Wednesday, March 11, 2009

I finally got to work in the yard today. I gathered up all the branches that had fallen and picked up some trash that had blown around. I'm really looking forward to planting a garden. I think I'll keep it to flowers and herbs for my garden here. My grandma and I will be working together in her garden and that's were I plan to have all the fruits and vegetables. I'm looking forward to vine ripe tomatoes.

I'm relieved that we've all survived our first winter here. It wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be and according to everyone I've talked to this is one over the worst winters in a while. The temperatures did fall pretty low and there is only so much snow a girl can take before she begs for sun, but all in all I think we fared pretty well. I didn't max out the credit card buying a Caribbean vacation or jump in the car and head for Florida though the thought did cross my mind.

I'm looking forward to a lot of back yard bar-b-ques and more time outside. I've got to get the back porch cleaned off and hang Hayden's swing out there so we can enjoy some evenings outside.

My step-sister introduced me to a lovely walking trail that runs parallel to the Allegheny river. It will make a wonderful replacement to the park Erin and I used to visit. Slowly, we are finding our place here.

5 comments:

Denise said...

It is becoming home..... How wonderful it is that you have found your place..... I look forward to a small garden.... me and Mom will plant a little bit for her to putter around in..... Lots of flowers for her to cut and put in a vase....

She is better and Dad should come home tomorrow....... It has been a tough week........

enjoy your spring girl.......

aola said...

Right now we are having freezing rain so thoughts of spring are far away today. I'm glad I didn't plant anything other than a few radishes while it was warm last week.

Do you know what zone you are in? Do you have a long enough growing season for tomatoes or do you have to buy a special variety that ripens quickly? I bet your Grandma knows all the tricks for northern gardeners,huh?

Sandra said...

We can grow tomatoes. My grandma does know all the tricks, but isn't very good at telling me. She's been gardening so long it's like second nature to her. I have The Readers Digest Guide to Gardening and am using it to get an idea of what to do when. We are in zone 5-6. I bought a bunch of herb seeds today and a mini planter to get them started. I also bought some peony and dahlia's. It's quite chilly here so I'll need to wait to plant those, but at least I have them. I'm going to try to clean out the flower bed this weekend and get it ready for some flowers. Grandma says we'll start the vegetable garden in May..hopefully I'll be feeling up to it, but if not I'll be there for the watering/weeding/harvesting.

McMom said...

Sounds wonderful!! As you are settling , I 'am getting ready to apck up again. John got a promotion and we are moving the end of June. They want him at the headquaters which is about 80 miles from here, but not easy to get to from an island, so commuting would not be an option.

Our neighbors icelandic sheep are starting to lamb. There have been 4 born so far. Two singles and one set of twins.

Kristen said...

Yay for spring coming and starting new traditions! :)