK1YnNRo3oCWn_8-0Q_WUZJRYHbstBshiA0yyS0UgeG-zgc0n7j8C0NDekYlyvKR7wjaIahPWUkzXjE2B664aFoJv9wpgYXF7z-567x4gD-ig0CmLVeA1MZODaHZ-p4p/s640/IMG_20160817_202229200.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pictured above is a box of chard leaves, a small pile of yellow and green pole beans, a sugar baby watermelon, 4 cucumbers, 1 zucchini, 1 rutger tomato, and 10 baby roma mini tomatoes. </td></tr>
</tbody></table>
When I went out to harvest on August 17, there were a few fruits of the vine to be picked. I gathered them up in a box, and brought it to the front porch where it could be appreciated. It makes everyone happy to see garden veggies.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNdqYwze27z013m6K7tHHSoNB8wPMB1mTQhb8wYofy6Yy48HR8b5M1q188cahjkmjqHKQTmmxMkbz3Oo5FjMR6LJXrPmKJu5jtck4lYXHoUT9R4jzNkrwlQckVNs3sUZfM2fPf4sTiAqEX/s1600/IMG_20160817_202348677.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNdqYwze27z013m6K7tHHSoNB8wPMB1mTQhb8wYofy6Yy48HR8b5M1q188cahjkmjqHKQTmmxMkbz3Oo5FjMR6LJXrPmKJu5jtck4lYXHoUT9R4jzNkrwlQckVNs3sUZfM2fPf4sTiAqEX/s640/IMG_20160817_202348677.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
We broke open the watermelon the next day and it seemed that it was a bit overripe. I just can't win with these things. I have no idea when to pick them. People say to look at the "true leaf" (the one closest to the vine that looks even a little different), and when it starts to wilt, the melon is ripe. Well, this melon had a true leaf that was strong and healthy, but that watermelon had been on there so long, I decided to pick it anyway, and it appears I should've picked it a couple weeks prior. So, today (Aug. 24) I went out and picked the last watermelon, which was about the same size and it looked completely white/green in side. Not even close to ripe. I really am at a loss. And now the squash bugs are taking over these too. <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKj5qxhCxvCHIX5plSfPOr2NjFh_HNZBpBDNL5GGXW08w_vOLeV5ECC96kztc71VOrTyjnw_mJqJeXgcLqOp41PgPQP3K_4ml65_XzpG0LKwhmGuxgMYI3TlcIhdvbXH4I8Bfxqy7fLdOo/s1600/IMG_3825.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKj5qxhCxvCHIX5plSfPOr2NjFh_HNZBpBDNL5GGXW08w_vOLeV5ECC96kztc71VOrTyjnw_mJqJeXgcLqOp41PgPQP3K_4ml65_XzpG0LKwhmGuxgMYI3TlcIhdvbXH4I8Bfxqy7fLdOo/s640/IMG_3825.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
I decided to document the garden one morning, so now you get to come with me on a mid-August garden tour!<br />
<br />
Here's a look at our own "cucurbit-family" patch from just outside the fence. <br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1XudBKakXh6RRi2zUpWE8F8JPbNgCawNL4Z5ui6206nOFXEfeq36Fqj2oYmXM0AZy2UbKzKVKE_W74VUr-3Yf0wu1N_JbXZFOSIjMzISoa1Bp8ixU13rbXm0mUlPzaocEl5y1fe7PB-gk/s1600/IMG_20160819_101153406.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1XudBKakXh6RRi2zUpWE8F8JPbNgCawNL4Z5ui6206nOFXEfeq36Fqj2oYmXM0AZy2UbKzKVKE_W74VUr-3Yf0wu1N_JbXZFOSIjMzISoa1Bp8ixU13rbXm0mUlPzaocEl5y1fe7PB-gk/s640/IMG_20160819_101153406.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pumpkins, Cucumbers, Sugar baby watermelon, snake and swan gourds, zucchini, more pumpkins, more cucumbers, butternut squash, and what I think is a sweet meat squash. </td></tr>
</tbody></table>
As you enter our garden gate, and look to your immediate right, you'll see our walking onions are walking. Just look at those crowns of onions at the tips bending down to touch the ground and replant the next generation. These are still so cool and so easy to grow!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKPEl8YvQ5iJZoeJf0BsciwsAhaxI-C6gWVv2L1jnao848Tug_ZkYnYXgzgHk7o6SUB9fFxijL697oHPW6xNPouhThXDis6MMptD74kgBHUZpCmuuzYSHYZBK1Tl82Ny2aBk3r7aIFzXcd/s1600/IMG_20160819_101230540.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKPEl8YvQ5iJZoeJf0BsciwsAhaxI-C6gWVv2L1jnao848Tug_ZkYnYXgzgHk7o6SUB9fFxijL697oHPW6xNPouhThXDis6MMptD74kgBHUZpCmuuzYSHYZBK1Tl82Ny2aBk3r7aIFzXcd/s640/IMG_20160819_101230540.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
Next, in the same bed, you can see our beets (3 varieties, one being obscured by the leafy chard), chard, and chives (and parsley from last year that has gone to seed.) Every plant here looks happy and healthy.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSIle37qrHNmjxHluF_yls1EKw2il8phmo1BrrmQzNPwMVMf4lJp5S72EUgz4L7bujs_kvZyZOdMgdnWmwtO7jN8ZkeJLRE_2zYx65YTzdtRql8Fl3KASwrTSTumfhj7tBGerKDqhqe3Cf/s1600/IMG_20160819_101245956.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSIle37qrHNmjxHluF_yls1EKw2il8phmo1BrrmQzNPwMVMf4lJp5S72EUgz4L7bujs_kvZyZOdMgdnWmwtO7jN8ZkeJLRE_2zYx65YTzdtRql8Fl3KASwrTSTumfhj7tBGerKDqhqe3Cf/s640/IMG_20160819_101245956.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
Then you turn around and take a closer look at the cucurbit-family patch only to be admitted to the horror show. <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtGR8d03zkS1fAsipfjTmLp0pAtoWeFLMB__NtkQ7Is79hSsEbGk0MsQUU51YCCG-GuAqaYeUDQ0YqtywvTcGZlUazom6qdJ5Bp7kc3dnTowr734XrSrIj_AxLse8WQpLBCkzVpRxMs6HL/s1600/IMG_20160819_101305676.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtGR8d03zkS1fAsipfjTmLp0pAtoWeFLMB__NtkQ7Is79hSsEbGk0MsQUU51YCCG-GuAqaYeUDQ0YqtywvTcGZlUazom6qdJ5Bp7kc3dnTowr734XrSrIj_AxLse8WQpLBCkzVpRxMs6HL/s640/IMG_20160819_101305676.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
This poor area of our garden has been under attack and is losing the fight against the squash bugs.<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJia_MRChrKnNK34_8kyfcrX9MQVVVqd4bh6lbD-nS27bL6gPR0iBFGamvQWe5CsVXMjbxg5NYSCdYaNZSbN3jpwpUVC7QKHqwRKG3tbDY_jc47vXFQTXdzWtnQwS-NTXhAbQNOHQFflrT/s1600/IMG_20160819_101315038.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJia_MRChrKnNK34_8kyfcrX9MQVVVqd4bh6lbD-nS27bL6gPR0iBFGamvQWe5CsVXMjbxg5NYSCdYaNZSbN3jpwpUVC7QKHqwRKG3tbDY_jc47vXFQTXdzWtnQwS-NTXhAbQNOHQFflrT/s640/IMG_20160819_101315038.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Poor pumpkin plant</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
I believe it is the attacking bugs that has caused our pumpkins to turn orange so early. I think it's early, anyway.<br />
<br />
The cucumbers and melons haven't been hit as hard, but the bugs are there as well. It's nice to see some fruit on the vines amid the terrifying infestation beneath the leaves.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwgQ4SkqEN75_Ntz34LelEjpcxkGZO_XA254iqCVX5sPhDg8XJBVtp6okyqrEA2iIaoDBvb1CPhIdXV5cp_KuV9SpSvCUVVinXyjnpLkRT7NQfJMf8ZgXbICpJMpfhpxIRBNyAf2B4ORJo/s1600/IMG_20160819_101339410.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwgQ4SkqEN75_Ntz34LelEjpcxkGZO_XA254iqCVX5sPhDg8XJBVtp6okyqrEA2iIaoDBvb1CPhIdXV5cp_KuV9SpSvCUVVinXyjnpLkRT7NQfJMf8ZgXbICpJMpfhpxIRBNyAf2B4ORJo/s640/IMG_20160819_101339410.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
This is our first year growing snake and swan gourds. The plant has really taken off in the last month and is fun to watch. It is taking over any space it can find. The leaves are soft and velvety.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYjHyScTv4uNxYozUgFWEEcYPKmWJPFeMuOY3UaeYCo1TQ1z0FljAWxA7g3AAaJNLg8aoLDmjRlU4NUeStHAHgNozRH51oHiNFIUs2n6iM9SIXkPVW373sKUFhkQJwZg2TBkFIT8wxyeJ9/s1600/IMG_20160819_101432191.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYjHyScTv4uNxYozUgFWEEcYPKmWJPFeMuOY3UaeYCo1TQ1z0FljAWxA7g3AAaJNLg8aoLDmjRlU4NUeStHAHgNozRH51oHiNFIUs2n6iM9SIXkPVW373sKUFhkQJwZg2TBkFIT8wxyeJ9/s640/IMG_20160819_101432191.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
The gourds are getting big!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVSNagOlcnoAk8vXjsWLX40wG7a-JQQkRT9DhbZrnNOivoVnrXMh0IjhkxqG28uDHzIWEhp64AWUdkSmPxRkFaptAL47jDGUFkvv47UVtWSrg2VBBH0ga-s0VL6bxv0dgqj-SvImltfLkS/s1600/IMG_20160819_101454130.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVSNagOlcnoAk8vXjsWLX40wG7a-JQQkRT9DhbZrnNOivoVnrXMh0IjhkxqG28uDHzIWEhp64AWUdkSmPxRkFaptAL47jDGUFkvv47UVtWSrg2VBBH0ga-s0VL6bxv0dgqj-SvImltfLkS/s640/IMG_20160819_101454130.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
Our butternut squash just doesn't look good. We have 3 weak squash on a sad, dying vine.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhQ1i9VRJTiCmDHPhgmBMS13FoZ4qLW-pmIiTukwnuSH_C3F801ii6fnP4FJR5SOHXpYNuR-owQqWLcjP6MEX2Zzb49TSSDhKa-TO8gIM7bSXGi0lZUJSnSIlFb4YfIz066VUSk8wYaSyK/s1600/IMG_20160819_101518232.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhQ1i9VRJTiCmDHPhgmBMS13FoZ4qLW-pmIiTukwnuSH_C3F801ii6fnP4FJR5SOHXpYNuR-owQqWLcjP6MEX2Zzb49TSSDhKa-TO8gIM7bSXGi0lZUJSnSIlFb4YfIz066VUSk8wYaSyK/s640/IMG_20160819_101518232.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
The cucumber leaves are beginning to look unhealthy, but we're still getting cucumbers and new growth.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1VkXbq17A6PrvVkMWUoPF6CM-_rfZX8ny6S6HnT2ZxUd6d9zuj91PSBfhWPOwdVRWM0QyBqQ-dTrnbXrKLU2RVqnEaWcg1xvNNB2rP5xhDa0T3YseOGhwTcb7VBJo1dXcMam7lQW0mMrZ/s1600/IMG_20160819_101546027.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1VkXbq17A6PrvVkMWUoPF6CM-_rfZX8ny6S6HnT2ZxUd6d9zuj91PSBfhWPOwdVRWM0QyBqQ-dTrnbXrKLU2RVqnEaWcg1xvNNB2rP5xhDa0T3YseOGhwTcb7VBJo1dXcMam7lQW0mMrZ/s640/IMG_20160819_101546027.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg892hef9wU3EL4mYw8wkdhY9oodegn1K-UJrZz0BZkO93Z3gSI4hlZJhsvfEKcSSvTrbdyIjMwAWR-l1QXHNnSKuwIMLWoPsFKVfcFA7O6KmYlrN5LLNE2i4AVn_WA3NkjgZsdcAI4yqrl/s1600/IMG_20160819_101613857.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg892hef9wU3EL4mYw8wkdhY9oodegn1K-UJrZz0BZkO93Z3gSI4hlZJhsvfEKcSSvTrbdyIjMwAWR-l1QXHNnSKuwIMLWoPsFKVfcFA7O6KmYlrN5LLNE2i4AVn_WA3NkjgZsdcAI4yqrl/s640/IMG_20160819_101613857.jpg" width="360" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This pumpkin plant got really big. I've had to train the vines to wrap around the plant just to keep it from wandering outside the fence. We have quite a few pumpkins on the plant, but I can see the squash bugs here too.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSLc00Zdj23aUzC9Rz3rwlmrmgqX3WilsgiYM8Rr8bsZhkR0G-ehwgBrLdEImb-B_8IvrLMimSZ4KnvqkV-AO2jwxMUiKrafVDGASgbdxl53ZE3QoEUB8sFV9sMoa4POi7JpvK-GYSS42H/s1600/IMG_20160819_101739975.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSLc00Zdj23aUzC9Rz3rwlmrmgqX3WilsgiYM8Rr8bsZhkR0G-ehwgBrLdEImb-B_8IvrLMimSZ4KnvqkV-AO2jwxMUiKrafVDGASgbdxl53ZE3QoEUB8sFV9sMoa4POi7JpvK-GYSS42H/s640/IMG_20160819_101739975.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our zucchini didn't get picked for 2 weeks while we were gone, and gave us 6 gigantic zucchinis. Then it took a couple weeks before it started producing again.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
On your way out of the cucurbit-family patch, you'll probably ignore the hidden strawberries among the patch of weeds that we haven't gotten around to pulling yet.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg02zzS-V935mUl4o0DXd5URyqigMN9TtgXJ1tlW-6xb3l8jDKJ7zT_ZEHpNh4KADoYeWTyBRoeun2ivB7RHJg4CTyLaQaYhYUiGsknY6VRl7qfZcPbOwM5pUzRSuQnZ51yKPIwGeLF2UmP/s1600/IMG_20160819_101800581.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg02zzS-V935mUl4o0DXd5URyqigMN9TtgXJ1tlW-6xb3l8jDKJ7zT_ZEHpNh4KADoYeWTyBRoeun2ivB7RHJg4CTyLaQaYhYUiGsknY6VRl7qfZcPbOwM5pUzRSuQnZ51yKPIwGeLF2UmP/s640/IMG_20160819_101800581.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
Our tomatoes are doing both good and bad. We have a roma plant with blossom end rot, and an heirloom tomato plant wilting with some disease, I'm guessing. Other than that, there are lots of green tomatoes plumping up for the pickins!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsvXhPZhvGZceifrqIHaKPSHlKAwSMan3D0FdzTMf_Nri-UFg-Cf5G4ljknAdRcaNsFBcA5q_H21G4zaNhUgW6fp30AAxFgRj27wW7GLMInkKPx5s2upm_6RYD5w2U7CwtetGXA3ldb0Hv/s1600/IMG_20160819_101808496.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsvXhPZhvGZceifrqIHaKPSHlKAwSMan3D0FdzTMf_Nri-UFg-Cf5G4ljknAdRcaNsFBcA5q_H21G4zaNhUgW6fp30AAxFgRj27wW7GLMInkKPx5s2upm_6RYD5w2U7CwtetGXA3ldb0Hv/s640/IMG_20160819_101808496.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggX28S8vHDUUYqMGI_ShpbmoabV_8edu2caz8-_UdWa596izIXpLKVKk_mnCUHUGIN07sGMJTw3MmDFletCcbbamH-bPi9QyyW1gV9KJe_LzhAr9Hf4Phaf4iPL3m4vHnp4Vw9iQAx_zHi/s1600/IMG_20160819_101828787.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggX28S8vHDUUYqMGI_ShpbmoabV_8edu2caz8-_UdWa596izIXpLKVKk_mnCUHUGIN07sGMJTw3MmDFletCcbbamH-bPi9QyyW1gV9KJe_LzhAr9Hf4Phaf4iPL3m4vHnp4Vw9iQAx_zHi/s640/IMG_20160819_101828787.jpg" width="360" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blossom-end rot on a roma tomato</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Our cabbages look about how I expected. They are very leaf-eaten, but are starting to grow heads, finally. I'm hoping they'll do a little better with fall close at hand.<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnfnh3E6b6xRsQ0-gE3V04pmjoWuIRVRhd1maBjC4fLNnG1Ji6TwubrbQMiw4_E4hst18CHkEnowjrEnp2RuDBLsajzYVQUdi-i0JY475CzoCK0NPpiVWrurJsuohACAr8VAXB_SDGxI63/s1600/IMG_20160819_101837477.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnfnh3E6b6xRsQ0-gE3V04pmjoWuIRVRhd1maBjC4fLNnG1Ji6TwubrbQMiw4_E4hst18CHkEnowjrEnp2RuDBLsajzYVQUdi-i0JY475CzoCK0NPpiVWrurJsuohACAr8VAXB_SDGxI63/s640/IMG_20160819_101837477.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2 varieties of cabbage- Flat Dutch and Golden Acre.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5L_EZ7T39mqMI39OeEg5tovxAtn9NabbzkFluPlNkYLdAfxgQR8IGWvCaRnZaN4kSWdHykgOjSz5Q4bWWvyLkMICnHlCG-j45On50c-4Xa4saJcOJdlpYrp3AiYaXHtvD02rPtcow10po/s1600/IMG_20160819_101846348.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5L_EZ7T39mqMI39OeEg5tovxAtn9NabbzkFluPlNkYLdAfxgQR8IGWvCaRnZaN4kSWdHykgOjSz5Q4bWWvyLkMICnHlCG-j45On50c-4Xa4saJcOJdlpYrp3AiYaXHtvD02rPtcow10po/s640/IMG_20160819_101846348.jpg" width="360" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We have 9 cabbage plants in all.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
At the back, our new garden addition is really looking pretty with the green plants growing up.<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmCvjc6a9wZqK2pFJR4zQc1wEa2yT_yldFAva-9ufA68cf3cvLkztMUWR41FcwejNKRaCWC4Zb1ifZmaIdA1pnu-Q69YZMZK2EJlVOuOUDdXGcjzbetDweteN4piQQqo0oZlYjQIiR54JJ/s1600/IMG_20160819_101855648.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmCvjc6a9wZqK2pFJR4zQc1wEa2yT_yldFAva-9ufA68cf3cvLkztMUWR41FcwejNKRaCWC4Zb1ifZmaIdA1pnu-Q69YZMZK2EJlVOuOUDdXGcjzbetDweteN4piQQqo0oZlYjQIiR54JJ/s640/IMG_20160819_101855648.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From front to back you see 2 rows of lima beans (for Tame Dame #2), 2 rows of peppers (perhaps some of the smallest plants you've ever seen), 2 rows of red onions, and 2 rows of potatoes (Yukon gold, and purple potatoes). </td></tr>
