Now That Winter is Almost Here. . . Garden & Yard Photos! October 23, 2008

So our first attempt at gardening was actually pretty successful.  We started off with a few basics, including tomatoes, cucumbers, and peppers.  We made tomato and cucumber salads and cucumbers were a pretty common snackaroo for a few months.

Wee Veggie Garden

A Few Months Later

In a post from maybe June, I mentioned wanting to use rubber mulch in part of our yard and I’ve included a photo of the mulch and the seven shrubs we planted.  It looks pretty good, but those dang leaves that keep falling from the trees are driving me crazy.  I keep wanting to pick them out of the mulch.

Bottom Left Side -- Rocks & No Mulch or Shrubs

With Rubber Mulch and Shrubs!

Anywho, the weather has definitely cooled down and everything is slowly withering and going into hibernation, but we’re prepping for next spring.  We’ll start early and plant o’ plenty.

Here’s a hint at an upcoming post — Check out that way cool interior door that was being used as an exterior door.  You can’t see it from this photo, but the door frame is sorta pieced together, the door is cracked, and there’s a space for a transom window that has been boarded over.  These are all qualities you want in a door when the temperature has already dropped down below freezing. . . Stay tuned for the seriously awesome update on that stuffs.

So many projects and only 23 more weekends left in 2008 July 18, 2008

So it could maybe possibly be my fault that we haven’t posted in a little while, but we have many projects to come. . . We’ve been working on our yard, rearranging our furniture at 1:30am on a school night and contemplating how to improve the bathroom on a super small budget.

We’re thinking about using rubber mulch and permeable pavers to help finish off the front yard and driveway. I was looking at Marmoleum earlier tonight for the bathroom and despite the website saying that it “is all natural and comes in a rainbow of beautiful colors,” I’m not really liking any of the fabulous colors.

We also just met with a green architect this afternoon to get a better idea of what an addition might cost and ultimately look like. The meeting was pretty interesting and I’m keeping my fingers crossed that we might be able to build a little something Josh and Tanya friendly for our wee budget.

Thanks for reading and we’ll be posting yard photos very very soon. . . pwomise.

say hello to one of our friendly little neighbors! June 21, 2008

we discovered him one morning on the window sill.  i didn’t get a chance to take a picture of him then, but he turned up again the next night.  i’ve decided to call him mr. snail!

We bought a lawnmower… finally June 6, 2008

After searching for a Made in the USA 18″ Reel mower (manual push) we settled on an assembled in the USA Craftsman… since apparently Made in the USA and 18″ Reel Mowers do not exist… boo. So here it is, well a stock photo of it… more pics to come, I promise.