Garden is Done

We finaly got the vegetable garden and the herb garden planted. We still have to plant the onions and we have packets of seed to plant radishes, beets and carrots. Chuck worked all day Saturday on raised gardens out in front of the porch and the side of the house. We got railroad ties to use to enclose the garden then put down weed cloth then put in the top soil. Chuck went and got a load of top soil and got it all in and the left over soil went in the veggie garden. Tonight we planted Caladenian bulbs. We had planted some our first summer but they didn't come up last Spring. Maybe the clay ground was to hard or the cold weather affected them coming back up. They should be pretty when they come up. Hopefully, tomorrow I will get some flowers for the side garden. Still have some more planting beds to clean out and replant. I will post some pictures later on.

We are still working on the house inside. Our next big project is cabinets for the laundry room and tile for both bathrooms. This summer Chuck will put a metal roof on the out building since it is leaking badly. Alot of the shingles are off the roof we do get some strong winds here on the mountain. Always many projects to do when you own a house. Well thats it for this time.

Spring has Sprung

I haven't posted in awhile been busy with company March and April. In March or son visited from Fl. We hadn't seen him since we moved from FL in Jan. 2007. He is pretty busy managing a busy Hooters in Port Richey, FL but had 2 weeks of vacation to use or lose so visited us for a week. He flew into Nashville, Tn on March 31st. We had to travel 2 hours to pick him up. Stephen liked where we lived here in the mountains, but wouldn't want to live here himself, to remote. He did say it would make an excellent vacation home. He did get some rest while here and we all went out to dinner on my birthday to my favorite place, Red Lobster! The visit ended to quickly. He said that he would be back again and bring his finacee next time.

Chucks 2 sisters from IL were here for Easter. They arrived on Thurs nite and left to go home on the 13th. Diane of course had to work while here she brought her lap top and her fax machine with her. I managed to get my work done as well. She has her own business and if she doesn't work, she don't get paid! Thats her only source of income. Diane's son was visiting from CA he was buying a car in the St. Louis, MO area and came along with them. We had a big dinner on Easter Sunday and not alot of leftovers either. We all do like to eat.

The weather here has been rainy on and off we did have one sunny rainless day while they were all here. Its still kinda cool and the heat still comes on at night. Its cool so far today and probably more of the same tomorrow then it warms up into the low 70's. Its been so rainy we haven't had a chance to put in our garden yet. Got a few plants already. I will have my herb garden as well. We plan to plant potatoes, onions, cabbage, radishes, tomatoes, peppers, okra, egg plant, lettece and beets. A little of every thing. Alot of people around here do gardens and they also put up stuff in the freezer or canning.

Well its time to make that trip to town. Diane gave us a lap top computer so I need to take it in and see why it won't power up.