</tbody></table>
The left side of our garden addition features our 4 varieties of filet pole beans, and 3 varieties of corn. I love the way the beans climb their pole pyramids. <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjauElBBGoe_fTDv81r-e7k4r-MYCTONnpIEEdvKokVWrLZMc40o5aGbPTC-HEl0R7iV2IguRbwt1QxRTcZDCY6HfehKzN7VVKZXl1K3hz4gWrzGWwimezTdaFptwp2ud2x7PfIMLFL8NQ3/s1600/IMG_20160819_101859570.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjauElBBGoe_fTDv81r-e7k4r-MYCTONnpIEEdvKokVWrLZMc40o5aGbPTC-HEl0R7iV2IguRbwt1QxRTcZDCY6HfehKzN7VVKZXl1K3hz4gWrzGWwimezTdaFptwp2ud2x7PfIMLFL8NQ3/s640/IMG_20160819_101859570.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
We have a silly pineapple tomatillo plant volunteer that seems happy and healthy.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgatv8H5q3m6l-5WOC53pSWvuufRGpDAwJaZ64-DEngAMXhpWE39CD0DQ2Oe_ddjH5wfoJzK3GiHRtTRmkDbzDBNI3TjxYbkH5J_0p04bahZ5CF3l0Gs3XUbGDxrUT0yOtOFdPG6ezsWn3p/s1600/IMG_20160819_101904398.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgatv8H5q3m6l-5WOC53pSWvuufRGpDAwJaZ64-DEngAMXhpWE39CD0DQ2Oe_ddjH5wfoJzK3GiHRtTRmkDbzDBNI3TjxYbkH5J_0p04bahZ5CF3l0Gs3XUbGDxrUT0yOtOFdPG6ezsWn3p/s640/IMG_20160819_101904398.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
The carrot bed is beautiful to behold. So full and frondy!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjzD3gTM_lOfhk_IWjqYwIkYx-1qXYNaipL_6SQ2eAVCJC7GcGqdW4shwpW83HyE3jv4Ge5ZgO3yDrBApA6ZZanwCs3r5EvfXz_hZ8EuqERQAGCcJqMiehHclN3IFyoKgREBGDIeREdjZt/s1600/IMG_20160819_101911134.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjzD3gTM_lOfhk_IWjqYwIkYx-1qXYNaipL_6SQ2eAVCJC7GcGqdW4shwpW83HyE3jv4Ge5ZgO3yDrBApA6ZZanwCs3r5EvfXz_hZ8EuqERQAGCcJqMiehHclN3IFyoKgREBGDIeREdjZt/s640/IMG_20160819_101911134.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
Parsnips are pulling through, too. <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiI7EDW9y0rzr9VZmHO8z3KVkdbYLrsAvQETXl5QZ07b_T_kUDRtpRIqI53GXf8VzPnm3zPsfWVAwkdUQ8NbUBEMZEo0tE0Y6ptAs0BFAJXKrmpn0hx2AdwD3j1yUNQqUcPU3w9H7_Y2Y4/s1600/IMG_20160819_101924703.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiI7EDW9y0rzr9VZmHO8z3KVkdbYLrsAvQETXl5QZ07b_T_kUDRtpRIqI53GXf8VzPnm3zPsfWVAwkdUQ8NbUBEMZEo0tE0Y6ptAs0BFAJXKrmpn0hx2AdwD3j1yUNQqUcPU3w9H7_Y2Y4/s640/IMG_20160819_101924703.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
Now, back to the tomatoes. I've found some of our favorite brandywine tomatoes growing on thick vines. <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVyMBEQa6YCr-FQQtLi6uIjWgScDAaAunSDfiakWMRbhUnemnFgMn23kKLGw3W43V0pwohtleZoSPjaWZvZCsjzbtImk8Wjml2CqQ6i8MCVtLKGqOz_NeWGFiIFpg4RjW6f-qU9ZoRivdM/s1600/IMG_20160819_101939779.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVyMBEQa6YCr-FQQtLi6uIjWgScDAaAunSDfiakWMRbhUnemnFgMn23kKLGw3W43V0pwohtleZoSPjaWZvZCsjzbtImk8Wjml2CqQ6i8MCVtLKGqOz_NeWGFiIFpg4RjW6f-qU9ZoRivdM/s640/IMG_20160819_101939779.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
The varieties of little tomatoes seem to be doing really well.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJjKx_ivPCQh4ey9T0BppWHfsv0af0Q3mJg2h84ib53iw3iuBIcjWMUXRlUlZRkwYgrzJMSCvrDZov41-hwicXjx2QjaRqi4l0bn-r9f0o9ywO1yHBDy54vvRxQNeVvOBA46dOG4UxmW-j/s1600/IMG_20160819_102009131.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJjKx_ivPCQh4ey9T0BppWHfsv0af0Q3mJg2h84ib53iw3iuBIcjWMUXRlUlZRkwYgrzJMSCvrDZov41-hwicXjx2QjaRqi4l0bn-r9f0o9ywO1yHBDy54vvRxQNeVvOBA46dOG4UxmW-j/s640/IMG_20160819_102009131.jpg" width="360" /></a></div>
<br />
They're the first ripe tomatoes we've had.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoe1l7fgUgJc8COAOwhZGG4ov8vKx1H_z3hLfzX-eI142kg3Elc9e8_UFAkSlpUDgcpfGUnxdi-xSox6Wl1DxUpHlKz6ettPc7Fr18poJ3HfaMw5EHyNo1P8VTxzGHFnz7z-C-IG0-1oWs/s1600/IMG_20160819_102030915.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoe1l7fgUgJc8COAOwhZGG4ov8vKx1H_z3hLfzX-eI142kg3Elc9e8_UFAkSlpUDgcpfGUnxdi-xSox6Wl1DxUpHlKz6ettPc7Fr18poJ3HfaMw5EHyNo1P8VTxzGHFnz7z-C-IG0-1oWs/s640/IMG_20160819_102030915.jpg" width="360" /></a></div>
<br />
Now, turn back around, and you'll see our first rattlesnake pole bean hanging down and ready for the pickins.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrGXGYh_HI_5QfI5E-HJLZJERAxI0E1cWwuCHzAFAxVJhnVx3ZwCN7x1qt4DQmD7xImjB8fo0aQjUYl2pk_9FiEO9RGSF7lWKZEooyy1w9B69-cX3XtlW-atpLMcsUfVgnpsrCsTA-0LTy/s1600/IMG_20160819_102139509.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrGXGYh_HI_5QfI5E-HJLZJERAxI0E1cWwuCHzAFAxVJhnVx3ZwCN7x1qt4DQmD7xImjB8fo0aQjUYl2pk_9FiEO9RGSF7lWKZEooyy1w9B69-cX3XtlW-atpLMcsUfVgnpsrCsTA-0LTy/s640/IMG_20160819_102139509.jpg" width="360" /></a></div>
The green emerite pole beans have proven to be yummy, tender, and pretty.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjapZBdBz1vxZ3XPDAmP7Qipa1e_Hmm6Q6tOmNgG0TywBKb-Cm2QUNO0xG7LqhuVrsAAp9NeVCtjsHDqFegFAhDlfzdetB_h4m0DoEzje5XpFYBEpxTx8LayZijd6dAzL0gP5PVdrBTaqjh/s1600/IMG_20160819_102213684.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjapZBdBz1vxZ3XPDAmP7Qipa1e_Hmm6Q6tOmNgG0TywBKb-Cm2QUNO0xG7LqhuVrsAAp9NeVCtjsHDqFegFAhDlfzdetB_h4m0DoEzje5XpFYBEpxTx8LayZijd6dAzL0gP5PVdrBTaqjh/s640/IMG_20160819_102213684.jpg" width="360" /></a></div>
The yellow pole beans are the easiest to find. They look like a bunch of little J's.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf8oTdrZAevhGpIzBVLXNHJozQrpeHaYQqWXhF1Dat_lDJk6kMXHCePzAitZC8TcxzG9ur4RAYbFHCrnUJ2aopUAVbzySwqIDMfINIOcRyaJWwSTApnkSji9R8UB6nl-GFDQllp798PwOJ/s1600/IMG_20160819_102228974.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf8oTdrZAevhGpIzBVLXNHJozQrpeHaYQqWXhF1Dat_lDJk6kMXHCePzAitZC8TcxzG9ur4RAYbFHCrnUJ2aopUAVbzySwqIDMfINIOcRyaJWwSTApnkSji9R8UB6nl-GFDQllp798PwOJ/s640/IMG_20160819_102228974.jpg" width="360" /></a></div>
<br />
We have 6 bamboo pyramids of pole beans. Some poles didn't get any vines to climb them, and some got several. Weird.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC73J3V7GpIjgVdGfAyjU8uuhTRYLABpwmbXjliPw_H3Ud38VZ9eNA3UxNx1PgcfdjSnpZTSIlgUKl03YlAbPrZn5fpxaqSXcqmGLzXJQjLrlnN1wXAej4wqFJZbA2lN8mteGxl4gkMS9R/s1600/IMG_20160819_102240689.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC73J3V7GpIjgVdGfAyjU8uuhTRYLABpwmbXjliPw_H3Ud38VZ9eNA3UxNx1PgcfdjSnpZTSIlgUKl03YlAbPrZn5fpxaqSXcqmGLzXJQjLrlnN1wXAej4wqFJZbA2lN8mteGxl4gkMS9R/s640/IMG_20160819_102240689.jpg" width="360" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3vUHrBQLFgUn9a9MOTFy1rSTn3rxF0vL_vhTc2ZhmQDOiDvj_DzDduzKkijJOe4riXXeHoVy5sp6BTAi-lpabazS6HlEWcKNmEoJFs4A2R_VYOZBxXx3mhAm5DOfTkLBSwbsK91T8Yvn6/s1600/IMG_20160819_102302899.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3vUHrBQLFgUn9a9MOTFy1rSTn3rxF0vL_vhTc2ZhmQDOiDvj_DzDduzKkijJOe4riXXeHoVy5sp6BTAi-lpabazS6HlEWcKNmEoJFs4A2R_VYOZBxXx3mhAm5DOfTkLBSwbsK91T8Yvn6/s640/IMG_20160819_102302899.jpg" width="360" /></a></div>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt2U6oP8uEi8j9rIRikrTp0PiiE7iqBBSCPKd5qkuL5IX9vd7pzYCs9FujoWw7_uG6dHSm4oBd4wPNdQgIuzxxzV8rmYxtolSrAeSSlK44G9OvH-OJUSyLdisUKrxWJfbo8jt4W2svk6Id/s1600/IMG_20160819_102314210.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt2U6oP8uEi8j9rIRikrTp0PiiE7iqBBSCPKd5qkuL5IX9vd7pzYCs9FujoWw7_uG6dHSm4oBd4wPNdQgIuzxxzV8rmYxtolSrAeSSlK44G9OvH-OJUSyLdisUKrxWJfbo8jt4W2svk6Id/s640/IMG_20160819_102314210.jpg" width="360" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The lima beans are a bush bean and should start producing soon. I see flowers.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
I did miracle grow the tiny pepper plants in hopes of taller, healthier plants. I think it worked, but I need to do it more often.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJpNgY3dPq2iSMgdaB9B9J390IfojiC7kGiruRPB0rt-LRiwoUiquecaMO8_t-SmxvqhcDERdsGsSSxIUGBk5dWbApboQEOgBVgwd6cr67pYMtl5oGfNF1bR-J1ot0o-Ns8UjQg3cFzRj0/s1600/IMG_20160819_102421484.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJpNgY3dPq2iSMgdaB9B9J390IfojiC7kGiruRPB0rt-LRiwoUiquecaMO8_t-SmxvqhcDERdsGsSSxIUGBk5dWbApboQEOgBVgwd6cr67pYMtl5oGfNF1bR-J1ot0o-Ns8UjQg3cFzRj0/s640/IMG_20160819_102421484.jpg" width="360" /></a></div>
It appears that I planted about half my pepper plants as jalapenos. Looks like we'll be having jalapeno jelly this fall.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbbgLZL3Fx5PXcCLzgyV0SOg2B96tmBhcy7iVREnkdpgiiWFSd7gRi7MQ0RDBkOiTT_bsNzY9tcjkh4E7l_eVYpoJJqK0dtghc4Wdu0nSbaBTP3L8RyIkhiU0rr69y3D57G31EQsx1KCKM/s1600/IMG_20160819_102504782.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbbgLZL3Fx5PXcCLzgyV0SOg2B96tmBhcy7iVREnkdpgiiWFSd7gRi7MQ0RDBkOiTT_bsNzY9tcjkh4E7l_eVYpoJJqK0dtghc4Wdu0nSbaBTP3L8RyIkhiU0rr69y3D57G31EQsx1KCKM/s640/IMG_20160819_102504782.jpg" width="360" /></a></div>
<br />
This is the first time I planted onions from sets. I sorta expected them to be bigger than this by now. I wonder if we're just going to have small onions.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4aRCKSQYIj73DYXarskPK3FuhXPSb15w9mTRGmQxt6tJqiCTKJ10CSRTASFPSL3KW14gbPU2cLc08aBahCCPvMdYxfCMDtFMpJXLJqK61CaKErYkE971swgHRahQ4EZeKAbHgcvkryHHb/s1600/IMG_20160819_102522640.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4aRCKSQYIj73DYXarskPK3FuhXPSb15w9mTRGmQxt6tJqiCTKJ10CSRTASFPSL3KW14gbPU2cLc08aBahCCPvMdYxfCMDtFMpJXLJqK61CaKErYkE971swgHRahQ4EZeKAbHgcvkryHHb/s640/IMG_20160819_102522640.jpg" width="360" /></a></div>
<br />
The purple potatoes are flowering up beautifully. The yukons aren't at all.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1LlOh7QSpjFqG7UIAzvGoXoPvsodapOSazo2ffGDJezaITNm_zPSmHJaoTG5LzviDoJHze8yzuUS1VnSNz9l45h5MvIn-Wi5AiFZJwPHCX5cFPgetUcRIDlS7POff0VRZWMji6jSqf1QW/s1600/IMG_20160819_102539997.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1LlOh7QSpjFqG7UIAzvGoXoPvsodapOSazo2ffGDJezaITNm_zPSmHJaoTG5LzviDoJHze8yzuUS1VnSNz9l45h5MvIn-Wi5AiFZJwPHCX5cFPgetUcRIDlS7POff0VRZWMji6jSqf1QW/s640/IMG_20160819_102539997.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
In fact, the Yukons look like they're dying back already.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4J8ee5JsbWwN3S8-KV_kguBK-YRVaI4G_naecSP1nSqcgzPerGiubWNOy_nQ1Ojy_CZPMREGu17juD2lCNxqXol1Q6m3gCfICdNe52AUGpRFqvSD9pNQyVnwfDxUtopk3vsEEhn5vRuUn/s1600/IMG_20160819_102609763.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4J8ee5JsbWwN3S8-KV_kguBK-YRVaI4G_naecSP1nSqcgzPerGiubWNOy_nQ1Ojy_CZPMREGu17juD2lCNxqXol1Q6m3gCfICdNe52AUGpRFqvSD9pNQyVnwfDxUtopk3vsEEhn5vRuUn/s640/IMG_20160819_102609763.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
The corn is tasseling. The 3 varieties were supposed to grow at different intervals and tassel out about 2 weeks apart, but that's not what they're doing. The strongest stalk of every variety has begun to tassel out at the same time. That's probably bad news for our strawberry popcorn, but only time will tell.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8IDS7DFwjXCztNHutDWdoOJYIY0eCc7Q8U4KXNkZ2TMN8QQc49xMYMJ4rr_HaqJkW_-zZAj0Ohwd72Qs5SBkG-LBWaMYHyVw0RLO7uzaDj3MeaLAM1fLo3iAiEAwto-HC-sMM9wSbWdHq/s1600/IMG_20160819_102719942.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8IDS7DFwjXCztNHutDWdoOJYIY0eCc7Q8U4KXNkZ2TMN8QQc49xMYMJ4rr_HaqJkW_-zZAj0Ohwd72Qs5SBkG-LBWaMYHyVw0RLO7uzaDj3MeaLAM1fLo3iAiEAwto-HC-sMM9wSbWdHq/s640/IMG_20160819_102719942.jpg" width="360" /></a></div>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3_lLdViwwpnbI7PLDs_0bqOkV_QmKLhjYpioBi7c5ffn9jVyeXBQxK6IUsD38mfftgJE3D7l4Lq6ra4M4jb70UNjVYHgxUpGnMZ2ebcb19L-jdXL72S7eK9NwxmOF7RPUfzZYDbq-CfC6/s1600/IMG_20160819_102746280.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3_lLdViwwpnbI7PLDs_0bqOkV_QmKLhjYpioBi7c5ffn9jVyeXBQxK6IUsD38mfftgJE3D7l4Lq6ra4M4jb70UNjVYHgxUpGnMZ2ebcb19L-jdXL72S7eK9NwxmOF7RPUfzZYDbq-CfC6/s640/IMG_20160819_102746280.jpg" width="360" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pretty corn tassels.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1IN4qHzeFLdB9VXx8drUI9PhLy1WKCQpQSQjZVnYtqerGSYspMABDOgzAFdaaxHGQjm5JcFI32PWCdL4IwliQ_lYwaJelZpcmGy_nnwCy3hV0zdmcBRQd_tBQzl081KK_YlV1MBv2X-IZ/s1600/IMG_20160819_102843650.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1IN4qHzeFLdB9VXx8drUI9PhLy1WKCQpQSQjZVnYtqerGSYspMABDOgzAFdaaxHGQjm5JcFI32PWCdL4IwliQ_lYwaJelZpcmGy_nnwCy3hV0zdmcBRQd_tBQzl081KK_YlV1MBv2X-IZ/s640/IMG_20160819_102843650.jpg" width="360" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Love how this onion curled over and is blossoming on the ground.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH9m9YghTUs680fsuYPY3XQVkHxjXI3pYCs9tO7ek0YMcSbJvo0tJ_MS9ZI0GW9H3wS0HvVisqRv2Ws7AXrBEKGbdcKhjkK7D0f4MZKsPZx-Z6kiPF2YS_f-Yb3WP0VFekhwLfJacMhwLk/s1600/IMG_20160819_102935212.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH9m9YghTUs680fsuYPY3XQVkHxjXI3pYCs9tO7ek0YMcSbJvo0tJ_MS9ZI0GW9H3wS0HvVisqRv2Ws7AXrBEKGbdcKhjkK7D0f4MZKsPZx-Z6kiPF2YS_f-Yb3WP0VFekhwLfJacMhwLk/s640/IMG_20160819_102935212.jpg" width="360" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The onions don't look very bulby. </td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
