In the Yard.

We have gotten a good jump on the yard this year. Garden in, grass started, (our goal is to have a little yard for the kids to play on since I promised the 2 oldest a birthday party this year, and I want to do it outside) Our first poppy. We have sprayed weed killer on most of them because last year our yard looked like this (see below) They were planted in flower beds..... they did not stay in flower beds.

I thought it was comical when Trent told me how many plants he put in the ground. I thought he knew we were having a baby in September and was just trying to scare me. Here is a portion of the 20 pepper plants he put in.

Here are the 55 tomato plants 4 rows of corn 4 rows of beans 2 rows of beets, 1 carrot, and 2 rows of squash, 1 row of melon, 1 row of pumpkin. 1 row doesn't sound like a lot, but when your talking about 20 ft rows.....

On top of that, this is what our apple tree looks like. Can you see the little apples forming there? That is a what you call the cash crop. The whole tree looks like that. Luckily our pear tree is having an off year, and our apricot tree is getting ready to die. I guess luckily is the wrong word, the apricots would be ready in about 6 weeks. We replaced the cherry tree that died 2 years ago, put in 2 peach trees and another apple. SO we have a good 5 years before they give up more than just enough to eat.

I hope Trent is planning on helping put up bottles. I enjoy doing tomatoes, but come July when they start, I am going to be getting pretty big.