First day of school

My boys all ready for their first day of school. August 17, 2011

Chance's Eagle Project

This was the best Eagle project EVER! Not because it was the best project, but that it was over and done with in 2 weeks from start to finish. We still have the paper work to do, but from idea, to planning, to getting approval signatures, to the actual work, was only 2 weeks. AWESOME! Wanna know the secret? Call your elementary school principle (or any school principle for that matter) 2 weeks before school starts and most likely he will have something that he needs done before school starts. And having a short time limit is the best thing to light a fire under your teen boy who would rather go play.

BEFORE

This curb is yellow.....

Painting the "Time Out" box

The littlest helper

The smaller playground

...and this curb is green.

The fire drill line

4 square court

Tether ball

Hopscotch anyone?

Lovely stencil work huh?

A work of art!

The happy results of hard work

Remember this?

 This is what it looks like now!

We have harvested yellow and zucchini squash, tomatoes, peppers, cabbage, beets, radishes, broccoli, green beans, basil, parsley, sage, cucumbers, and the corn is coming on. The celery and eggplant are growing well. The potatoes plants are growing great but we won't see what lies underground for a few months yet. I've got about 30 granny Smith apples, and 2 golden delicious...lol! Probably won't get any melons, (boo hoo!) but the pumpkins and spaghetti squash are growing like gangbusters! The green that you see on the right side of the garden is alfalfa. The soil isn't very good on that side so I'm growing a cover crop to try to  improve it. I was going to do the whole east side but it is a lot of work when your tiller is only 10 inches wide! Oh well. There is always next year.

I love to garden!