I found a volunteer sugar baby watermelon in the corn patch. Maybe I'll be able to pick this one when it's ripe.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzgDeF50gTVHpQsxSuGgkZV4z2kiiTHPGNL7r9Rix8f8T1Ir7Ou58DzCUP68cjNVyf4EWdd8XKdGZ8oJtsNH_cnr77WXrSkfauGlESB36p5H33QaHCSmbK7ObXIMcxYIu104BhxFTxsWFw/s1600/IMG_20160819_103021330.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzgDeF50gTVHpQsxSuGgkZV4z2kiiTHPGNL7r9Rix8f8T1Ir7Ou58DzCUP68cjNVyf4EWdd8XKdGZ8oJtsNH_cnr77WXrSkfauGlESB36p5H33QaHCSmbK7ObXIMcxYIu104BhxFTxsWFw/s640/IMG_20160819_103021330.jpg" width="360" /></a></div>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlJxevcDqMEeokRCk-gTNwJZyn9bFmxLYaVvmL8flZA8Tnzt7RJjS7LPMnN6gN_w-1NwhwB8vqy-NOHbVqwvwo62_qHS4cUN7UwZgxIyJ_xhm0HBuYqy7gaR_Zel6QLcY4meVcgvCUInl5/s1600/IMG_20160819_103103229.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlJxevcDqMEeokRCk-gTNwJZyn9bFmxLYaVvmL8flZA8Tnzt7RJjS7LPMnN6gN_w-1NwhwB8vqy-NOHbVqwvwo62_qHS4cUN7UwZgxIyJ_xhm0HBuYqy7gaR_Zel6QLcY4meVcgvCUInl5/s640/IMG_20160819_103103229.jpg" width="360" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love this picture because it makes my home look like a beautiful villa cottage with a path that leads to the black iron gate of the lucious garden.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Look what I found hiding at the bottom of the tomato bed! The purple heirloom grape tomatoes are coming on. I picked some too early. In case you're wondering, don't pick them if there's still green on the shoulders of the tomato because it's not fully ripe.<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBQL_ejt28LLSpxy6ARBaVmRO48jMm1BzaGeNrbGlRIuf8buaRnoFCeOaM7PjGOYIX8SfAf4fwziTj9QsbfQeQ1S9s3EaYYQKswWTczJ-sGQ9B2YuknjYZU-ZLkpJf7E2L8ZZR9QYqG-yT/s1600/IMG_20160819_103305496.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBQL_ejt28LLSpxy6ARBaVmRO48jMm1BzaGeNrbGlRIuf8buaRnoFCeOaM7PjGOYIX8SfAf4fwziTj9QsbfQeQ1S9s3EaYYQKswWTczJ-sGQ9B2YuknjYZU-ZLkpJf7E2L8ZZR9QYqG-yT/s640/IMG_20160819_103305496.jpg" width="360" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Purple tomatoes this year! </td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLuzQZlGzmjK3mPGD_nZHCdJO-X4sQ-hmPWDA2iOkg9hR-TOrO2vWOQKE_rS5uwwVvBnMiJz683yDEOQFiA3ikAdYWYw4j2HEYP62Qa8TkbqvZwd_qryGmKaT2YzTG54faolT8Gj66eM1i/s1600/IMG_20160819_103553375.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLuzQZlGzmjK3mPGD_nZHCdJO-X4sQ-hmPWDA2iOkg9hR-TOrO2vWOQKE_rS5uwwVvBnMiJz683yDEOQFiA3ikAdYWYw4j2HEYP62Qa8TkbqvZwd_qryGmKaT2YzTG54faolT8Gj66eM1i/s640/IMG_20160819_103553375.jpg" width="360" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My snack for touring/ tending the garden- sweet summer ripened baby tomatoes!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />Lani Christensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10236705258105595263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477425995428575561.post-75841597241335909842016-07-18T21:34:00.002-07:002016-07-18T21:41:52.073-07:00Good Garden Eats and Brewing Pest ControlGood news! This week we harvested our first 3 pickling cucumbers, each 4 inches long, which we gifted to our neighbors since we were leaving on vacation. We also harvested two 7 inch zucchinis and some immature garlic heads, which we cooked together in olive oil with salt and pepper then sprinkled fresh chopped basil over the entire dish and served it alongside our hamburgers last night. It was so yummy and this is all we had leftover. <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg02KGlbrpW3q7ukaloRr9TkH0CnHT15MLDJIk1L7OzyPVmMk8myDO8PxD5PqvbC6rPpPnx5GjOvFeFrEowNtAIH7J28c9xmhRuHE5svXwk_eP-eiMByoyRVNycqUlXPGM2LMVzvPkYw6D4/s1600/IMG_20160718_215808757.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg02KGlbrpW3q7ukaloRr9TkH0CnHT15MLDJIk1L7OzyPVmMk8myDO8PxD5PqvbC6rPpPnx5GjOvFeFrEowNtAIH7J28c9xmhRuHE5svXwk_eP-eiMByoyRVNycqUlXPGM2LMVzvPkYw6D4/s640/IMG_20160718_215808757.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
It makes me so happy when we eat something that was made from homegrown produce. It lifts me like a warm greeting from the sunshine at the beginning of a summer day. Speaking of sunshine, I also made sun-dried apricot-lime fruit leather! <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3cecud_cTnMDcjgpSjkfa4pihqM6FcVDWDZRSHrC4V1TLyS084oPSmPg3vVYhmAwFLaxHiiSt79l5ENjMTtJmwxfDN4g6pEp163cC0w8qZoCruPUs28MN8QMDMY1MPtKI08n1JZIczUPU/s1600/IMG_20160718_215652063.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3cecud_cTnMDcjgpSjkfa4pihqM6FcVDWDZRSHrC4V1TLyS084oPSmPg3vVYhmAwFLaxHiiSt79l5ENjMTtJmwxfDN4g6pEp163cC0w8qZoCruPUs28MN8QMDMY1MPtKI08n1JZIczUPU/s640/IMG_20160718_215652063.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
We were blessed to have been given several pounds of apricots from other people's trees, so in addition to eating them, I've made an easy batch of fruit leather. <br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD7YbLRyKbm4R91wdIR_0WkFyEZd2yZ0dg9uTSYHa-n6O9R56NzuLt46fiNTe8APje1ySBwRdNqGuqu6_drYoJbwPl-Wyz10zMROCEY0ktOV6lkiMfR8OB-9_nVvOMY-tBabcRb3TOC3sU/s1600/IMG_20160714_094204608.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD7YbLRyKbm4R91wdIR_0WkFyEZd2yZ0dg9uTSYHa-n6O9R56NzuLt46fiNTe8APje1ySBwRdNqGuqu6_drYoJbwPl-Wyz10zMROCEY0ktOV6lkiMfR8OB-9_nVvOMY-tBabcRb3TOC3sU/s640/IMG_20160714_094204608.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Using 5 pounds, I halved and seeded the apricots, then into the oven for 20 minutes at 400 degrees before being pureed with 1/2 cup honey and a squeeze of fresh lime juice and spread thinly onto parchment lined cookie sheets and placed in the hot sun for a day or two.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjilJBMXGZQFo-7fWlo0JGjRfB0gFYKdlszXSfTVwOFbn8YgimN2chB3Oi3c7L9OskYXOUM7uav445KbTy9wEey5_XskNxqF9Ika6uEs4kYxy7LEnrOmHfxZPxHMemmqhs5EMBuTuxN7mu2/s1600/IMG_20160714_104423732.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjilJBMXGZQFo-7fWlo0JGjRfB0gFYKdlszXSfTVwOFbn8YgimN2chB3Oi3c7L9OskYXOUM7uav445KbTy9wEey5_XskNxqF9Ika6uEs4kYxy7LEnrOmHfxZPxHMemmqhs5EMBuTuxN7mu2/s640/IMG_20160714_104423732.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">3 cookie sheets of leather drying away in the sun. I put a window screen over the top to keep the bugs off and it worked marvelously. I felt like MacGuyvor for coming up with that screen solution.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw8R1DAGPhrE0KMcnO6mk6S-1Ua448ASe9eG1CqZnPqoP8-IWZdTDmjlfYHXupMKMMGcBY_yQNQoZsOVRgHsCra4N-P1LceVRpLqx_3iS_begwHTrw3Bw0Ll4fMygo7OC0QWDC_3takA0i/s1600/IMG_20160718_215753360.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw8R1DAGPhrE0KMcnO6mk6S-1Ua448ASe9eG1CqZnPqoP8-IWZdTDmjlfYHXupMKMMGcBY_yQNQoZsOVRgHsCra4N-P1LceVRpLqx_3iS_begwHTrw3Bw0Ll4fMygo7OC0QWDC_3takA0i/s640/IMG_20160718_215753360.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We cut the leather into strips with the parchement still in place and just rolled them up and put them in a food storage baggie. Some of the paper sticks to the leather, yet some doesn't, and I'm not sure why. Oh well, it just means you have to earn your treat by working to get all the paper off.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
I may try sun-drying some apricot halves- but I'll have to research that a bit more because I have no idea how to do it properly. <br />
<br />
<br />
Tonight for our family home evening dessert, we had warm chocolate-chip-pumpkin cake (made with frozen roasted sweet meat squash from last season that our friends gave to us),<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXLwcPzWXoJk273LTHHyfCTdmvfan7tR2bMqgX6g7SiwV0v0xBlsRmOvTSZ57kONH7XD5aoOXJB-Rd1L8z1UT98sFktG7t_KKrhqn58JEN1uLXZRzYZtqwNGVxGPsS3oU2fm2tcYe3iQma/s1600/IMG_20160718_215816082.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXLwcPzWXoJk273LTHHyfCTdmvfan7tR2bMqgX6g7SiwV0v0xBlsRmOvTSZ57kONH7XD5aoOXJB-Rd1L8z1UT98sFktG7t_KKrhqn58JEN1uLXZRzYZtqwNGVxGPsS3oU2fm2tcYe3iQma/s640/IMG_20160718_215816082.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
served with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, of course. The chocolate chips sunk to the bottom. I wonder if I dusted them with flour first if they'd stay better in the batter? Or maybe next time I would just use mini chocolate chips. Here's the recipe for the cake:<br />
<br />
<u><i><span style="color: #b45f06;">Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Cake</span></i></u><br />
<br />
<ul>
<li style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="color: #b45f06;">2 c. pureed pumpkin or sweet meat squash</span></i></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="color: #b45f06;">3 eggs</span></i></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="color: #b45f06;">3/4 c. water</span></i></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="color: #b45f06;">1/4 tsp. baking soda</span></i></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="color: #b45f06;">1 box carrot cake mix</span></i></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="color: #b45f06;">1 c. chocolate chips</span></i></li>
</ul>
<i><span style="color: #b45f06;">Mix ingredients, pour into a greased 9x13 pan, and bake at 350 for 35 minutes. Easy!</span></i><br />
<br />
<br />
In other garden news...<br />
<br />
We have pests in our garden this year eating our cabbage, pole beans, tomatoes, and squash plants. My husband, Steve, got some pictures that will make you itch with the creeps.<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMZsDLZ_SmSmqGQrdKMWSnM6iEvFAP13W82EGJGWn8u85czBpEQg6ZE5HAMGWpsT-aI0AlQ7BGEywwExzKf1LcUPi7RRqzAQA2KdblIsf0wzCmsEhF9D2ZIHLEmvtAHf9WxFmvBlCISJcd/s1600/20160706-NIK_2019.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMZsDLZ_SmSmqGQrdKMWSnM6iEvFAP13W82EGJGWn8u85czBpEQg6ZE5HAMGWpsT-aI0AlQ7BGEywwExzKf1LcUPi7RRqzAQA2KdblIsf0wzCmsEhF9D2ZIHLEmvtAHf9WxFmvBlCISJcd/s640/20160706-NIK_2019.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cabbage leaf being devoured. There is also an egg for the cabbage moth on the very left of the photo.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTlsJxdHlONzM_TSed2khV4Yq00e1rME1YCvj08uOJcNL3ZKmZQ1ke_-jCPPZS1naoLu603dQ2un6cIDYwkysiUFU7tQKUieEYzyTORSTATbs3z8XSIOlQbBGyck2OZylbpypvZBCBbbnF/s1600/20160706-NIK_2007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTlsJxdHlONzM_TSed2khV4Yq00e1rME1YCvj08uOJcNL3ZKmZQ1ke_-jCPPZS1naoLu603dQ2un6cIDYwkysiUFU7tQKUieEYzyTORSTATbs3z8XSIOlQbBGyck2OZylbpypvZBCBbbnF/s640/20160706-NIK_2007.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Main culprit: cabbage moth.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQYEuzqNg_UUO6cIVYXtDNT4KDFyiWGiFFS4GrxP-aVlrRmDvrmncrbt31hyphenhyphenyaCjDroQ4ae6e3iwA4yJr4jicZs7qiNiTeNtzUvK5s1cuoEYq-smUjUmihfiUSoZc6m2xx2DeajTWU-l9w/s1600/20160706-NIK_1924.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQYEuzqNg_UUO6cIVYXtDNT4KDFyiWGiFFS4GrxP-aVlrRmDvrmncrbt31hyphenhyphenyaCjDroQ4ae6e3iwA4yJr4jicZs7qiNiTeNtzUvK5s1cuoEYq-smUjUmihfiUSoZc6m2xx2DeajTWU-l9w/s640/20160706-NIK_1924.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Squash bugs are everywhere. Steve has been good to go out and hand pick them and their eggs off the plants. Such nasty work, and he's my hero for doing it!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
So, what are we to do?<br />
<br />
Tonight I made a homemade garlic-mint garden insect spray, and it's outside steeping until morning when I'll strain it and spray my infested plants with it. <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOFKWR3W3KEKKNTOAmsw6d_KNcCjasN59_KXjBx_9c3g-Jpq4_Rcb2492echnA0rxbJVxqZ0tXLFtRTMqta-YoplaWCZ9cX2FsLfk-zoNXHHCT5_VXr8kH7vlBoc67ZlIuJD1aAeWZW3eO/s1600/IMG_20160718_215856157.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOFKWR3W3KEKKNTOAmsw6d_KNcCjasN59_KXjBx_9c3g-Jpq4_Rcb2492echnA0rxbJVxqZ0tXLFtRTMqta-YoplaWCZ9cX2FsLfk-zoNXHHCT5_VXr8kH7vlBoc67ZlIuJD1aAeWZW3eO/s640/IMG_20160718_215856157.jpg" width="360" /></a></div>
<br />
I found the recipe <a href="http://anoregoncottage.com/homemade-garlic-mint-garden-insect-spray-really-works/2/" target="_blank">here</a>, and I'm hoping it works wonders. <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe4Mj7gnjDa9uILX8zIj3UzhrvVfnNglgtZI5FQfyPm0iVLfu1r0SImc_Az0qkoHB2-WpgqC_U9PJGp0GVIqOk09JHdVs5QQSlmfb1D_7kO7aNfaTOGSfioIKLaWKuBD_zDBNjbhAOHFf0/s1600/IMG_20160718_215909999.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe4Mj7gnjDa9uILX8zIj3UzhrvVfnNglgtZI5FQfyPm0iVLfu1r0SImc_Az0qkoHB2-WpgqC_U9PJGp0GVIqOk09JHdVs5QQSlmfb1D_7kO7aNfaTOGSfioIKLaWKuBD_zDBNjbhAOHFf0/s640/IMG_20160718_215909999.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
It definitely looks like a witch's brew, and since some reviewers complained that it stunk their homes up, I just boiled mine outside on my grill, and left the smell to be enjoyed by the mosquitos and other creepy crawlies. <br />
<br />
And that's it for now. We've got some weeding to do and some pests to fight, so it's off to bed for a good night's rest, for tomorrow we work!<br />
<br />
<br />
Shared:<br />
<a href="http://www.ourhappyacres.com/2016/07/harvest-monday-july-18-2016/comment-page-1/#comment-39273" target="_blank">Our Happy Acres</a><br />
<br />Lani Christensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10236705258105595263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477425995428575561.post-89045644682880019352016-07-14T14:19:00.002-07:002016-07-14T14:19:46.223-07:00Some Photos from our Early July Garden<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFa5nn5l4UgNdrD02RSkjcBzP5iADRXHlhIzwtXlfoQAp_oQJvKqAQ3dwvCx0qeltU2s-ml5ZgdiCQD_u4qgQtqxVJw8IzliyKzUyUyu2i5-wl2-8zVT9fIGzW3-k2GDXvG7C96UVSaIqQ/s1600/20160706-NIK_2010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFa5nn5l4UgNdrD02RSkjcBzP5iADRXHlhIzwtXlfoQAp_oQJvKqAQ3dwvCx0qeltU2s-ml5ZgdiCQD_u4qgQtqxVJw8IzliyKzUyUyu2i5-wl2-8zVT9fIGzW3-k2GDXvG7C96UVSaIqQ/s640/20160706-NIK_2010.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cabbage is already starting to getting eaten alive by those white moth larvae.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlJ6GyXcdwfsTi1m6rbw9YaR2tPQALF9-x1pymJSX0OfihdXQ3FnxX5XA5Ym56lNz2kh31_Tne_FYL-17xe9Ti3E9NtsP73NU-aDzbM89uuQKQ8PlnOrdLdI8H1EeZzakCi8UwJlLQH_YA/s1600/20160706-NIK_1851.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlJ6GyXcdwfsTi1m6rbw9YaR2tPQALF9-x1pymJSX0OfihdXQ3FnxX5XA5Ym56lNz2kh31_Tne_FYL-17xe9Ti3E9NtsP73NU-aDzbM89uuQKQ8PlnOrdLdI8H1EeZzakCi8UwJlLQH_YA/s640/20160706-NIK_1851.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Corn and beans have broken ground, and everything is beginning to grow.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyCI1n61BNl8KJpapn-YtkAGnr44VOCVkdSfgkzFuavjJYeyCOUHZ9Vl9M1yzqrRnQKjBzDQ0Nki9qWt661qNI8YGQCMRGAgB5zuERLnJU7cgRbt45DrKZWxUylhjHM2OdhofE71v6nKxZ/s1600/20160706-NIK_1850.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyCI1n61BNl8KJpapn-YtkAGnr44VOCVkdSfgkzFuavjJYeyCOUHZ9Vl9M1yzqrRnQKjBzDQ0Nki9qWt661qNI8YGQCMRGAgB5zuERLnJU7cgRbt45DrKZWxUylhjHM2OdhofE71v6nKxZ/s640/20160706-NIK_1850.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our potatoes are tall enough to hill up. </td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPn-IczkIombBfvegnucWbRPlCCAi5kR5lDBsd6PLJ4nL7G8LWONIEnPRLRLhAXKzi2WmQHoYaF36PJTR7H6YC8CrV9qmuU9br_Ol6SHNiXWZbVBpLJBSemQkUvcsFM5Z4LBCbt6TcwwEn/s1600/20160706-NIK_1849.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPn-IczkIombBfvegnucWbRPlCCAi5kR5lDBsd6PLJ4nL7G8LWONIEnPRLRLhAXKzi2WmQHoYaF36PJTR7H6YC8CrV9qmuU9br_Ol6SHNiXWZbVBpLJBSemQkUvcsFM5Z4LBCbt6TcwwEn/s640/20160706-NIK_1849.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pretty corn. The variety that gernminated best was the Golden Bantam 80. Early Golden Bantam is out there too, and Strawberry Popcorn!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiomYgGZ16-Lm4xfO70X6JhhWJkGW8FjGmy__kspscgYPJ5oDazJOv5W01f3C_W60Rq0Nxfh7usAsLNanvgCHHCfvcBAKvpus3J4mmdoABfsgLDoqvxttaWa8diQ_TPjseGC-MtxaN1akpj/s1600/20160706-NIK_1848.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiomYgGZ16-Lm4xfO70X6JhhWJkGW8FjGmy__kspscgYPJ5oDazJOv5W01f3C_W60Rq0Nxfh7usAsLNanvgCHHCfvcBAKvpus3J4mmdoABfsgLDoqvxttaWa8diQ_TPjseGC-MtxaN1akpj/s640/20160706-NIK_1848.