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planting pumpkins

janette — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 12:38:38 +0000

Earlier this summer, we were able to visit my sister and her hubby on their farm near Des Moines. While we were there, they asked the kids if they wanted to plant their own pumpkins. What kid would say no to that? A chance to dig in the dirt and not get scolded by mom…

They made little flags with their names on them, chose the perfect spot on a little hill, dug a hole…

dropped in their seeds…

and covered them up.

We hear they’re doing well…and we can’t wait to see them in the fall!

Thanks Aunt Angie and Uncle Blaine for taking care of them for us!

spring’s a comin’

janette — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 02:19:40 +0000

Too bad these babies are probably going to get snowed on this weekend.

I love it when they come up, but they never seem to last long…rain or super cold usually gets them every time.

those birds make me crazy

janette — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:42:04 +0000

Nathan and I have been “container gardeners” for a few years now…we usually try our hand at growing one thing in pots on the deck. Really, its all we can handle. We’ve had moderate luck with tomatoes – even growing them from seeds one year.

This year, we decided to try strawberries…figuring that we wouldn’t get any this first year because thats what the lady told us at the WalMart garden center. Apparently, little did she know…because we are getting a few strawberries – small ones,…but they’re there.

My dad was here one day doing some light home repair and says to me “you just wait…when you’re getting just about ready to pick that strawberry, you’ll say – I’ll give it one more day to get a little redder, and then I’ll pick it and that day, the birds will come and eat it…”
Well, what do you know…we got the first one…but it looks like we weren’t as lucky this
second time.

Was it a bird…we may never know…but the strawberry – gone. Perhaps we’ll have better luck with the next one. You may find a picture of me guarding it day and night in my next post! I can just see it now…me, on the deck, flashlight in hand, ready to scare off the birds.

they remind me of grandma

janette — Thu, 22 May 2008 22:55:19 +0000

So, I thought I better take a picture of our bleeding hearts this year…because some year, I’m pretty sure they won’t be there.

When we moved in, these bushes were huge and now are only a fraction of their original size.

I’m not sure what it is about my gardening ability, or lack there of, that makes it so hard for me to keep things alive and thriving…perhaps its my indifference to most of the plants we have in our yard. These I love having though, they remind me of grandma.