Now the wait begins...

Well, we got the rest of the raised garden beds done. We planted seeds in the first bed a couple of weeks ago. Last week we finished putting dirt in the other 2 bigger beds, and last Sunday after church we planted the rest of our seeds. We also went ahead and planted our tomato plants, bell pepper plants, onions, garlic, and jalapeno pepper plants. Hopefully Jack Frost will stay away and not bite us in the butt for planting before Mother's Day.



















Things are really greening up here. Our one apple tree is just covered in blossoms. The second apple tree has blossoms for the first year ever - just a few - but it has some!































The grapevines are growing...

















The wild blackberry bushes are getting green and will be blooming soon...















And the strawberry bed is doing very well so far. We planted some starts, as well as about 6 bigger plants. There is a mixture of huge June-bearing strawberry plants, and some Ozark Beauty everbearing. I can't wait until we can actually harvest strawberries from them next year! I want to try making jam, as well as having fresh strawberries to eat.















The seeds we planted in the first bed are coming up. The green beans are the latest to start popping through...















The peas are starting nicely...














As is the leaf lettuce...














Some broccoli is showing up....














And the carrots are starting...















I'm still waiting on the turnips and cucumbers to pop up. In the far left bed we planted some mammoth sunflower seeds, some Honey Pearl sweet corn, a couple of individual-sized cantaloupe seeds, and a couple of pie pumpkin seeds. We ran out of room, so we're trying to start the Giant Magic Pumpkin seeds in hills to the left of the last bed.














So....now we just water when it doesn't rain...and we wait. Hopefully we'll have a good harvest from our garden this year. It's really nice working in the garden with Rich...being outside in the sun and working on something together.

I'm also still knitting on baby (aka Peanut) clothes. I'm working on a baby gown right now. I'll post pictures of it when I'm done. Well...that's about it for today. The bus just pulled up, so Kota is home. Rich will be home soon, so I need to start thinking about dinner. I hope God blesses your day as much as he has mine!