Jeez....I need to update this blog eh???

Ok, so I keep saying I will update this thing, and I don't.  I HAVE BEEN ONE BUSY SUCKAFOO!  A quick overview:

Our tomato plants grew .... then got hit by hail...then grew again...and we got small tomatoes this year because we didn't plan on weather complications.  The ones we got were good...and we learned what NOT to do so next spring should go better.

I am in college now...have been since ...well pretty much my last post.  Great grades (all A's) for the first time in my life.  Was hard for the last half year due to not having a desk...which we now do (came in today!).  Will be finished with the semester in a month.

Been working our tails off...and the kids are doing great (as usual) in school.

Dobby (our dog) is a great dog...and we have purchased a Thunder Shirt for him to help with his panic attacks when we leave the room.  When we put it on him...he is no longer Dobby....but instead he changes into "Chocolate Thunda!"

Old silver car died...and we bought a new blue car (great gas mileage) - which I love.

We are canning jam and making wine like crazy...and in fact, we have one batch of red wine working through the fermenting process as we speak.

Halloween is over...and we have officially started listening to Christmas music and are looking forward to a Branson trip soon.

-Bryant

Christ is Risen!

 

He is Risen Indeed!

 

Happy Easter to everyone!  Just wanted to let everyone know that I still do intend to keep this blog alive!  Several have sent me emails or texts in the recent past asking when I will start working on this blog again, and I do have great intentions to keep it up to date.

This weekend, we went to the local farmers market and purchased our first organic additions to the home garden we have started to ponder....and I say ponder, because frankly we are not sure how we want our garden to look just yet.  So for now, we have planted each of our plants into pots and set them aside our garden spot to get them going.  For those of you out there who are saying "...sure plant a garden in a dry, low humidity state...." I want to let you know that I have done my research and am planting only Colorado grown fruits and vegetables to begin with.  Also we will be planting many flowering plants and flowers themselves to bring in what is left of the bee's in this country to do what they do.  For our starter fruits, we bought a local "everbearing" Royal raspberry cane (only one for now as I hear it grows like weeds once it takes off), some peppermint, and two kinds of "everbearing" Strawberries (Seascape and Albion), which I have learned how to create new plants from the "runners" so I will have more soon.  For our first vegetables, we purchase 4 types of heirloom tomatoes that the local farms grow around here(Hillbilly, Pink, White and Pineapple).  We also have green bell peppers, cucumbers and jalapenos.
We will be planting them in raised beds so we can provide the correct soil.  Below you will see the plants themselves and our little garden spot.

Strawberry in top pot, Mint on bottom

Bottom pot is the Raspberry

2 smaller on top left is Bell Pepper and Jalapeno, 4 larger pots are the Heirloom tomatoes.

So far...only some idea as to how we want to put them in this garden to be