Current Projects

Grapevines.


Meet my little friend. This is Cabernet Sauvignon. He's a happy boy, popping out of his little growing tube, isn't he cute? We now have 25 vines in full bloom. This is project #1.



Fruit.


We are now starting to harvest some fruit from our tree grove. These are sugar plums...tiny and sweet. Next we will start picking nectarines and peaches...yumm-o!



Un-flower garden.



This is my first finished un-flower bed. The mulch is great, it helps keep the moisture in the ground, loosen the soil and discourage weeds from growing. I am growing garlic, cat tails and fescue.

Owl Box.

Yesterday we raised our owl box. It is a beautiful thing. I am so proud of my husband, (and grateful to our friend Roger) for putting this together. Getting this thing off the ground was NO EASY TASK. The box itsself weighs about 50 pounds. The first post we tried to raise broke in half, so we decided to put it on a metal pole. It was a treacherous hour and a half trying to get this thing vertical. I can't believe we did it. Now we wait for an owl to come and move in...very exciting.

So, needless to say, we feel quite accomplished. Most of the weeds have been mowed down, and we are starting to beautify the property here and there. There are times when we feel overwhelmed by the enormity of it all, but this week we are patting ourselves on the back.

Now...its time for a vacation! HA!