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our curbits are all spreading out as they should.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI5SwMXt8Wr2zgk7rf8rq6t9SK6ZSh_AWhWrNDR0cx37FQMwzVrQel_ZeDlSBteOT0K4w2XvdjiZqCbfHQr0d-0FMRyq00nCNGtMABzLh5vxrWNpMq7suRU2FKGS-uQ66LmXuVYZOB36ye/s1600/20160706-NIK_1847.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI5SwMXt8Wr2zgk7rf8rq6t9SK6ZSh_AWhWrNDR0cx37FQMwzVrQel_ZeDlSBteOT0K4w2XvdjiZqCbfHQr0d-0FMRyq00nCNGtMABzLh5vxrWNpMq7suRU2FKGS-uQ66LmXuVYZOB36ye/s640/20160706-NIK_1847.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Oy5ykYY1lgoexqwpR_dv6Vhyphenhyphen-t_zUkaB2_QtpKIMSPP-XzetqmWRWdScg6A2aREsqdDx4HJW1q1qmaRsliez_J19roJ10EUq3jQgm5T6kAfSwfxizf0WkgI9J0rkPyjTIb44kvyCoghb/s1600/20160706-NIK_1846.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Oy5ykYY1lgoexqwpR_dv6Vhyphenhyphen-t_zUkaB2_QtpKIMSPP-XzetqmWRWdScg6A2aREsqdDx4HJW1q1qmaRsliez_J19roJ10EUq3jQgm5T6kAfSwfxizf0WkgI9J0rkPyjTIb44kvyCoghb/s640/20160706-NIK_1846.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPi-zGq7gjBBjVgKbeCOiPERcEG_q2-g94LCXXtWV7WOw9AqqcmYOvrVDPyugL1gZ_MBt87N3wvv3Nkxr5EXbqI9oc_qMQscbN6NopBGeq0PShWq75b3q7jS7TaF_oGjHRDOxFqtpliD13/s1600/20160706-NIK_1845.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPi-zGq7gjBBjVgKbeCOiPERcEG_q2-g94LCXXtWV7WOw9AqqcmYOvrVDPyugL1gZ_MBt87N3wvv3Nkxr5EXbqI9oc_qMQscbN6NopBGeq0PShWq75b3q7jS7TaF_oGjHRDOxFqtpliD13/s640/20160706-NIK_1845.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We had a little extra room, so I planted lima beans, another one of Tame Dame #2's requests.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL7l-mmAbTt5lc3HKuIXOjLCQqW6lSsO2esCpgLZvFi4jcWAd-HcnoqunH2vWAE2Qu7wA7M184RWB0mn8muKBkzRpbOVHpNURsyp2GMQG7G1LNl68CQxIBmeG6jBiS65GBBIjB3ACGsrBo/s1600/20160706-NIK_1844.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL7l-mmAbTt5lc3HKuIXOjLCQqW6lSsO2esCpgLZvFi4jcWAd-HcnoqunH2vWAE2Qu7wA7M184RWB0mn8muKBkzRpbOVHpNURsyp2GMQG7G1LNl68CQxIBmeG6jBiS65GBBIjB3ACGsrBo/s640/20160706-NIK_1844.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm excited to see those pole beans start to climb those poles!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKOIjaZtMasbqunq3F5R5KMY6bjLgBh-0TAxHf6rFpDgiWzy400bs822BLZHXUZQJqiyVpFTHEvjEjs4hkNvvvIGZ6v2gu-6XD5FdJPICFJP9NqENtNE0Jhx1dotj-SD5QzmV2q0HD7R5r/s1600/20160706-NIK_1843.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKOIjaZtMasbqunq3F5R5KMY6bjLgBh-0TAxHf6rFpDgiWzy400bs822BLZHXUZQJqiyVpFTHEvjEjs4hkNvvvIGZ6v2gu-6XD5FdJPICFJP9NqENtNE0Jhx1dotj-SD5QzmV2q0HD7R5r/s640/20160706-NIK_1843.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carrot bed is looking good!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIcx8LWrq6aUEBPgZ-vWebSLLdpAYe6zvhZrCfbLMlM4SHd3z5d0XtuwqFCsT_pBM8Y-PRcnQvTCWu9pi3kKcKpT0Uk_LJianz4qmgF7pFKoe9hyphenhyphenjl47JLqfMqFONLGjk7dPHkJP4IhCgD/s1600/20160706-NIK_1842.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIcx8LWrq6aUEBPgZ-vWebSLLdpAYe6zvhZrCfbLMlM4SHd3z5d0XtuwqFCsT_pBM8Y-PRcnQvTCWu9pi3kKcKpT0Uk_LJianz4qmgF7pFKoe9hyphenhyphenjl47JLqfMqFONLGjk7dPHkJP4IhCgD/s640/20160706-NIK_1842.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tomatoes are taking off!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxo_wc_MjKg1-w65YcIia8p9WeFuX7ysWgH87jFy0YvYZDrFrl6R6t3o8Y3Ahr0KyEJVArZbERfWIWUOBBraoTT0KcBRhYovHD1pOIjrAzlfudEsGtcxaIy-SpTVi4Ogy_EBHm1h9cOJyA/s1600/20160706-NIK_1841.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxo_wc_MjKg1-w65YcIia8p9WeFuX7ysWgH87jFy0YvYZDrFrl6R6t3o8Y3Ahr0KyEJVArZbERfWIWUOBBraoTT0KcBRhYovHD1pOIjrAzlfudEsGtcxaIy-SpTVi4Ogy_EBHm1h9cOJyA/s640/20160706-NIK_1841.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I've gifted some walking onion heads to my brother, and I'm going to use some as shallots in tonights dinner.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSeAdkGWvNMa1E2MysJ2ipJc9t4Sg5l_a_-yUNDlYusBV4Y8iuBopjo5mSrZO63HlYGlp4Iowe6b8C1xw3eHyg6G5Vw6GDoy6NXjKNupnD2ZYsv5Qj335oPsYbaoFxgXE_rbbHTOsh35oO/s1600/20160706-NIK_1840.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSeAdkGWvNMa1E2MysJ2ipJc9t4Sg5l_a_-yUNDlYusBV4Y8iuBopjo5mSrZO63HlYGlp4Iowe6b8C1xw3eHyg6G5Vw6GDoy6NXjKNupnD2ZYsv5Qj335oPsYbaoFxgXE_rbbHTOsh35oO/s640/20160706-NIK_1840.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A glance to the back</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi68rTy-oxda_witkV_c_ZSunsORgtnhJL2EXsJE_kljDL9FVEoZPLl-LRVeE8m2_UkWZhHozSKmW8kTCiGbcXFiPtSIYCixP4y3n6_LG1lNsjeBBZuBHvqv1YYn_hoJOL_QXTnxH-JkqU6/s1600/20160706-NIK_1839.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi68rTy-oxda_witkV_c_ZSunsORgtnhJL2EXsJE_kljDL9FVEoZPLl-LRVeE8m2_UkWZhHozSKmW8kTCiGbcXFiPtSIYCixP4y3n6_LG1lNsjeBBZuBHvqv1YYn_hoJOL_QXTnxH-JkqU6/s640/20160706-NIK_1839.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The beets and chard are coming up</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQyJpB_mU0xpOqUr8NIz3AFyBW7kO4-ZDpLtON2RAb9bheuNqVcyEzvDsolBraW4UHw5VIT3LuI_90sr4aqXVpMadlx-RGfuS-MYO_k69YYXv0cLHLdZ9yN-nrI1bs_PYkEcL9sWxmK2GE/s1600/20160706-NIK_1838.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQyJpB_mU0xpOqUr8NIz3AFyBW7kO4-ZDpLtON2RAb9bheuNqVcyEzvDsolBraW4UHw5VIT3LuI_90sr4aqXVpMadlx-RGfuS-MYO_k69YYXv0cLHLdZ9yN-nrI1bs_PYkEcL9sWxmK2GE/s640/20160706-NIK_1838.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Can you see the sweet meat squash hiding in there? Today I checked on it and it's the size of a volleyball!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkZfjGk1XTCXUkjTkDvzfbXvwiwr8r3FY17KQ9eGMZrhhVaINFtJVHxT7kKPQahH4xIxCyqkGMaVAitZrIeVzrIQ75Qwe2dAHdA6W65i77xMUEWtNV-ss1wL9bPmyJnEo8f2O6MdOIXNLD/s1600/20160706-NIK_1835.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkZfjGk1XTCXUkjTkDvzfbXvwiwr8r3FY17KQ9eGMZrhhVaINFtJVHxT7kKPQahH4xIxCyqkGMaVAitZrIeVzrIQ75Qwe2dAHdA6W65i77xMUEWtNV-ss1wL9bPmyJnEo8f2O6MdOIXNLD/s640/20160706-NIK_1835.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />Lani Christensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10236705258105595263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477425995428575561.post-17101476772648855952016-07-14T14:11:00.001-07:002016-07-14T14:11:22.751-07:00Garden Renovation- BIGGER and BETTER than EVER!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsgjQc0TW5KspGYv0jbXSjBH66-_ODBHY8sfaT75P50TNWwHp_A20qJVHYbQrWPhPkDVPV8YaAehBnIoLAiYQLza3BufKOtHfv82jtaN9Y_SkE1vLKpDcddPniw2Mmia3ZkSs_kPSwz3CS/s1600/20160612_150702_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsgjQc0TW5KspGYv0jbXSjBH66-_ODBHY8sfaT75P50TNWwHp_A20qJVHYbQrWPhPkDVPV8YaAehBnIoLAiYQLza3BufKOtHfv82jtaN9Y_SkE1vLKpDcddPniw2Mmia3ZkSs_kPSwz3CS/s640/20160612_150702_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
HEY! We've expanded the garden this year- and with all the vacations we've been on, we've hardly had a moment to post about all the fantastic things happening in our garden this year. These photos were taken in June. I had Jack Rasmussen (our landscaper) come and till up ground on either side of my garden so we could expand it for things that need a lot of room to grow- like corn and squash and other things. I have a dream to one day preserve enough garden produce to feed our family an entire year until it's time for the next garden harvest. With big dreams, we needed more growing space.<br />
<br />
It took a lot of sweat and money to form the dirt into mounds and rows the way we wanted them, and to bring the sprinkler drip lines to everything, but we did it, and we got the garden fully planted before mid-June, so hopefully that's still enough time for everything to mature.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5qsuFiQe0jNZfZkmSX7NxkI8KkQqXUqUqgswr3r23PeUxmdy3ew872-rFG6XVzvg6uzO4fU1wuSGDJI0S6D1q8629gYPx5d-kj3q4J0RBNlQmjXNpaumPF9yicmkffO-g-CeLUtjTPwpB/s1600/20160612_150624_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5qsuFiQe0jNZfZkmSX7NxkI8KkQqXUqUqgswr3r23PeUxmdy3ew872-rFG6XVzvg6uzO4fU1wuSGDJI0S6D1q8629gYPx5d-kj3q4J0RBNlQmjXNpaumPF9yicmkffO-g-CeLUtjTPwpB/s640/20160612_150624_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj2_HiaAw9J1o1gMEbjoAfh8suTZQZcNx4_v4-kCEBaywFVh2HiZLbCx5o2nPi6a1Ampufp2uBVwcIUTeiB0U8Ju-0dmsq5WXh94J2Z8lKSqvECyRG5S3m3r279Qq2KPy60o6DSMdDq8R4/s1600/20160612_150545_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj2_HiaAw9J1o1gMEbjoAfh8suTZQZcNx4_v4-kCEBaywFVh2HiZLbCx5o2nPi6a1Ampufp2uBVwcIUTeiB0U8Ju-0dmsq5WXh94J2Z8lKSqvECyRG5S3m3r279Qq2KPy60o6DSMdDq8R4/s640/20160612_150545_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
We decided to plant an entire bed of carrots this year, since they keep so well and for so long, and we use them a lot in soups, stews, etc. The sprouts were on their way up in June.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8DrJtsYnXGJcGN-XGw6WXrYpISasPwkryvKWMERM_osVMFmmB9XG0OmhtP1hm226wCPJRPQjat0FVMMPnUzU5uQCZYmBawPulSakDHEixecS3FCpmu0kvP7HeqDLP36goqEAVMoRUo5bX/s1600/20160612_150440_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8DrJtsYnXGJcGN-XGw6WXrYpISasPwkryvKWMERM_osVMFmmB9XG0OmhtP1hm226wCPJRPQjat0FVMMPnUzU5uQCZYmBawPulSakDHEixecS3FCpmu0kvP7HeqDLP36goqEAVMoRUo5bX/s640/20160612_150440_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
The walking onions Brother Taylor gave to us last year have already begun to walk! These are so fun, and they remind me of my pioneer ancestors, just because you can see one generation grow up and raise the next generation which plants itself and starts another generation. Love it!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSrhC2FHRNMzFugA3VjBjCh_UW1xW9M2brCC7bk4Iq5XgXXD2mjCfBp3jueXO7oUY7eRPn8kVm5YHOyZjKrxAfXZP_j49h9wpaaEK06S-cZOn2_DGv4-Lyg5LQP7ekQimHVztQCZlVRJpM/s1600/20160612_150413_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSrhC2FHRNMzFugA3VjBjCh_UW1xW9M2brCC7bk4Iq5XgXXD2mjCfBp3jueXO7oUY7eRPn8kVm5YHOyZjKrxAfXZP_j49h9wpaaEK06S-cZOn2_DGv4-Lyg5LQP7ekQimHVztQCZlVRJpM/s640/20160612_150413_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
Our spinach and peas did beautifully in June. <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZdEka4y1l5C_0Er8NPNpmbu2D-WNBen0zJid13H8zx7IYmWDRAbJm2NRoLlWyjz2mOInk2b4Imf_iQgm5AUWs87amfbNwrY30FuWQXCKmWSUMC9aNM_yfxoVMiiZ8RD6cmez1HZsTA2gB/s1600/20160612_150356_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZdEka4y1l5C_0Er8NPNpmbu2D-WNBen0zJid13H8zx7IYmWDRAbJm2NRoLlWyjz2mOInk2b4Imf_iQgm5AUWs87amfbNwrY30FuWQXCKmWSUMC9aNM_yfxoVMiiZ8RD6cmez1HZsTA2gB/s640/20160612_150356_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-uGfyu4y3XbX6Mp46zJ2dJQKZTTcKN8EuGdQZPHDGZdEihh_KFjsR7PBURheJcaJfWyanUDoayPOn-qBlPKxHinZ4s5oa0KVAAcwygbTlQOs9REtEDjeV-h0ijCMNf1TmVi-N0NY2TDX2/s1600/20160612_150349_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-uGfyu4y3XbX6Mp46zJ2dJQKZTTcKN8EuGdQZPHDGZdEihh_KFjsR7PBURheJcaJfWyanUDoayPOn-qBlPKxHinZ4s5oa0KVAAcwygbTlQOs9REtEDjeV-h0ijCMNf1TmVi-N0NY2TDX2/s640/20160612_150349_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
Our spring garden bed has been feeding us for a few months already, as we planted radishes, and got to harvest chives and chive flowers and garlic scapes. Our lettuce was good too. I pulled it before June, when the heads were still little, soaked the baby leaves in cold water in the fridge for a day, and any bitterness they had was gone. Just yummy lettuce! That opened up space for me to plant the beets for our fall harvest.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzSVikRyFxhwq7k_8Nlos30o-XdPh9rerJF6GzxoCDLK4slBKKsUIyt4EA8BaAjYFM5tCCtr7WzSrUn-z0zihhO9qchUn8nxdEoRjkRZxOKfo5_QSES15vU-TRkCXAE924YoKhkJNPHmiy/s1600/20160612_150317_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzSVikRyFxhwq7k_8Nlos30o-XdPh9rerJF6GzxoCDLK4slBKKsUIyt4EA8BaAjYFM5tCCtr7WzSrUn-z0zihhO9qchUn8nxdEoRjkRZxOKfo5_QSES15vU-TRkCXAE924YoKhkJNPHmiy/s640/20160612_150317_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
We have 14 tomato plants this year we raised from seed- 7 different varieties as follows: Brandywine Heirloom, Rutger, Romas, Baby Romas, Italian Determinate, Yellow Pear, and Purple Grape Heirloom. I see salsa, cans of tomatoes, and spaghetti sauce in our future.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw2jwamJqkN0y5JH-lgEyXMT6CvYnCqqe1x1PNAaoRtpjSge3qF5GL2IYjiJcTx4awdx9xv69WS5RHiiaWjMAimfMnUg1hbX7AV6Jx7VXnsvd_hJDDwjUx83C7epYWAbcntQVXMMQogfns/s1600/20160612_150306_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw2jwamJqkN0y5JH-lgEyXMT6CvYnCqqe1x1PNAaoRtpjSge3qF5GL2IYjiJcTx4awdx9xv69WS5RHiiaWjMAimfMnUg1hbX7AV6Jx7VXnsvd_hJDDwjUx83C7epYWAbcntQVXMMQogfns/s640/20160612_150306_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
We planted twice the amount of cabbage this year, since that is one veggie Tame Dame #2 really wanted plenty of. We raised 2 varieties- Golden Acre and Flat Dutch.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihLQ7XLkqneXOC1_Dh6seXNVYvE6lGxPjOLze8H6rlCN8FNHSVtA7hQ1MrqrlvWo-baUEAcskA1NbHE-jLkkW2aT5E6pvKh6kKie_111gr95gkDC2LEWTIyrTeCmvAiNzE57Zfes7f-J5l/s1600/20160612_150256_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihLQ7XLkqneXOC1_Dh6seXNVYvE6lGxPjOLze8H6rlCN8FNHSVtA7hQ1MrqrlvWo-baUEAcskA1NbHE-jLkkW2aT5E6pvKh6kKie_111gr95gkDC2LEWTIyrTeCmvAiNzE57Zfes7f-J5l/s640/20160612_150256_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
Our strawberry bed was neglected and is really over crowded and weedy. We only got a few strawberries from it. <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7zYuuOCCOBLeEukffdyIuNqOqRckpLpKjZbAh24kBoZ42rJRWi642xoXR3VcFXSuSyipH6KBJXTUU-IYxktpZWm2FMtP87OUxN3VDfjUl4tejEvLtUJmpNCGUvaSLl43tf7ilVbclciAx/s1600/20160612_150238_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7zYuuOCCOBLeEukffdyIuNqOqRckpLpKjZbAh24kBoZ42rJRWi642xoXR3VcFXSuSyipH6KBJXTUU-IYxktpZWm2FMtP87OUxN3VDfjUl4tejEvLtUJmpNCGUvaSLl43tf7ilVbclciAx/s640/20160612_150238_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
The squash we raised got put into the new squash section of our garden which boasts 8 hills devoted to the curbit family. We have sweet meat squash, zucchini, snake or swan gourds, butternut, watermelon, and 3 types of cucumbers.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrTXcufpOclfrj-h5A_Y00pgzDRxJEtAbQLuweOmAlRf_otHBNMSBV673GqbtP1jZdu6eJtIXwzOwdMbgyXGmoR4Nxn8-Kn9a_X3JohyphenhyphenuMC2b_LeCFYBTK-HNRQvdnZLkWByohpREslB10/s1600/20160612_150208_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrTXcufpOclfrj-h5A_Y00pgzDRxJEtAbQLuweOmAlRf_otHBNMSBV673GqbtP1jZdu6eJtIXwzOwdMbgyXGmoR4Nxn8-Kn9a_X3JohyphenhyphenuMC2b_LeCFYBTK-HNRQvdnZLkWByohpREslB10/s640/20160612_150208_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga91pQMrtRUtb0IseTue0rirkp6GT4Zr5F_PlYerw2YLbLJsJbx0Spe3xaGetrC7VgqthLwC3wXyMgbHV7oU7A79qYa6rMBUZYDeB9TJ-tGF7szDmJsisFl-BtrkmPTqVZ1FqbJthA_ANI/s1600/20160612_150142_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga91pQMrtRUtb0IseTue0rirkp6GT4Zr5F_PlYerw2YLbLJsJbx0Spe3xaGetrC7VgqthLwC3wXyMgbHV7oU7A79qYa6rMBUZYDeB9TJ-tGF7szDmJsisFl-BtrkmPTqVZ1FqbJthA_ANI/s640/20160612_150142_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
