Twist and pull. Nothing to it!
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Trip to the apple orchard
Twist and pull. Nothing to it!
Friday, October 16, 2009
Some results from the garden
I took forever for the broccoli to grow. Here's a picture of it still on the plant:
And here it is off the plant:
If you let broccoli keep growing, and don't pick it, the little green part that you eat turns into a bouquet of yellow flowers. Who knew?
Wonderful, but not edible, lettuce trees!
Here is a picture of one of the two carrots that grew. (Yes, only two grew even though I planted several. But two is better than none!)
The peas grew and were eaten by the kids before I could cook them.
We had green beans several times for supper.
My tomatoes have done pretty well. I don't have pictures of the finished product, but they are still growing which has surprised me.
We had cucumbers growing out of our ears, even though I only planted two plants.
We still have green bell peppers. I only planted one bell pepper plant and we have had 10 or so peppers with 7 more still growing.
The corn grew, but not that well. Or maybe I should say that we just picked it too late. I was waiting for the right time to cook it and by the time the right time came, the corn was all sticky and nasty when we ate it. The two ears that we picked way too early, or so we thought, turned out great. Now we know to pick earlier next year.
It was a great experience having the garden this year and I can't wait to try it out again next year!
Lucy...and all her many phrases
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Our Garden
Brad worked with the kids to build our boxes. Then we all spent a few hours mixing our soil. We started planting and transplanting several different things. He is a pick of the broccoli, cauliflower, and onions:
Will came in while I was typing and looked at all the picks. He said, "Those peas are really little. Now they look like vines." He also said he just looked at our corn and that there are little green things all over the place and that I just HAVE to come see. So I'll go check that out and hopefully be back soon with more on our garden!
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Brighton's trip to the hospital
He moaned and slept off and on for about 7 hours and then decided he was all better. Since then he's been up walking, scooting, and acting pretty much like normal. It must be great to be a kid!
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Never any time to write
Since I last wrote, Elijah has started playing violin. He really seems to like it and is improving each week. Will took some art lessons and is looking forward to taking more. Briley is just Briley. Lucy is wearing her pull-ups just because. At least she is telling me after she goes to the bathroom that she is pee pee. Brighton is up several times a night, but that should be over in a few weeks. And that's about it.
So, many I'll write again sooner rather than later.