Diggin' in the dirt!

Well, Spring is here and we have decided to try our hand at growing some vegetables this year. Two weeks ago, the boys decided they just couldn't wait, and decided to plant the seeds (indoors).


We assumed it would take at least a week or two before we saw any progress, but boy were we wrong!

Within 4 days of planting the vegetable seeds, we had sprouts! The flower seeds began to sprout in 2 days!


LOOK AT THESE BEANS!!


We were NOT prepared!

So, work quickly began on our new garden spot.

Our yard is not the ideal place to have a garden (or grass, or flowers, or trees...). It is nothing but Alabama red clay, with all the top soil scraped right off the top of it. But my dear, sweet hubby has faith that he will somehow manage to make actual food grow!

He started by buying some supplies. Thank goodness he had a lot of help unloading everything!


Next, he layed everything out, and started putting the frames together. Again, I know he was so thankful that he had a lot of help!


Then came the really hard part....tilling up that Alabama red clay with a 1978 model tiller that Marty had to completely rebuild this weekend! Unfortunatly, his muscle was back at school today, so he had to do that part all by himself. It took him about 5 solid hours to get the little area "like he liked it".


Next came dirt. This is where the extra muscles really came in handy! Thankfully, by this time, he was home from school.


ALL DONE! Aren't they purdy?


(Yes, we know that's not enough dirt.....we need about 100 more bags to even make a dent in our little garden spot. It would be quicker to just get a load delivered, but we are trying to do this on as little of budget as possible. We will add more this week)

Now we just have to wait for time off and for the weather to cooperate and
LET THE PLANTING BEGIN!!

I sure hope our beans will wait on us!

In other news.......

I may have redeemed myself on the cake-making front.....


TAHHHHHH DAHHHHHHHH!

It actually came out in ONE piece! Oh, you notice my spiffy new pot holder?(you remember, to replace the crappy one I had when I burnt my hand) I got it at ROSS, of course!


OK, now on to more serious matters.

I am asking for prayer requests for two families tonight.

The first request is for MckMama and baby Stellan from "My Charming Kids" . Little Stellan is having some unexpected, very serious heart problems. His prognosis is unknown at this time.

The next request is for the family of my first cousin, Suzette. Her youngest daughter, Kelsey, was killed in an auto accident yesterday. She was only 17 years old. Her funeral is tomorrow. Of course, this is just a devastating loss for the entire family!

And in closing.....

It's been 20 days.......