Thursday, April 16, 2009

Good Times in Novice Gardening #3

Since I am flying to Utah in a few hours, I figured I would use my time wisely right now and blog (bloggers are sick people, aren't we?). After the rain that lasted oh, from Monday until last night,
I thought I'd update my interested gardeners on my progress:

Behold the boxes Malcolm built. Behold the mess Deon built on the tarp - the beginning of my official soil mix. Behold it drying it out since the tarp
MOSTLY shielded it from the rain.

Here is the lovely mud - great for mudpies (one of my favorite childhood activities). NOT great for starting a garden...


Good times. OH, but I did "Repurpose" (no, offense, but I really hate that word, which I think is overly used nowadays, but that is another blog post - don't hate me) the abandoned basketball hoop.
It is now.......wait for it.....look closely......

Yes, a little robin is using it as a perch! What a great idea!
Hmm...I wonder if she has a good shot?

(oh, and you googlereaders, don't forget to look at my sidebar
where I have added my official thesaurus.)
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8 comments:

  1. JodeeApril 16, 2009 at 4:35 PM

    Oh, I thought you were going to use the net from the hoop for your square grid on top of the box!
    So far so good! I am getting so excited to do mine too! I just had an enrichment class this morning and it was very informative! I am no longer intimidated! yay!

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  2. Promises to KeepApril 16, 2009 at 10:30 PM

    I like your boxes, now I think I need boxes to plant my squash at the top of my drive way. I was just going to plant them but now I feel I definitely need boxes. One more thing for Malcolm's ever growing honey do list.

    I do have a confession, when we were dating I would tease him because he subscribed to this magazine called "Handyman." Boy I was a silly girl!

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  3. Amy G.April 17, 2009 at 11:29 AM

    Can't wait to get my handyman working on our garden in the new house!

    for your growing thesaurus...
    super-deluxe
    righteous
    cooler than cool
    non-boring
    anti-dull
    fan-tab-u-low-so

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  4. AmandaApril 19, 2009 at 11:55 PM

    Umm...sorry that you are coming home to rain tomorrow.

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  5. DeonApril 21, 2009 at 11:03 AM

    Jodee- glad it's going well! Dang - shoulda thought of using the net for that purpose. What was I thinking? Love you girls - Ames', thanks for the words - I will add them!

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  6. The Brinkerhoff'sApril 23, 2009 at 8:03 PM

    Ok so I have been wanting to start a garden, but Travis says it's to much work... Is it so hard? have any advice

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  7. The Brinkerhoff'sApril 25, 2009 at 2:46 AM

    Yeah my email is staceybrinkpink@yahoo.com

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  8. Kent and TerriLynApril 25, 2009 at 12:24 PM

    Congratulations on your gardening. As John Denver puts it "Homegrown tomatoes, homegrown tomatoes! What would life be without homegrown tomatoes?!"
    I have a suggestion for your thesaurus. . .TERRIfic! :0)

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