Here's what it all looked like in June.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVo9ggJDOpKNqeGG3KZb4ey4xlyEl1h33EfFP4EKe2T_HgCUaDX6OqtkZjkZXG2NPE9CV3Pe_6hymTLVX9GzyInP3yCWWzgwyOlvoywXNUFDLoeV2U27-hxZHa1hQ7lvfi26hiJvhN26ek/s1600/20160612_150121_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVo9ggJDOpKNqeGG3KZb4ey4xlyEl1h33EfFP4EKe2T_HgCUaDX6OqtkZjkZXG2NPE9CV3Pe_6hymTLVX9GzyInP3yCWWzgwyOlvoywXNUFDLoeV2U27-hxZHa1hQ7lvfi26hiJvhN26ek/s640/20160612_150121_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />Lani Christensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10236705258105595263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477425995428575561.post-50166499637421642722016-05-29T19:09:00.000-07:002016-05-29T19:09:04.148-07:00Our Wild West Ribbit<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Tame Dame #2 here! You guessed it, we found a frog!</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqB1vGvHrZ_YJ69_t-f_e0TvWcddCDk9-Z-KccqubaEn40GC3cg2FCb5nb6NWomH7BvUM9l8YGEbeIgupzKZEzKsU3LlGJ2KKpoK7c3gDclXztPGYSmfb3JH08lQkaF8QcUKFxq4pQVol5/s1600/IMG_20160519_105721738.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqB1vGvHrZ_YJ69_t-f_e0TvWcddCDk9-Z-KccqubaEn40GC3cg2FCb5nb6NWomH7BvUM9l8YGEbeIgupzKZEzKsU3LlGJ2KKpoK7c3gDclXztPGYSmfb3JH08lQkaF8QcUKFxq4pQVol5/s640/IMG_20160519_105721738.jpg" width="360" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDdf41Px4_tflhSt4N6gjdxw76lLzUSpH0f84TJm3Vau1QNpwPCZsjQjJfFmdEzG4hxCdW9gODY0olLJsyWi9QejXBHccX8Td-QUr8qKqElxgNz2uAYvPXJ1Tj250cxnxu9tUdIt3e3UM_/s1600/IMG_20160519_105421743.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDdf41Px4_tflhSt4N6gjdxw76lLzUSpH0f84TJm3Vau1QNpwPCZsjQjJfFmdEzG4hxCdW9gODY0olLJsyWi9QejXBHccX8Td-QUr8qKqElxgNz2uAYvPXJ1Tj250cxnxu9tUdIt3e3UM_/s640/IMG_20160519_105421743.jpg" width="360" /></a></div>
We thought it was a rock, then it jumped! We put it in a bucket with rocks, water, and weeds (see above) and that's basically it!Lani Christensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10236705258105595263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477425995428575561.post-64724762671953376222016-05-29T19:08:00.000-07:002016-05-29T19:08:01.551-07:00AsparagusWe went on a hunt for asparagus. It grows along the fence across the street. So, here's the pictures I took:<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhKsfxN9kZAIUiwdlVeHfkmL0Ap4cH9zapq9WYFaLbxMJ2HU09DdfkWVw7w0FhWKnmi_rwB00BTaDC0wOz7j0r0GTf0bU5-0_CIX0g3oD1DEPdaYj2WKFXZ8ghAgnuIKn7edHbopI7TBZe/s1600/WIN_20160529_19_59_52_Pro.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhKsfxN9kZAIUiwdlVeHfkmL0Ap4cH9zapq9WYFaLbxMJ2HU09DdfkWVw7w0FhWKnmi_rwB00BTaDC0wOz7j0r0GTf0bU5-0_CIX0g3oD1DEPdaYj2WKFXZ8ghAgnuIKn7edHbopI7TBZe/s640/WIN_20160529_19_59_52_Pro.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The smallest, about 3 inches long.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLrkr6pjshcFTCVIKgT_mZAPMMIpQcoju3-OLoC60SXFKgxNP2RFVcFJKPY3ZV0fTvRal26BzoYfwNidfxrV0KsWD1lVtV85uWYZegjsiTZ4cBZnwWc-hmdoxJKE50pK7ZN1-7iBH_idPe/s1600/WIN_20160529_20_00_16_Pro.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLrkr6pjshcFTCVIKgT_mZAPMMIpQcoju3-OLoC60SXFKgxNP2RFVcFJKPY3ZV0fTvRal26BzoYfwNidfxrV0KsWD1lVtV85uWYZegjsiTZ4cBZnwWc-hmdoxJKE50pK7ZN1-7iBH_idPe/s640/WIN_20160529_20_00_16_Pro.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The largest (not gone to seed!) over two feet long!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbOmrPHAr6VgPCgInPi-4NHRq74tLsGODpAcXLZqq13OejUhqwR_R2wbCz4Of6kWrF9HpZVwuHyiKp74-DtJsrOwIdzRENri-5FIppVW4j7nJ3pTp03dKl_5k-y_r8GY-n8NrOjF3L6duc/s1600/WIN_20160529_20_00_27_Pro.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbOmrPHAr6VgPCgInPi-4NHRq74tLsGODpAcXLZqq13OejUhqwR_R2wbCz4Of6kWrF9HpZVwuHyiKp74-DtJsrOwIdzRENri-5FIppVW4j7nJ3pTp03dKl_5k-y_r8GY-n8NrOjF3L6duc/s640/WIN_20160529_20_00_27_Pro.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Smallest and largest compared.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div>
<br /></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoXHA3x5xMcA0tQhSBQ5LthrYOaqW9CsbVFGMgHN57mGpaGJkYMt8Jk4YOvvNoLIxz5-kGDXSDYfwInZBIZpGanP6Xq78yIfyX7eXssCZ1d2kHsozyG1xehYvaGgMk1aH6HVVHg0MQwJ5R/s1600/WIN_20160529_20_01_07_Pro.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoXHA3x5xMcA0tQhSBQ5LthrYOaqW9CsbVFGMgHN57mGpaGJkYMt8Jk4YOvvNoLIxz5-kGDXSDYfwInZBIZpGanP6Xq78yIfyX7eXssCZ1d2kHsozyG1xehYvaGgMk1aH6HVVHg0MQwJ5R/s640/WIN_20160529_20_01_07_Pro.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wanna guess how much asparagus we have? Exactly<br />THIRTY FIVE!!!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<br />
Post by: Tame Dame #2<br />
<div>
<br /></div>
Lani Christensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10236705258105595263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477425995428575561.post-65950488204379492622016-05-27T20:38:00.001-07:002016-05-27T20:38:08.964-07:00Wizard The LizardWizard, the lizard. He was a cute little fellow, I'm sure he had many buddies. I just found him, going slow. He needed to warm up. So I did what any other gardener without gloves would do, grab a shovel, scoop him up, ( dirt and all ) and put him in the garden. Because wizard rhymes with lizard... Wizard!!! The perfect name! So of course I had to name him that. Well... That's the tale about Wizard the lizard.<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>This was posted by tame dame #3 ( Amara )<br><div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div>Lani Christensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10236705258105595263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477425995428575561.post-91395043951614738582016-05-07T09:48:00.001-07:002016-05-08T13:13:30.248-07:00Our May Garden<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Tame Dame #2 here! A few days ago we gardened a lot! We weeded, and weeded, and watered, and weeded, and weeded, and had a good time talking.</div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh55IKEHg-p1PA6nKWV1NxIP83blHMjFYcRXtG3hwd9kku0nKhBDXZbV8SmqFRdKGqnYu-BkcGFdK1UcCOWYrPSS_tW9QhNPpXPGqJ4Zn57E8UgVeLWqoaGIyMRfAFXNTlDxpRNmL4wTvvH/s320/IMG_20160503_095202672.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="320" /></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Those nasty weeds!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5BVAVozGZEATnAL_54KetUoj_HfOvQwlyyDByICs8rjqhdAKCGQsV1-xXlY0ps8Max7RfPyjBdZazRZD4ZW5qRCutvDICpBEbNbdHf2lPjnq70G1ObKTHpAvd__1v3BFSok-x30poXOHC/s1600/IMG_20160503_095102052.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5BVAVozGZEATnAL_54KetUoj_HfOvQwlyyDByICs8rjqhdAKCGQsV1-xXlY0ps8Max7RfPyjBdZazRZD4ZW5qRCutvDICpBEbNbdHf2lPjnq70G1ObKTHpAvd__1v3BFSok-x30poXOHC/s320/IMG_20160503_095102052.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjctLjvi7hq8JRgxbT7Ll_ujbBGJsorkcNgwwy0JInlc2MiQw0fQj8eN0pCdL-G_c7eG4ZwhmgnE0zs_K28iY2QXlBxYrU0GV0s2h-yYswx5NK7oRQHxB1VCKpR83HSbHurnsYIAwAt43mN/s1600/IMG_20160503_095002717.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjctLjvi7hq8JRgxbT7Ll_ujbBGJsorkcNgwwy0JInlc2MiQw0fQj8eN0pCdL-G_c7eG4ZwhmgnE0zs_K28iY2QXlBxYrU0GV0s2h-yYswx5NK7oRQHxB1VCKpR83HSbHurnsYIAwAt43mN/s320/IMG_20160503_095002717.jpg" width="180" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpKFxmAha1v9wqqGoTOf-XypgVTqloGawfzHDj5HitBJpX8enN2Q_EEOaW3cUDCtoe3nkbJvT7Uc6A-3z7s4QbMbfuK5IjQ2VMyaXbqIJxdmSb-IzGAxFzQ9Hzoh71BDhHUAkA0w9C1csW/s1600/IMG_20160503_094915237.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpKFxmAha1v9wqqGoTOf-XypgVTqloGawfzHDj5HitBJpX8enN2Q_EEOaW3cUDCtoe3nkbJvT7Uc6A-3z7s4QbMbfuK5IjQ2VMyaXbqIJxdmSb-IzGAxFzQ9Hzoh71BDhHUAkA0w9C1csW/s320/IMG_20160503_094915237.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjltRKZk2KdL_42a2kApvXjzdRZFhZsrHkwByyWgYGD98MqS53tlBbhZFXgq-K4nYF00mM1ZPYTAkYcCpbejFSACTnpkRmEnbKM8grZ5JBVbbxKWObYAgopCFUiwW4m9joRCekgGNNIN87s/s1600/IMG_20160503_094542628.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjltRKZk2KdL_42a2kApvXjzdRZFhZsrHkwByyWgYGD98MqS53tlBbhZFXgq-K4nYF00mM1ZPYTAkYcCpbejFSACTnpkRmEnbKM8grZ5JBVbbxKWObYAgopCFUiwW4m9joRCekgGNNIN87s/s320/IMG_20160503_094542628.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWphg14iALDVEl6zldUTJ5rxTKnu-EdZqG1PymRDd1T4FSAIlQRpsJHY1KBAdu57Vx6kgfpRQJrpIbPkGf4nBUowdJB2RFPw4NlvoyerUdddiCtqOo9LfhvLoqNdqgn0cqDxXpu6DdAQP4/s1600/IMG_20160503_094342675_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWphg14iALDVEl6zldUTJ5rxTKnu-EdZqG1PymRDd1T4FSAIlQRpsJHY1KBAdu57Vx6kgfpRQJrpIbPkGf4nBUowdJB2RFPw4NlvoyerUdddiCtqOo9LfhvLoqNdqgn0cqDxXpu6DdAQP4/s320/IMG_20160503_094342675_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
So, after that was done, we got to see our gorgeous sprouts. In our garden right now, we have peas, lettuce, radishes, chives, and garlic. We have to wait for warmer weather to plant anything else outside. We did plant other seeds (tomatoes, squash, etc.) in our garage. We sent some sprouts home with my aunt, and they had tripled in size last time I saw them on FaceTime. Our garden is doing well, here are some more pictures that I took:<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgRjR_nt_eHO9o3xbXORZjuGQ5jji1lIz-PGjmn0-c9tA-jp65kAOY2PjuHhuIn5dgf2Lu4uNZMyNqHZcR2YxwJvVWZbX3VJQHCLPfgrJqlD38mUUnyGOp2oO5NtRCIcLyEbAFlCyLBMMY/s1600/IMG_20160503_094121034_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgRjR_nt_eHO9o3xbXORZjuGQ5jji1lIz-PGjmn0-c9tA-jp65kAOY2PjuHhuIn5dgf2Lu4uNZMyNqHZcR2YxwJvVWZbX3VJQHCLPfgrJqlD38mUUnyGOp2oO5NtRCIcLyEbAFlCyLBMMY/s320/IMG_20160503_094121034_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0mFEcc_RaiszWT4p-wRI35cTFMBZqo1dBFa8v1GSEuKFL-bJSFuHRoDhnz9Vlmno6iLaoPbvxHrJTEhWrzPVYXTlamXZwmh1YnDtBwGGiaeQu00BUXMn1jFTRejh2kZXttWtkOkPtpfwJ/s1600/IMG_20160503_094010392.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0mFEcc_RaiszWT4p-wRI35cTFMBZqo1dBFa8v1GSEuKFL-bJSFuHRoDhnz9Vlmno6iLaoPbvxHrJTEhWrzPVYXTlamXZwmh1YnDtBwGGiaeQu00BUXMn1jFTRejh2kZXttWtkOkPtpfwJ/s320/IMG_20160503_094010392.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicwMm_UrY3XysjvfZJKhhQi7HHWd7a-mLdvC6vqA2-3COXJQvHRDltiqPjezDQLdBYd1fphQ-6mVYV2YDo5NBKGGv6hR2PNB4fGLbLQYn8aoZXaGqRa5Rn_FZ4ZFPtqpa0Bi8uP5081Fwk/s1600/IMG_20160503_094103731.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicwMm_UrY3XysjvfZJKhhQi7HHWd7a-mLdvC6vqA2-3COXJQvHRDltiqPjezDQLdBYd1fphQ-6mVYV2YDo5NBKGGv6hR2PNB4fGLbLQYn8aoZXaGqRa5Rn_FZ4ZFPtqpa0Bi8uP5081Fwk/s320/IMG_20160503_094103731.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpiUq3EAHvfH6ugJRkd5h-kUlqc_fHgYkw7_p3Cqubcr_gLDGo7tez7YBH_aONh2SCnw0KFE9UPim9xhU7ymZjp-r6Q5TiVunmdpOY53Ca8G8mF2BVIyQDlzraL4q0CuYxRXJVF4XW5CjS/s1600/IMG_20160503_093959603.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpiUq3EAHvfH6ugJRkd5h-kUlqc_fHgYkw7_p3Cqubcr_gLDGo7tez7YBH_aONh2SCnw0KFE9UPim9xhU7ymZjp-r6Q5TiVunmdpOY53Ca8G8mF2BVIyQDlzraL4q0CuYxRXJVF4XW5CjS/s320/IMG_20160503_093959603.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO__8atTqFyDl0DrOzcYqeV2BM-oiNqIs4LwQgiRl3h7mhY3FccVoMrWAQ3HPmIc5m-mWhIM9LFsTV5XMDNYkn3bmECY-fiZ_a4FKz2O8XmI_UiGwjCB2D2VRlwNmxPyfLhOfORu11DqA9/s1600/IMG_20160503_093339589.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO__8atTqFyDl0DrOzcYqeV2BM-oiNqIs4LwQgiRl3h7mhY3FccVoMrWAQ3HPmIc5m-mWhIM9LFsTV5XMDNYkn3bmECY-fiZ_a4FKz2O8XmI_UiGwjCB2D2VRlwNmxPyfLhOfORu11DqA9/s320/IMG_20160503_093339589.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeENlHeW2vrn_LDvlNxGzk1KfcBtUXdZz-RpMTmxqQWTAd5e91Ajlps3ZB8tKQ_cPXToDardnelSBzmObY7ZbBUfZAHk1CiDCToFpINQJDBVt0AbYgfpnMrsu_lOLt810v3hk_mf3MrmvW/s1600/IMG_20160503_093233183.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeENlHeW2vrn_LDvlNxGzk1KfcBtUXdZz-RpMTmxqQWTAd5e91Ajlps3ZB8tKQ_cPXToDardnelSBzmObY7ZbBUfZAHk1CiDCToFpINQJDBVt0AbYgfpnMrsu_lOLt810v3hk_mf3MrmvW/s320/IMG_20160503_093233183.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8T0hOAeV15hEkizCmliCITte51bhnnlpc6Ce03jZ2s6j7X_teUPuViFPFFO-w-23fxInHnymXbH0LUcHwJmSHFAtG50E732voT16dHyOIaShMkX0Pdw4Rs-QBKWSLYIfDuiygporTxaKa/s1600/IMG_20160503_092430257_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8T0hOAeV15hEkizCmliCITte51bhnnlpc6Ce03jZ2s6j7X_teUPuViFPFFO-w-23fxInHnymXbH0LUcHwJmSHFAtG50E732voT16dHyOIaShMkX0Pdw4Rs-QBKWSLYIfDuiygporTxaKa/s320/IMG_20160503_092430257_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlUACD4CidY90COvcoMf2Lw22uN3noyK8PyvBbMBoEnt9bZsd9ZpfdvtHPvmRPJp7Fy4CggMvFfExQLId6lV0wh94nqY1jdGuZtPHGE9mRJnzI1ST8dYIUTJXV4Qj6QloogcFQG1o4iXYc/s1600/IMG_20160503_091949089.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlUACD4CidY90COvcoMf2Lw22uN3noyK8PyvBbMBoEnt9bZsd9ZpfdvtHPvmRPJp7Fy4CggMvFfExQLId6lV0wh94nqY1jdGuZtPHGE9mRJnzI1ST8dYIUTJXV4Qj6QloogcFQG1o4iXYc/s320/IMG_20160503_091949089.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX1myOGivf8anhyphenhyphenph-ADnly4Ut8jSxvHnfq985CuoeRa6lZ48LdgJViU7V2TKNJhgQkfQ6L3JbF3F58tIMKlN1xbd9gunGoW8uQHPjGopybMjPOo3Yf9Tz2ch0KTnAiawSdm4oB4IFS6s9/s1600/IMG_20160503_091704145.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX1myOGivf8anhyphenhyphenph-ADnly4Ut8jSxvHnfq985CuoeRa6lZ48LdgJViU7V2TKNJhgQkfQ6L3JbF3F58tIMKlN1xbd9gunGoW8uQHPjGopybMjPOo3Yf9Tz2ch0KTnAiawSdm4oB4IFS6s9/s320/IMG_20160503_091704145.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGNrTs_k7fEnRLoQAruvSfbFk-9l3_DRWRIuS8qAymESzw-s9T64KBpteER_fWXiOLvfUEC1hENglULsOuPgTTUNtrXNWq0zKK6zS9JnYaBpDZYwaT75l4rCQGajdjkkRoxn11c7Rbr6mW/s1600/IMG_20160503_092023759.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGNrTs_k7fEnRLoQAruvSfbFk-9l3_DRWRIuS8qAymESzw-s9T64KBpteER_fWXiOLvfUEC1hENglULsOuPgTTUNtrXNWq0zKK6zS9JnYaBpDZYwaT75l4rCQGajdjkkRoxn11c7Rbr6mW/s320/IMG_20160503_092023759.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-COj5SqiRaqLgkko9qDDUSIs1BsPIsKB-DMXw07lLx5-HYho8AnWTAZMRgDWEyhzTj6xL264i8FGQisKGJhcD16CU6TkluGvhYEP_hV7oJqlU-muV6Sw43pa9dMP2fqUiNHApSO7uyGQ9/s1600/IMG_20160503_093454725.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-COj5SqiRaqLgkko9qDDUSIs1BsPIsKB-DMXw07lLx5-HYho8AnWTAZMRgDWEyhzTj6xL264i8FGQisKGJhcD16CU6TkluGvhYEP_hV7oJqlU-muV6Sw43pa9dMP2fqUiNHApSO7uyGQ9/s320/IMG_20160503_093454725.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
Last of all, I'd like to introduce you to our neighbor's dog, Mac, that comes over and visits us sometimes. Mac is actually a girl. For some reason they didn't know that when they got her, so they named her Max. Then when they found out 'Max' was a girl. They didn't wan't to change her name too much, so they call her Mac, which sound more girly in their opinion.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAtgkb9cx1lL90Ewkoz5ixpg9HMDiT-BPlNEDqaGoIVDJH3rmAw2AuJEQrcwH3cpgpXou9kDIjduqIl9tvqB-U9QWADZY5pd6ZUvjVSCWKT5bwY-orvtiLM8kWwbGGGCJi9Zp3TMH-_m_Q/s1600/IMG_20160503_093730928.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAtgkb9cx1lL90Ewkoz5ixpg9HMDiT-BPlNEDqaGoIVDJH3rmAw2AuJEQrcwH3cpgpXou9kDIjduqIl9tvqB-U9QWADZY5pd6ZUvjVSCWKT5bwY-orvtiLM8kWwbGGGCJi9Zp3TMH-_m_Q/s320/IMG_20160503_093730928.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHAT7xjojJ0qSdiWp3_Zqd03bGF1Q_aceH_CNsXoKAVWMA9ZViv4Xn-kVaQhGRxpN_ZS1rVSp2rwEZMq1dJlXJXcMYWGVK3a1eU0Qvw4tM3KPTWZ89gC5Ka0P68jj2E878qAvJAurHcCOb/s1600/IMG_20160503_093723316.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHAT7xjojJ0qSdiWp3_Zqd03bGF1Q_aceH_CNsXoKAVWMA9ZViv4Xn-kVaQhGRxpN_ZS1rVSp2rwEZMq1dJlXJXcMYWGVK3a1eU0Qvw4tM3KPTWZ89gC5Ka0P68jj2E878qAvJAurHcCOb/s320/IMG_20160503_093723316.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4lwgmUZJRUcSJUjzdTKn50N-e3Ek7OrUGrwBciq0xcVm79iyvL5lFfIBJkW0YalzOhxt2v-a3ws4PQc0aYdit9qi155nzYHtkO60etVF4s_J9rgt5hRSvZX70ypgLR4ac7q_xg3HE3kMe/s1600/IMG_20160503_093720354.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4lwgmUZJRUcSJUjzdTKn50N-e3Ek7OrUGrwBciq0xcVm79iyvL5lFfIBJkW0YalzOhxt2v-a3ws4PQc0aYdit9qi155nzYHtkO60etVF4s_J9rgt5hRSvZX70ypgLR4ac7q_xg3HE3kMe/s320/IMG_20160503_093720354.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">CAN I CONVINCE YOU TO HAVE A GARDEN?</span><br />
<br />
Maybe not, but I can try my best.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Always remember that having a garden isn't super easy, it requires a lot of patience and responsibility. Some people think gardening is frustrating because a lot of times you get more weeds then actual garden fruits and vegetables. But, I think it's great fun! I even like weeding, believe it or not! I love pushing little seeds into the soft soil and watch them grow into delicious fruits and veggies over 100 times the size they started out as.<br />
<br />
Plus, garden fruits taste a bit better then what you get as the store. Take strawberries for example. When you buy them at the store, they are a little bit more sour. I don't think they actually ripen them, I think they color them (look for the white ring around the stem). Get used to them, and then taste a <i>fresh</i> garden strawberry. You will notice a large difference and say to yourself, "These are the best strawberries I've ever tasted! They are literally sweeter then candy."<br />
<br />
My family's favorite fruit is the large, juicy, Brandywine tomato. Brandywine tomatoes are delicious on sandwiches, in soups, and even plain! They taste so sweet that they usually don't need anything at all, but salt and pepper is a nice, basic seasoning.<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.rareseeds.com/assets/1/14/DimLarge/Pink-Brandywine-Tomato-web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://www.rareseeds.com/assets/1/14/DimLarge/Pink-Brandywine-Tomato-web.jpg" height="240" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo from: rareseeds.com<br />
Thank you!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
So, do I like and recommend having a garden? Yes, I do. Do you like having a garden? Well, just post your answer in the comments.<br />
<br />Lani Christensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10236705258105595263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477425995428575561.post-16599478961969948122016-05-04T08:15:00.001-07:002016-05-04T08:18:12.899-07:00Garden ReportYesterday we weeded. Nothing but silly weeding. We found a few grubs, two were really fat, I'm talking about FAT! And one was just orange, and skinny. The garden is doing well, we have peas, radishes, leeks, spinach, cabbage, and a bunch of other things. Planting a garden and taking care of it is one of my favorite hobby's. Somtimes watering gets hard at some points cause I don't have a big watering can, and I'm so short I can't reach the other end, before I realise I can just go to the other end. BIG PAIN IN THE BACK! No, seriously, I'm not joking. My back HURTS from that! Also, softball season is here. Here's some pictures. Or videos.<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS-yhLBewqBKmwAMNReDwnKWwDj3E0E_mFFVM51nqHpa_01k0186aX3Rk_-9ogtSY_ffPOm0zMRLZCfVlKz8yjmLBjw6tMLPyauCHee0HfQi5ObVchoLpEivAtQ4cQSzD10eN5AwbxD44Q/s1600/IMG_3730.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS-yhLBewqBKmwAMNReDwnKWwDj3E0E_mFFVM51nqHpa_01k0186aX3Rk_-9ogtSY_ffPOm0zMRLZCfVlKz8yjmLBjw6tMLPyauCHee0HfQi5ObVchoLpEivAtQ4cQSzD10eN5AwbxD44Q/s640/IMG_3730.JPG" width="360" /></a></div>
<br />
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<span id="goog_1284279448"></span><span id="goog_1284279449"></span>The garden is coming along perfect. Hope you enjoyed this post.</div>
Amara Christensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10672569525728048896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477425995428575561.post-14665897915196927382016-04-14T14:44:00.001-07:002016-04-14T14:44:09.226-07:00Spring UpdateSo, today we weeded and seeded (and other garden work, but I just wanted that portion to rhyme!) We worked from 8:30<span style="font-size: x-small;">am</span> all the way to 10:30<span style="font-size: x-small;">am! </span>If you are wondering, that's two hours of gardening. Our pathway to our garden was overrun with dog poo. So, I finally decided to clean up "Dog Poo Paradise Pathway" and change it to "Springtime Garden Path" which is A LOT better. Sorry I didn't get any before pics of the garden, but I got some afters:<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikmIZH2ON0_Jb3-Y__0vTmuei_CO6TQfbzfTY4Obi5-1Rh1EFQUY8JCEHjz2hDUQfdPccxzzrT21kLhwuAo30coCkvf2HEXvAqtcAD62ESKbXLhpAsPsdqGWUgyGuxJlg9iHUFXBBStWYB/s1600/IMG_20160414_104614879.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikmIZH2ON0_Jb3-Y__0vTmuei_CO6TQfbzfTY4Obi5-1Rh1EFQUY8JCEHjz2hDUQfdPccxzzrT21kLhwuAo30coCkvf2HEXvAqtcAD62ESKbXLhpAsPsdqGWUgyGuxJlg9iHUFXBBStWYB/s320/IMG_20160414_104614879.jpg" width="180" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Where we got in the seeds...</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8GVIYP-OYaAe7cKkO9uprIO8UVaILKX6q3nlV5XdPMTR5y1K9dx692-kxV9L3IZCFq8M3n9HrUgsmTFKP8EUwaa9eP6BYF_hnaaMxNS9NSWXHlQTsX4D-Lbp_7RFE6dyxndffmiAXuEMv/s1600/IMG_20160414_104622863.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8GVIYP-OYaAe7cKkO9uprIO8UVaILKX6q3nlV5XdPMTR5y1K9dx692-kxV9L3IZCFq8M3n9HrUgsmTFKP8EUwaa9eP6BYF_hnaaMxNS9NSWXHlQTsX4D-Lbp_7RFE6dyxndffmiAXuEMv/s320/IMG_20160414_104622863.jpg" width="180" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I did this,</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTDi0BxAVQmgM8A31gFttsVOiTv8VAO7BHUDARgoGpFUpR0aHgfv4aJ2H-IrV_G4Hs3XSjz-3hs0-syr-S79rS8FbKQXwbBT2HvFmMOWNVr8Q4eMHmXyQlF1SRLC0QXMPa-Lby-lOVRO5Y/s1600/IMG_20160414_104635932.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTDi0BxAVQmgM8A31gFttsVOiTv8VAO7BHUDARgoGpFUpR0aHgfv4aJ2H-IrV_G4Hs3XSjz-3hs0-syr-S79rS8FbKQXwbBT2HvFmMOWNVr8Q4eMHmXyQlF1SRLC0QXMPa-Lby-lOVRO5Y/s320/IMG_20160414_104635932.jpg" width="180" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">this,</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNHNX2a5cKXXraR136bWO5m9jTdbGfkSu3YCqInyB8ZeQISXr1v2o7mgw97zhAFqqtZ8D8CA00yVXa4Je7IWa3FJ85SBneQV1W1N3OiYB0MkR9N948LwF2NrxizttwFkUo5fXUF1Fv3Dsr/s1600/IMG_20160414_104550673.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNHNX2a5cKXXraR136bWO5m9jTdbGfkSu3YCqInyB8ZeQISXr1v2o7mgw97zhAFqqtZ8D8CA00yVXa4Je7IWa3FJ85SBneQV1W1N3OiYB0MkR9N948LwF2NrxizttwFkUo5fXUF1Fv3Dsr/s320/IMG_20160414_104550673.jpg" width="180" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and this.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJn29WdYEUk_P8II8u9PS5dGEM2m5bv5O-8lYTAxjIzeKoGQvEQh0mFsISL-agVNJ3pyZu1svGte-KuHcrWcQ1nhoDGMfnny30EFQzbznUbzbaQvHKaNl4enNMlDLMLpu8vhQNUA43W08F/s1600/IMG_20160414_104654934.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJn29WdYEUk_P8II8u9PS5dGEM2m5bv5O-8lYTAxjIzeKoGQvEQh0mFsISL-agVNJ3pyZu1svGte-KuHcrWcQ1nhoDGMfnny30EFQzbznUbzbaQvHKaNl4enNMlDLMLpu8vhQNUA43W08F/s320/IMG_20160414_104654934.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We didn't do this today. We'll work on<br />
it next time though.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span id="goog_1615822477"></span><span id="goog_1615822478"></span>POST BY TAME DAME #2</span>Lani Christensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10236705258105595263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477425995428575561.post-87827260974350415062016-03-21T14:23:00.001-07:002016-03-21T14:23:10.841-07:00Seeds We went shopping for seeds, and this is a post to see if you want to buy any types of seeds we have. This is Tame Dame #2. Here's a picture and list of what we got:<br />
<br />
NASTURTIUM FLOWER<br />
WHITE GLOBE RADISH<br />
PREMIUM FLAT DUTCH LATE CABBAGE<br />
GOLDEN DETROIT BEET<br />
LIVINGSTON'S COLOR MIX CARROTS<br />
PURPLE PLUM RADISH<br />
CHIOGGA BEET<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfhVv1pT03JQBfGYosjcK67woLWEDvPDWgs9zbIbb1D5gOkbUCbbFHx53TQdMMGqHQbMXEnrD3zDeujIe_ZHYpSXFm9aWCRNxX4xbGdQQZAQ2K6IO7t9MtDWFqwNdj58OBN99kWXtmsLKM/s1600/WIN_20160321_14_13_16_Pro.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfhVv1pT03JQBfGYosjcK67woLWEDvPDWgs9zbIbb1D5gOkbUCbbFHx53TQdMMGqHQbMXEnrD3zDeujIe_ZHYpSXFm9aWCRNxX4xbGdQQZAQ2K6IO7t9MtDWFqwNdj58OBN99kWXtmsLKM/s640/WIN_20160321_14_13_16_Pro.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
Everything looks delicious. Oh, how I love fresh garden goods! Personally, my favorite garden fruit is the Brandywine Tomato. They are sweet, juicy, and big. I just eat mine plain because of how sweet they actually are! They taste great on sandwiches, in soups and salads, and even just plain. Even though we didn't buy any today, we have extra seeds to plant in our garden this year. For some reason the J key on this keyboard keeps sticking, but that doesn't have anything to do with this post. All I have left to say is, YUM!<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />Lani Christensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10236705258105595263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477425995428575561.post-79009589917777583902015-09-30T21:26:00.004-07:002015-09-30T21:26:42.036-07:00Weeding With Kindness<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
It was a normal Thursday morning. But then...<br />
<br />
"Mom! Mom!" my girls frantically called to me from the office where they were busy doing their studies. "Some guy is here cutting our weeds down in the front yard with a chain saw!"<br />
<br />
"What! Seriously?" I called back from the bathroom.<br />
<br />
"And he's got 2 kids helping him!" They called to me.<br />
<br />
"Huh? With a chainsaw? He's got 2 kids? Like teenagers or something?"<br />
<br />
"No, two little boys like 3 and 4 years old."<br />
<br />
"Who is he? Do you recognize him?"<br />
<br />
"No!" they called back.<br />
<br />
I hurried from the bathroom so I could see for myself what was going on. I just couldn't picture a random guy slashing down our weeds with a chainsaw and 2 little preschoolers with him. <i>What in the world was going on? I knew our weeds were thick and looked horribly bad, but I didn't hire anyone to start cutting them down. </i><br />
<i><br /></i>
My nerves were electric, being home alone with my 2 kids, and a stranger with a chainsaw in my front yard. I went into a room where I couldn't be seen, and I cautiously pulled back the corner of the shade from the window so no one could see me but that I could spy on the strangers. <br />
<br />
There they were. A large man dressed in jeans, a long-sleeved shirt, and a cowboy hat, and 2 young boys trailing him. The "chainsaw" was actually a weed whacker with a blade attachment (can't expect my kids to know what a power tool for the yard looks like, since we've never owned any). Lloyd (my cowboy neighbor up the road) was the man the girls didn't recognize, and he was cutting down our front yard weed forest while his 2 grandkids were piling up the debris behind him. I was stunned. I was shocked. And, most definitely, I was happy. <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilrUowK_Fgiyjjq93EEiFs6TZagLZQzIITqQrk8dKwps07Sh1Vv1Q7hpSHCwFtn7rOBfAofeLtjduM_3-tGJgGeO6lIumyHqwlgWI80qBzeCoAyYqkoR6vIvf5LLqhM1RHJTSUkvK6fHGP/s1600/IMG_3129.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilrUowK_Fgiyjjq93EEiFs6TZagLZQzIITqQrk8dKwps07Sh1Vv1Q7hpSHCwFtn7rOBfAofeLtjduM_3-tGJgGeO6lIumyHqwlgWI80qBzeCoAyYqkoR6vIvf5LLqhM1RHJTSUkvK6fHGP/s640/IMG_3129.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
Those weeds have caused me all kinds of grief, so much so that I got a bid to see what it would cost to have someone clear them off for us. The bid came back and it was going to cost $1000 for a crew to clear the land and haul them off. It's not worth that. We had decided a few days earlier that we were going to wait until all the weeds died off, then rake them into piles and burn them, like we've done every year for the past 6 years since we've built this house. It would be ugly until then, but it would be what we could afford. <br />
<br />
Then, this angel in blue jeans shows up and gets to work. I know this neighbor. I go to church with him. I know he's a good man and I know he hasn't had it easy. He isn't supposed to even be alive according to doctors. I remember a few years back when he got the prognosis from doctors that his cancer was bad and he had 6 months to live. He went through treatments and got so weak and sick. And now, I know his battle continues, but he's beating down more than his cancer, here he is whacking down my weeds.<br />
<br />
It brought tears to my eyes.<br />
<br />
I composed myself, and went outside to talk to him. He mentioned that he saw my mom at the hospital where she works and asked her if I'd be offended if he and a few others helped us clear off our weeds. My mom knows me well and she knows how much it pains me to see my yard go to weeds every year. She broke down into tears and told him to just do it. <br />
<br />
I'm sure glad they had that conversation.<br />
<br />
I profusely thanked him and his grandkids for their kindness, they really have no idea just how much their service and sacrifice has brought joy to me. <br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMlp64XrAbhq7xlvDWsZQp0QltubmhbLNgJDxWgvajjTBpJvMgSgrSZi7MWP65V964Dz9kpM5RKT3F68verZVXSrRZ6Jov4qKk4oitoHtonSnoi0fEHTiA2KQ8LNXnNl-eGlJ5pbZ6YeG0/s1600/IMG_3130.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMlp64XrAbhq7xlvDWsZQp0QltubmhbLNgJDxWgvajjTBpJvMgSgrSZi7MWP65V964Dz9kpM5RKT3F68verZVXSrRZ6Jov4qKk4oitoHtonSnoi0fEHTiA2KQ8LNXnNl-eGlJ5pbZ6YeG0/s640/IMG_3130.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
Then, I went in the house and called my mom. I couldn't not cry. I broke down and told her how I couldn't believe what was happening and that my weeds were coming down. She was happy for me. <br />
<br />
Brother Lloyd, as we call him, mentioned to me that he was just getting a head start, and that a few others from the Sunday School would be coming the next evening to finish the job. Let me tell you, this was no easy job. No normal weed whacker could whip through these desert weeds. They are like cutting down little trees, and my yard was their happy place where generations have thrived for years. Their roots run deep. Like to China.<br />
<br />
Later that morning, I snapped a few pictures of the weeds in our backyard, so I'd be able to see a before and after. I love a good before and after, don't you? <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgkuS25hLg_WySHWa9SUXH5qhci3QZrPu-maLMat6rGFlpe6F7dAUDO2WWzn-Vlij_z60NahdfhavtNWB6zCZnixgOd2fCByFBMwrenKtr8H3gKRuE2vuPy2bIQQRnUDB8aZFMkdHXXJRB/s1600/IMG_3133.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgkuS25hLg_WySHWa9SUXH5qhci3QZrPu-maLMat6rGFlpe6F7dAUDO2WWzn-Vlij_z60NahdfhavtNWB6zCZnixgOd2fCByFBMwrenKtr8H3gKRuE2vuPy2bIQQRnUDB8aZFMkdHXXJRB/s640/IMG_3133.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
Weeds were everywhere!<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgccU-wL0r86OhHe6kM1dlyGVO3x0fZQJBoPyGpgF4S7Q6g4Ci2Op3Ye_WKkjz3U_W7Kier574_B51N1TXsWyVUYvowhboe1YttqlpsQNsnxZov1n_8IIimCqh81bwZkK_FVvbf8zmasq4A/s1600/IMG_3134.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgccU-wL0r86OhHe6kM1dlyGVO3x0fZQJBoPyGpgF4S7Q6g4Ci2Op3Ye_WKkjz3U_W7Kier574_B51N1TXsWyVUYvowhboe1YttqlpsQNsnxZov1n_8IIimCqh81bwZkK_FVvbf8zmasq4A/s640/IMG_3134.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Can you find our little fenced-in Wild West garden? It's pretty hard to trail through the weeds to get there.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Yuck!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBypNX7ipekK1_iks5mmfYm_IWR5c6qiFEtatDiUUM687jXuuojK8q09VHacs-0bYuengMk6eApEM5wv106D5-ctzrzVVOldldPBJ8vpDxm94eZu8uklkSRUge-GNHkSkPJImh2gu_F2pQ/s1600/IMG_3135.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBypNX7ipekK1_iks5mmfYm_IWR5c6qiFEtatDiUUM687jXuuojK8q09VHacs-0bYuengMk6eApEM5wv106D5-ctzrzVVOldldPBJ8vpDxm94eZu8uklkSRUge-GNHkSkPJImh2gu_F2pQ/s640/IMG_3135.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
Then, Friday evening came, and when my family pulled up to our house, we couldn't even get in the driveway, there were trucks parked all around it. There was a mess of weeds piled high in the back of 2 truck beds and a 2 trailers. I could see the ground in my front yard again, and there were sweaty, red-faced angels breathing heavily and working rakes and pitchforks, ranging in age from 4 years old to 60plus. <br />
<br />
It brought warmth to my heart to see all those hard-working people. As I looked around, I noticed Brother Lloyd was there with his 2 grandkids again. Three other men in their 60s were there- one with a pitchfork, stiffly pitching weeds into a truck trailer, another with his face redder than I've ever seen it, holding a tool that actually did resemble a chainsaw at the end of a long handle, and another on his hands and knees, yanking weeds up out of the hard dirt. I couldn't believe they were there to help out! Then, there was a family of 6 from up the road, each one of them with their own rake and gloves slaving away. They were all lifesavers! My family got our work clothes on, and got to work alongside them and realized just how hard it was to get those weeds out. There are mansions in heaven for my weed-pulling angels! It was a relief when our friend pull his tractor up and mowed everything down, and then tilled it all up. <br />
<br />
The crew worked until after the sun went down, and even a little the next morning! I cannot express just how happy I am! This soft dirt was beyond anything I was expecting. Just look at the glorious weedless dirt! <br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2x383OgCqSqaiabOoESkSuaWV8-NInQEJGTWZbkJiYy9Kdjeq7a4tOgheRGD_6ODBadDUimaUPA5oHQSp_rIF1XOENe6cX6JCSdFGjak_Wdnk2Ges73bxgh-DiU0P56p-clC_hZ7j7VJQ/s1600/IMG_20150919_091647707.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2x383OgCqSqaiabOoESkSuaWV8-NInQEJGTWZbkJiYy9Kdjeq7a4tOgheRGD_6ODBadDUimaUPA5oHQSp_rIF1XOENe6cX6JCSdFGjak_Wdnk2Ges73bxgh-DiU0P56p-clC_hZ7j7VJQ/s640/IMG_20150919_091647707.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEezHpdThEXZiivtnvsUbJ4RG4ZJlwZtE0a47e8u99-4M8PXHIbUGKAdDtH91ikw8Tfhoe49qVng1og2r8b4RqY9IlgZuQzkxSWNedW7UT6BW3XcTHhEAuYs4ro85pygC6r4zkVqW8z6kB/s1600/IMG_20150919_091652743.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEezHpdThEXZiivtnvsUbJ4RG4ZJlwZtE0a47e8u99-4M8PXHIbUGKAdDtH91ikw8Tfhoe49qVng1og2r8b4RqY9IlgZuQzkxSWNedW7UT6BW3XcTHhEAuYs4ro85pygC6r4zkVqW8z6kB/s640/IMG_20150919_091652743.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipjEkvDwYpYPfDEqR25Snie-urpQomdBxMKlaX1s1a12I9GkWV2ROXn-5Akktnm-lAZJt-9N3MGY8W_2Jlpufj8bhiHlpPbufi54teeau0fs0T-PGZw4jJ0kVoORxwezL0q5LtjJe9i9jJ/s1600/IMG_20150919_091656131.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipjEkvDwYpYPfDEqR25Snie-urpQomdBxMKlaX1s1a12I9GkWV2ROXn-5Akktnm-lAZJt-9N3MGY8W_2Jlpufj8bhiHlpPbufi54teeau0fs0T-PGZw4jJ0kVoORxwezL0q5LtjJe9i9jJ/s640/IMG_20150919_091656131.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
What a HAPPY yard!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDevn9FyKTZGIF4qaLOlyXFw5WHAw9G0C_nbvGRl8ZanRuQaE2axGFUVbW4VFyCRbzA8DACXQU-JbXzdJn5pFrPRokTLC_HjCd9j2BbjgJNAtnZBpvanaytKFtAFuOw201kVlnO51BJKcp/s1600/IMG_20150919_091807459.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDevn9FyKTZGIF4qaLOlyXFw5WHAw9G0C_nbvGRl8ZanRuQaE2axGFUVbW4VFyCRbzA8DACXQU-JbXzdJn5pFrPRokTLC_HjCd9j2BbjgJNAtnZBpvanaytKFtAFuOw201kVlnO51BJKcp/s640/IMG_20150919_091807459.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
I think we can throw some seed down and have grass come up next year! Can you imagine? GRASS!!! Grass instead of weeds!<br />
<br />
I really live around some of the kindest, most generous people you will ever meet. In our church we are like family, so we call everyone "sister" or "brother." Well, a sister invited me to her garden to gather some of her tomatillos and while I was there, she gave me these gorgeous beets. <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-YX_PRYXsqD2sHmR2-Sih-sBtKEbk6bKA3wd-iylt6aXxITxwE7YqhuMxToPytpeFN0DWT0RIWtilIRxc_JK-dqjsuZofCqOme77Av0WBa7A_X4J_7u67577c6QZle2pACw4dJiImXP4H/s1600/IMG_20150928_141810024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-YX_PRYXsqD2sHmR2-Sih-sBtKEbk6bKA3wd-iylt6aXxITxwE7YqhuMxToPytpeFN0DWT0RIWtilIRxc_JK-dqjsuZofCqOme77Av0WBa7A_X4J_7u67577c6QZle2pACw4dJiImXP4H/s640/IMG_20150928_141810024.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Another sister I was visiting with up the road sent me home some of her rosemary and oregano.</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieG0w0Y6neH82dR944ZlpEmsse-CLFwnNDY128zfDzxU-CMAYeOWMQA4HYf88eP86FYkWJn7GBdZwqU5y2ulv_SkRAIO-Q7BXPeg1JMcTXPcj-iACD0pmyKIlvVyiRQ4A9V5ddHBGVnkGg/s1600/IMG_20150928_141739432.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieG0w0Y6neH82dR944ZlpEmsse-CLFwnNDY128zfDzxU-CMAYeOWMQA4HYf88eP86FYkWJn7GBdZwqU5y2ulv_SkRAIO-Q7BXPeg1JMcTXPcj-iACD0pmyKIlvVyiRQ4A9V5ddHBGVnkGg/s640/IMG_20150928_141739432.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
And one of the brothers that helped us with our yard, gave us a start of some of his walking onions. I can't wait to plant those!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Dy0fSGdxmjZVfYzTU887hQ5dbPDgcCdkxFzPshq676-pKCVzWvV2xBtvbbR68p43Wwkb86KJusph4ODpaOdbFafCenUK8K3gphfB5kyeWkKXgbJk-UumwtCagmXQ7Nprtg_K8egWngva/s1600/IMG_20150928_141652368.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Dy0fSGdxmjZVfYzTU887hQ5dbPDgcCdkxFzPshq676-pKCVzWvV2xBtvbbR68p43Wwkb86KJusph4ODpaOdbFafCenUK8K3gphfB5kyeWkKXgbJk-UumwtCagmXQ7Nprtg_K8egWngva/s640/IMG_20150928_141652368.jpg" width="360" /></a></div>
I seriously live among some of the most golden people you will ever meet! My burdens have been lifted thanks to the goodness of my friends and neighbors. I feel so very blessed!<br />
<br />
<br />
Sharing:<br />
<a href="http://anoregoncottage.com/" target="_blank">Tuesday Garden Party</a><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
Lani Christensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10236705258105595263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477425995428575561.post-84296853638516998612015-09-15T12:12:00.001-07:002015-09-15T12:12:40.495-07:00Pretty FlowersI took some pictures of some of our garden flowers. Here they are:<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEize2w5M8Jvxaf3zFraU_WVCx6d04HH6SyTyIdryDIMJkI4b654DK6DBHQplm1FSsS-s6AK4HLOfcP09dErab0eNiDlluZ9R0JiDOzSV1RnYNFSbJEnF_F-bWCgtDjbC_L2HpUTgjWh-opl/s640/blogger-image--820749436.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEize2w5M8Jvxaf3zFraU_WVCx6d04HH6SyTyIdryDIMJkI4b654DK6DBHQplm1FSsS-s6AK4HLOfcP09dErab0eNiDlluZ9R0JiDOzSV1RnYNFSbJEnF_F-bWCgtDjbC_L2HpUTgjWh-opl/s640/blogger-image--820749436.jpg"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDT2ruccb1xvRUu3KE5O8nPDRmqqYFcsOErf9-VmkZdaR5l0q5LBiF6LIG8ELDxMGAyQ-f3Co9EWTEzWUoxiyLf1uJG5EFuYAzDfb-MBL35nxyACcqlHHdnpyBmLHOhntYdl_o2l7ZzYUW/s640/blogger-image-1455054993.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDT2ruccb1xvRUu3KE5O8nPDRmqqYFcsOErf9-VmkZdaR5l0q5LBiF6LIG8ELDxMGAyQ-f3Co9EWTEzWUoxiyLf1uJG5EFuYAzDfb-MBL35nxyACcqlHHdnpyBmLHOhntYdl_o2l7ZzYUW/s640/blogger-image-1455054993.jpg"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmHMBy2ZHSfJ1o6GYVwmTK9Qj56fv8lQd7hJMxyjPOR-ScO_FWOAAeWqgyWewUvUHu36O4l_bYAV0p5Z6_Ca1u1ZND17A4tPrY2bxi0CGoHTMv4CfavtQgGxxr4SLZMKFZ8J8xcWhuZxwP/s640/blogger-image-790777493.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmHMBy2ZHSfJ1o6GYVwmTK9Qj56fv8lQd7hJMxyjPOR-ScO_FWOAAeWqgyWewUvUHu36O4l_bYAV0p5Z6_Ca1u1ZND17A4tPrY2bxi0CGoHTMv4CfavtQgGxxr4SLZMKFZ8J8xcWhuZxwP/s640/blogger-image-790777493.jpg"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSHZNi1ZFIhQwGR_JXGRqUsxuhJlEfEDslxe_-QshbqfA9mGwZfpKHURmP7pvCVGvnANxKFp4vuPR9G48_Tn7O2eLACOxbrPLcJ_Y6dwympsxQ7IhLs58sbmWI4iRJdMO9saMOT3gTQiAS/s640/blogger-image-1680917747.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSHZNi1ZFIhQwGR_JXGRqUsxuhJlEfEDslxe_-QshbqfA9mGwZfpKHURmP7pvCVGvnANxKFp4vuPR9G48_Tn7O2eLACOxbrPLcJ_Y6dwympsxQ7IhLs58sbmWI4iRJdMO9saMOT3gTQiAS/s640/blogger-image-1680917747.jpg"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrYGJDN49_ZQghVW4ZCJ1QaRRD2005CBmtwYa_O25f9IqAW8R0XXZsv4lR0M7erjmdYfjCcx0tvU-TeS9JinH-sgACfj15nBuu4i2WHGnhnDIEJ9el2aPA2EtAlMXK-ufXKe9VyZe_EhCS/s640/blogger-image-398619875.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrYGJDN49_ZQghVW4ZCJ1QaRRD2005CBmtwYa_O25f9IqAW8R0XXZsv4lR0M7erjmdYfjCcx0tvU-TeS9JinH-sgACfj15nBuu4i2WHGnhnDIEJ9el2aPA2EtAlMXK-ufXKe9VyZe_EhCS/s640/blogger-image-398619875.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Would you be surprised if I told you that the plain green poky weeds turn into beautiful colors in fall? Well, they do and so do our cacti around here.</div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIUA1a4wngOyGL_DVxoPC6ScoOp5TWBWZofTdTfwLdVLdT-rh5RnYXQGMnVmwS20SMCLbzAEvjVuI48g2E6UpgXCs6g8e7KjytKEmTuSV-Hp5NPDcQJIt_YRLF-d1bmy-UotEj8omE9IEs/s640/blogger-image--1270269435.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIUA1a4wngOyGL_DVxoPC6ScoOp5TWBWZofTdTfwLdVLdT-rh5RnYXQGMnVmwS20SMCLbzAEvjVuI48g2E6UpgXCs6g8e7KjytKEmTuSV-Hp5NPDcQJIt_YRLF-d1bmy-UotEj8omE9IEs/s640/blogger-image--1270269435.jpg"></a></div>Lani Christensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10236705258105595263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477425995428575561.post-68266700619849184362015-09-15T12:07:00.001-07:002015-09-15T12:07:20.704-07:00Front porch makeoverMy grandma brought over some plants for us. That was kind of her. We decided to give our<i> </i>front porch a makeover. First we took everything off of the porch. Then we gave it a bath with the hose. Last we stuck the new plants on the porch. Wow. I think we did great.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFXC1NaHh2inJHkqcM7xCcHDIzePDRt7oRYtXOxQv7-hVb8Lpu2OeyJ-fxIITXWTnv-hWBa2JM6rFiN5k7zuFcBRY_9u9sghWXyTYgmcGnLQPSu58z_AhR-8Rql6I9-bCU0UDKF2E9VYPW/s640/blogger-image-2146976142.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFXC1NaHh2inJHkqcM7xCcHDIzePDRt7oRYtXOxQv7-hVb8Lpu2OeyJ-fxIITXWTnv-hWBa2JM6rFiN5k7zuFcBRY_9u9sghWXyTYgmcGnLQPSu58z_AhR-8Rql6I9-bCU0UDKF2E9VYPW/s640/blogger-image-2146976142.jpg"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb0iqPbnjhAvQzhxOhQC3Wah7wyjxL4CyeTxRYwB8mxMY1b_K3Oz1CLA-uqVuZf0cLmz_q4Nk9bry878ljeZtpLURGTkGRve77GYjVy8FecCoauclA4CAfV-e1ClscOGElVDuVP_lB7XX4/s640/blogger-image--460377602.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb0iqPbnjhAvQzhxOhQC3Wah7wyjxL4CyeTxRYwB8mxMY1b_K3Oz1CLA-uqVuZf0cLmz_q4Nk9bry878ljeZtpLURGTkGRve77GYjVy8FecCoauclA4CAfV-e1ClscOGElVDuVP_lB7XX4/s640/blogger-image--460377602.jpg"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq92NBbvyF8eKdzn9yXBKsD00fsBLadXnuqqz-hYqU_83TXcLl-Kd2zmgx5EgzrYdFLQFB34Yel87nuK2IPPX6B-qh5B_OfCS1Tq8hpJNRymBfpvDZBWA05XBL5o_BgbxVtlFzCKzsGczy/s640/blogger-image-1688106469.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq92NBbvyF8eKdzn9yXBKsD00fsBLadXnuqqz-hYqU_83TXcLl-Kd2zmgx5EgzrYdFLQFB34Yel87nuK2IPPX6B-qh5B_OfCS1Tq8hpJNRymBfpvDZBWA05XBL5o_BgbxVtlFzCKzsGczy/s640/blogger-image-1688106469.jpg"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9eFYtPpvvU9zb6QIZSVhLAD55wXg4OwUBE7BWQMmSGfaec9a-O4Aud8v9wxw1iyZNMDbYTEvQrDtmCqs0wVcFEG7GB8uUkBYw94E7Wg6FYpaxLQoCmmh_agUY_IVikua_shgP-pyWMpRc/s640/blogger-image--305077475.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9eFYtPpvvU9zb6QIZSVhLAD55wXg4OwUBE7BWQMmSGfaec9a-O4Aud8v9wxw1iyZNMDbYTEvQrDtmCqs0wVcFEG7GB8uUkBYw94E7Wg6FYpaxLQoCmmh_agUY_IVikua_shgP-pyWMpRc/s640/blogger-image--305077475.jpg"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPrhAXfDeOcKF5K4kdzV4pYNH0TBzrTQojFVXZeyc5wxR8j-hlmOtChnzw497vvdSbZEtmjmobiwZhVkF40VmQ6Gev9gR_1MjWoHN2puPVLIuDmVDgnFzVgCsCxylaomVaMEpUMfOg-ZAd/s640/blogger-image-934192802.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPrhAXfDeOcKF5K4kdzV4pYNH0TBzrTQojFVXZeyc5wxR8j-hlmOtChnzw497vvdSbZEtmjmobiwZhVkF40VmQ6Gev9gR_1MjWoHN2puPVLIuDmVDgnFzVgCsCxylaomVaMEpUMfOg-ZAd/s640/blogger-image-934192802.jpg"></a></div>Lani Christensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10236705258105595263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477425995428575561.post-86048524763046459302015-09-07T18:23:00.001-07:002015-09-07T18:23:58.434-07:00Glorious Garden HarvestOur smallest and biggest tomatoes.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1S82llbDAXiqiPe05upwp_QIM1zIAJfRrVY_KsaHHVex-QgW_QgWT2xLFlEISwjD2tPezClQh2ug582JYF20WstXfAxeOkltPXzooAp91UZmNTZmXCmxEgCEs1cvHecsCEQGfkGjiyzt-/s640/blogger-image--759613962.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1S82llbDAXiqiPe05upwp_QIM1zIAJfRrVY_KsaHHVex-QgW_QgWT2xLFlEISwjD2tPezClQh2ug582JYF20WstXfAxeOkltPXzooAp91UZmNTZmXCmxEgCEs1cvHecsCEQGfkGjiyzt-/s640/blogger-image--759613962.jpg"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbAXKH7VHKT3U2ST3htS7Vx0U1GYTZyK0ZCw-UfkgBe57_YLeNk6rfQ1V5FifSg5UdOBzgPqPVVK4xt7ULAxl3yeTBM0trHVmsNuTioH-Cbr2xk4fRK9cZTQG7Hf9esMzkgnWN6n0AFU5u/s640/blogger-image-962496915.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbAXKH7VHKT3U2ST3htS7Vx0U1GYTZyK0ZCw-UfkgBe57_YLeNk6rfQ1V5FifSg5UdOBzgPqPVVK4xt7ULAxl3yeTBM0trHVmsNuTioH-Cbr2xk4fRK9cZTQG7Hf9esMzkgnWN6n0AFU5u/s640/blogger-image-962496915.jpg"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm88yvqnNuS5m2ZlShajYUi43VJ0q_vMdq5YY43W4-qvwCGLAQ5UF9p5ryxr33z8rD95knNrJaDHkQTJWl9824HqtHOZd2Vvyh6wgWya4YPw6xI7ZKROAXC2yeqrClmVuxEsRhquAENNZm/s640/blogger-image-67023334.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm88yvqnNuS5m2ZlShajYUi43VJ0q_vMdq5YY43W4-qvwCGLAQ5UF9p5ryxr33z8rD95knNrJaDHkQTJWl9824HqtHOZd2Vvyh6wgWya4YPw6xI7ZKROAXC2yeqrClmVuxEsRhquAENNZm/s640/blogger-image-67023334.jpg"></a></div>Cucumber gone bad...<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2kIRGxH2LyJ1GpvBh3PpP187jvZCIyWP_GKp7-hWLe6_HYmLaPfqZPQKfb83ZjwGtrUXrMKauLnXj-v3ZPcNYf_k0V2mHNaK11FISDrBSmkJvERn2ZhWL-_ocuZTZddxQBiEu6ZNrkoRD/s640/blogger-image--947924240.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2kIRGxH2LyJ1GpvBh3PpP187jvZCIyWP_GKp7-hWLe6_HYmLaPfqZPQKfb83ZjwGtrUXrMKauLnXj-v3ZPcNYf_k0V2mHNaK11FISDrBSmkJvERn2ZhWL-_ocuZTZddxQBiEu6ZNrkoRD/s640/blogger-image--947924240.jpg"></a></div>Giant chard<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">None of this is photoshopped.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEWRMF3Cadf21jnIn13v2-lOhOmfEeFKCib0FSsHrmiuiutKkRd_auPE5vq58e-YKxXw75cbGqAAJ0yg-lcSu_xUJXLN1YSEw9P7zl3xgaG2yrHi1speVvqvyCtjaIv_0MV5kAhLYG2PY0/s640/blogger-image-243171204.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEWRMF3Cadf21jnIn13v2-lOhOmfEeFKCib0FSsHrmiuiutKkRd_auPE5vq58e-YKxXw75cbGqAAJ0yg-lcSu_xUJXLN1YSEw9P7zl3xgaG2yrHi1speVvqvyCtjaIv_0MV5kAhLYG2PY0/s640/blogger-image-243171204.jpg"></a></div></div>Lani Christensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10236705258105595263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477425995428575561.post-73085833564528302932015-08-12T12:07:00.001-07:002015-08-12T15:11:14.036-07:00Checking In On the August Garden, 1st Pickles, and Picnic Table Makeover<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp5ie6Nk4Ad8ln2Rr7GQBYdaGFfhCZpv1kAYSSUEBXnBHVWWxhSiP25WsO1-EJEBabynOmS8LD_ukn2-HWj-ozgXU5eoO3mtaoMhdCoQtvE4ZY4Yf0oIliz3lFPZTPu54IDicwGaTKuN__/s1600/IMG_20150808_175002706_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp5ie6Nk4Ad8ln2Rr7GQBYdaGFfhCZpv1kAYSSUEBXnBHVWWxhSiP25WsO1-EJEBabynOmS8LD_ukn2-HWj-ozgXU5eoO3mtaoMhdCoQtvE4ZY4Yf0oIliz3lFPZTPu54IDicwGaTKuN__/s640/IMG_20150808_175002706_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
We had quite the harvest of cukes this past week, so I made my first batch of pickles using <a href="http://anoregoncottage.com/easy-garlic-dill-pickles/" target="_blank">this recipe</a> from quite possibly my favorite garden-blogger out there, then adding more of my own spices to each jar as an experiment in variety. <br />
<br />
I made a special trip to WinCo last time we were in the big city and picked up bulk pickling spices and a bunch of fresh dill so I could have those pretty flowerheads in my jar.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg04bZg_ULneGNYVbwRGSkccnVG74oysFWkKH5HgbFdGX5MK1kelqDzsK5J9TbsUHT7MKP9jSWt7e-P5YKo6xZmtHX8hyToYU4b4vGa38s9FvI7St3bwk0nlrKtZZqgsc3JQMPggViF8JZB/s1600/IMG_2753.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg04bZg_ULneGNYVbwRGSkccnVG74oysFWkKH5HgbFdGX5MK1kelqDzsK5J9TbsUHT7MKP9jSWt7e-P5YKo6xZmtHX8hyToYU4b4vGa38s9FvI7St3bwk0nlrKtZZqgsc3JQMPggViF8JZB/s640/IMG_2753.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
We shall see how those pickles turn out in the next few weeks. For now, they are bathing in their briney goodness in my fridge.<br />
<br />
So, we left town for a few days, so we could celebrate my daughter's birthday riding on the Wizard's Train, and also to be able to attend a nephew's birthday party, and another nephew's baby blessing. Our intentions to make this a quick trip to the big city ended up being more like a weeklong trip because my daughters got sick and weren't in any shape to be traveling up through the windy canyon roads back to our abode. We have our garden set up on a timer and on drip lines (such a convenience), so I wasn't worried about things dying, but when we got back, I discovered that things grew... like, a lot! Chard, parsley, and beets were billowing and begging to be picked.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs-HhJOEI5A_ZNDy5NSZaspP5bf_R8EgzXrmQZDN8utHztNQBvJsc3-jqNGKAuQJCWJUbJREThMglrABYJTQaTpvNHx4WbtIkiFrLl3URVvbkpHK9iu-F-Jv_bvgTb-7P6G-VRRuwVq5Mz/s1600/20150807_181949_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs-HhJOEI5A_ZNDy5NSZaspP5bf_R8EgzXrmQZDN8utHztNQBvJsc3-jqNGKAuQJCWJUbJREThMglrABYJTQaTpvNHx4WbtIkiFrLl3URVvbkpHK9iu-F-Jv_bvgTb-7P6G-VRRuwVq5Mz/s640/20150807_181949_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
The pineapple tomatillos set fruit.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnBIp11u3C5nUn6m6kDyT_DFgC5tTmfHVumy9JMc1yrtsR717dDJipTVXe2Ai6FqCsI6wUb6DSWjrqANDou7vQ5D9U_3ZuC7dbtiKKEAlw83j-DYm1PG2mO3ubZ0evGml8JiesYNb4-l6a/s1600/20150807_181941_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnBIp11u3C5nUn6m6kDyT_DFgC5tTmfHVumy9JMc1yrtsR717dDJipTVXe2Ai6FqCsI6wUb6DSWjrqANDou7vQ5D9U_3ZuC7dbtiKKEAlw83j-DYm1PG2mO3ubZ0evGml8JiesYNb4-l6a/s640/20150807_181941_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoeU8Mv9T8qXVdHZtV4PUoo_DGPFjcqQAgbjJYaZo-hQtJm-dE6ElnirIV1Z-Z0KGbP1-k3AOtiGjE7jih5AwySbGKSdzFEjRkkk7xKdKMeEVMMKViK9krinH08C-6x6AU3zrOeSkQckWt/s1600/20150807_181937_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoeU8Mv9T8qXVdHZtV4PUoo_DGPFjcqQAgbjJYaZo-hQtJm-dE6ElnirIV1Z-Z0KGbP1-k3AOtiGjE7jih5AwySbGKSdzFEjRkkk7xKdKMeEVMMKViK9krinH08C-6x6AU3zrOeSkQckWt/s640/20150807_181937_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
The cabbage actually grew taller even though it looks like it is suffering something terrible from what's eating it. I'm doubting we will get any cabbage, but I guess we'll see.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoFEpL4-8ssXB3HXmpSH0UEioGyZ5X-0KIhXJSJ4BgpFDgiyStNfTiBBPopod0XwskUbBf2vRaO7xpNfveVIT3qHTrPmoa4JmuvhihfhTzgNRk3ILokWEBQOTe6K94LWAYOP5uU9ARsAx9/s1600/20150807_181903_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoFEpL4-8ssXB3HXmpSH0UEioGyZ5X-0KIhXJSJ4BgpFDgiyStNfTiBBPopod0XwskUbBf2vRaO7xpNfveVIT3qHTrPmoa4JmuvhihfhTzgNRk3ILokWEBQOTe6K94LWAYOP5uU9ARsAx9/s640/20150807_181903_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
There was a watermelon hiding in cucumber patch.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ1nDFP9jjXEP-IBvTgV1yLiveMFOdp4KNOZv39RkU0WE0fVQjF_puSW2H0-xQh9c2rixGKnyvmo_72nEcoaQYE45NPCryxNcjINu-Oj36oSH7MzOLHbe6M_lplRCL34emRmlv2W6iNaK5/s1600/20150807_181814_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ1nDFP9jjXEP-IBvTgV1yLiveMFOdp4KNOZv39RkU0WE0fVQjF_puSW2H0-xQh9c2rixGKnyvmo_72nEcoaQYE45NPCryxNcjINu-Oj36oSH7MzOLHbe6M_lplRCL34emRmlv2W6iNaK5/s640/20150807_181814_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
The tomatoes started to set fruit.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuXJ-gNmCJRQ5rMr0amQZs5Iw_NehzkSMfOt4sp4ZNNfNixzLgbYBhyNxmyFTCoPH9myxNnxcPM4tG_luXElZuRzUXSLu6gVVJwF0Y6x07tDhFfzwDALNVr_1bNs9CoWALwpNOe7KjFrHA/s1600/20150807_181754_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuXJ-gNmCJRQ5rMr0amQZs5Iw_NehzkSMfOt4sp4ZNNfNixzLgbYBhyNxmyFTCoPH9myxNnxcPM4tG_luXElZuRzUXSLu6gVVJwF0Y6x07tDhFfzwDALNVr_1bNs9CoWALwpNOe7KjFrHA/s640/20150807_181754_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
We have one really big brandywine tomato that is quietly growing near the base of the plant.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsfQa4K4frtxHga31olb7rDn257QFv-Ai8Oc6nKLwmmz631iS9QpbRj63_2HNssjugKAJ9V3NlOYcbwsVF1PDmOFnmRYGu2FC4BJ4wWEKCLHhAq8AXvCk626UZDk1fX2iNJhew_9AT5UYZ/s1600/20150807_181738_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsfQa4K4frtxHga31olb7rDn257QFv-Ai8Oc6nKLwmmz631iS9QpbRj63_2HNssjugKAJ9V3NlOYcbwsVF1PDmOFnmRYGu2FC4BJ4wWEKCLHhAq8AXvCk626UZDk1fX2iNJhew_9AT5UYZ/s640/20150807_181738_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
The tomatillos have lots of flowers and cute little paper husks plumping up!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEWya2c6FlZ2oEvpKY9HnARFNBhZTZIrQSBN2LIO7K3bE2Nr_yvjcW9GIsZcSs3B7xicdct6ipV1ZTG-_M2R6BXuWu3mB1S2h_QT3BC3-KaRwUY1PLPJyAn-JcTsaA3p2pBX5L_yibSAEJ/s1600/20150807_181724_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEWya2c6FlZ2oEvpKY9HnARFNBhZTZIrQSBN2LIO7K3bE2Nr_yvjcW9GIsZcSs3B7xicdct6ipV1ZTG-_M2R6BXuWu3mB1S2h_QT3BC3-KaRwUY1PLPJyAn-JcTsaA3p2pBX5L_yibSAEJ/s640/20150807_181724_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvgUhwpL8SEuLxnvIyXUcea-VojmPcqy1_SP3Xji4zl8zt_8uUK1O2OeBe4kz_YHbkf1w-INF5F_v8KpTVKnZKl1ucyqldJ9HwDnPfc7f8f7OpiiWS1OpkIAzbYtYXgaoqvQYfxNKK6ux4/s1600/20150807_181713_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvgUhwpL8SEuLxnvIyXUcea-VojmPcqy1_SP3Xji4zl8zt_8uUK1O2OeBe4kz_YHbkf1w-INF5F_v8KpTVKnZKl1ucyqldJ9HwDnPfc7f8f7OpiiWS1OpkIAzbYtYXgaoqvQYfxNKK6ux4/s640/20150807_181713_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
More watermelons...<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBHs_BQLnVEHCer7NwO_Yx-ziOMVP1xOkf0fxQkGWwpqHrrd7GtjH7JcWVYPQGGdvSTEx3HG2W_yEro9cp_3_LydWUpJ29Tm0RHnfzyTHzkkvKuAZ-dAi4XwA-nDNkDGSy1l0Sqrx17yx_/s1600/20150807_181656_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBHs_BQLnVEHCer7NwO_Yx-ziOMVP1xOkf0fxQkGWwpqHrrd7GtjH7JcWVYPQGGdvSTEx3HG2W_yEro9cp_3_LydWUpJ29Tm0RHnfzyTHzkkvKuAZ-dAi4XwA-nDNkDGSy1l0Sqrx17yx_/s640/20150807_181656_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
And the peppers are finally getting some buds.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv_ReURlLc-4wt9-SLm18lZhzmKiUjxb_58e0kz2eZi5Zknx5BawoVB-WWVisOQ1Qx9Z2lTxDSEB4dE_F5FnoWNoCJHvzTQPEBBCYPxVfA5QitbrYB6e0zYMnWxXq0vykEdojM-FktxrAJ/s1600/20150807_181628_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv_ReURlLc-4wt9-SLm18lZhzmKiUjxb_58e0kz2eZi5Zknx5BawoVB-WWVisOQ1Qx9Z2lTxDSEB4dE_F5FnoWNoCJHvzTQPEBBCYPxVfA5QitbrYB6e0zYMnWxXq0vykEdojM-FktxrAJ/s640/20150807_181628_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMUixaH4lwW00tOmYG7KWLp58g2XakmUsgpjkr0L5Y0CR-Oqccg0sIE2FLF64v9cxSaqYMCthYcMajeLF6rPeEpWzptUd09xMS775lcQJ0B-R-iwCk1UvZiGAriuqAYPNzNxB6fB8wX03X/s1600/20150807_181617_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMUixaH4lwW00tOmYG7KWLp58g2XakmUsgpjkr0L5Y0CR-Oqccg0sIE2FLF64v9cxSaqYMCthYcMajeLF6rPeEpWzptUd09xMS775lcQJ0B-R-iwCk1UvZiGAriuqAYPNzNxB6fB8wX03X/s640/20150807_181617_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
But, it was the cucumbers that grew very fast. We had several that were past their prime, but plenty of others to pickle. Oh! And we had a few surprise strawberries, too. All in all, the garden is doing pretty well this year thus far. I hope to see the tomatoes set more fruit and ripen up in the next few weeks!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw0bWYbMF82uBaTCAb3hxczu1FVMueThm6Y3auq0MMYgRKw3fAI6Zc9vQIZwHr3ejjcpf56zFjSHKTg2oH_b1K6h6ppBfhqHUH1MispO_YXAVBg4CyDKHaPVFv0egZChrtTXax7MJJJjhQ/s1600/20150807_181524_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw0bWYbMF82uBaTCAb3hxczu1FVMueThm6Y3auq0MMYgRKw3fAI6Zc9vQIZwHr3ejjcpf56zFjSHKTg2oH_b1K6h6ppBfhqHUH1MispO_YXAVBg4CyDKHaPVFv0egZChrtTXax7MJJJjhQ/s640/20150807_181524_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
P.S. Don't you think our tiny picnic table turned out cute with just a coat of paint? It looked like this before:<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR5ocS7v8ov3nZt2xAIjCFbcH76JDKrTnXLWBlrFjjuooXC6e01rpDTFH2rv9n9Bfk0LrlPpJNxG5FW3RuwwTcQPOW2INN4QR6sqZPc6lDsMnARVCoX4srZAywyWSIXtRc0B0Ej-qmH8Vr/s1600/IMG_20150725_194341376_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR5ocS7v8ov3nZt2xAIjCFbcH76JDKrTnXLWBlrFjjuooXC6e01rpDTFH2rv9n9Bfk0LrlPpJNxG5FW3RuwwTcQPOW2INN4QR6sqZPc6lDsMnARVCoX4srZAywyWSIXtRc0B0Ej-qmH8Vr/s640/IMG_20150725_194341376_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
It was a lovely $3 Yard Sale Find that is our girls project. My girls, my mom, and I painted it with discount paint ($10/gal), and we plan to have it be an ongoing project throughout the years. Maybe we'll paint it red next year, or indigo, or paint flowers on it? Who knows?<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7oJZHFPPjAySKdRG3PM1MFv9aEJ-iG_Y0NWBZXxIJQRRwm86ldFTCeGXGZ4xGCodbhndkczl_5RlkB84083y2TdZiKRZ6BwXRur6i1mGzgXDAoc_Knkht_LDQJBplw5vO6KrK4BqHK3X7/s1600/IMG_20150725_194235193.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7oJZHFPPjAySKdRG3PM1MFv9aEJ-iG_Y0NWBZXxIJQRRwm86ldFTCeGXGZ4xGCodbhndkczl_5RlkB84083y2TdZiKRZ6BwXRur6i1mGzgXDAoc_Knkht_LDQJBplw5vO6KrK4BqHK3X7/s640/IMG_20150725_194235193.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
Sharing:<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<a href="http://www.savvysouthernstyle.net/" target="_blank">Wow Us Wednesdays</a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<a href="http://homesteadbloggersnetwork.com/tag/green-thumb-thursday/" target="_blank">Green Thumb Thursday</a></div>
<a href="http://anoregoncottage.com/" target="_blank">Tuesday Garden Party,</a><br />
<a href="http://mamaldiane.com/?s=the+gathering+spot" target="_blank">The Gathering Spot</a><br />
<a href="http://back2basichealth.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Tuesdays with a Twist</a>Lani Christensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10236705258105595263noreply@blogger.com0