Seeds planted,Dance done,and Prayer Lifted!

Well, the garden is planted here in the Boonie's of West Tn. Our garden is about the length of 2 Altima's and the width of a Hummer. It was about all the room we had. Josh,and the boys,and I,and even my Mama,aka Nana,got it sewn just 2 days ago. It will probably be a hot mess,but we get an A for family effort. We planted English peas,carrots,beets,cucumbers,{aka pickles},squash,lettuce,and watermellon. the rows arent straight at all! But I've learned that it does not matter,food will grow in crooked rows.Nathan,bless his heart,couldnt follow directions too well,and instead of popping peas in the ground by following me,he went backwards.We will probably end up with a pea,beat hybrid. The tomato's will be bought in plant form,and planted sometime over the busy Easter weekend.Maybe Saturday.
We got the flower bed turned into an herb garden! I planted zenia seeds at the end of the herb bed.they are already sprouting. I planted basil,chive,cilantro,dill,parsely,green onion,rosemary,thyme,and sage. Since I had no clue how to do it,I simply put them in alphabetical order to keep up with what is where. The basil has already sprouted! Im so happy! Nathan planted daisies,and zenia's on the other flower bed.Its got Iris,and lillies,and roses in it too.My MIL and Aunt IL did some awesome work on the flower beds here,when the Grandparents lived here.So there's lots of stuff coming back.There's a rose bush blooming,and a clematis blooming. I wound up redoing another flower bed under a big tree in the front yard. I moved some of the Iris growing in the "herb garden",bought some already blooming pansies and impaitents,and got them swen into Calebs favorite dirt digging place! Its a true challenge keeping him from stomping in the beds.Today he and I walked down the hill to check on the garden.Before we planted,we noticed some river beds,where the water drains down the hill,and straight through the garden spot. I managed to divert the water with some cinder blocks and pieces of wood. I need to put 2 more blocks down,as well. Caleb stomped right through where I think carrots are in the garden.He loves mud! and I guess since he cant SEE the seeds in the dirt,they arent there,we plowed up a fresh mud hole for him! WRONG! It gets tiresome hollering for him to get out of the garden,herbs,and flower bed.
I'm not sure yet just HOW things will grow,I just hope they do! Josh planted the cucumbers and squash,and apparently the little seed packs hold quite a few.they did on basil,carrots,and beets as well.next year i will only buy 1 pack of each! this year Im droping the rest of the seeds in the mail to my friend.shes more poor than we are,so I hope 4 bucks worth of seeds will help them out.Heck,I hope it helps us out too. I want to be able to use cucumbers I grow myself,with dill I grow myself,and garlic my cousin has at our Memaw's house,and make some kick ass pickles.All organic,but the store brand vinegar I use.
I used to be know for doing happy dances,rain dances,dont rain dances,etc. well I used to think it was from my Native American heritage,but NOW,I know its my Celtic heritage.So seeds planted,dance done,and prayer lifted!

Spring Time in the Boonies

So,I know Ive not written on here in months.Greif has a horrible hold on someone at times.I've been trying to cope,and its one day at a time.I've been doing pretty good,but now,I'm back to just ok. I have things to look forward to,and stuff around here to keep me busy. My boys are both playing little leauge this year,and watching them is a blast. We are hosting Easter Dinner here at our home this year,and then,a bridal shower for my friend Melanie who is getting married in May. Its non stop around here. I like that,most days.Keeps my mind occupied,and my hands busy. Yesterday,weee doggie,we worked and worked in the yard. I'm talking big tractor work,not diggin in the flower beds work. We are going to attempt a garden this year. I got all my seeds at the local Dollar General store.Most were 3 packs for a dollar. I'm not expecting prize winning cucumbers here,but I do hope to have enough to make dill pickles.Those are highly requested by our friends,and some family. Our garden patch,as I'm calling it,is not big. We live on a hill,so its at the bottom of our west facing hill.It gets full morning,and mid day till about 4pm sun,so I hope thats enough. We dont have any real level places on our property.except for the front yard,and a little down the hill. My patch is about 12 ft long and about 5 ft wide. I cant remember all the seeds Ive got.I know I do have beets,lettuce,cucumbers,squash,and watermellon. I'm also turning one of the flower beds in front of the house into an herb garden.Its only got a few items that come back in it,so they are going to be moved to other beds.I've got to till the soil with a small tiller today,add some garden soil to it,and some plant food.I got my seeds for the herbs at the D.G> store as well. Basil,thyme,parsley,and dill. My MIL taught me that you can pick the herbs when they come in,and they will keep making.Also,you can wash them,and freeze thm,and just hack off what you need,as you need it.I might try to try some things too.We have another flower bed int he shade under a beautiful old tree in the side yard. Caleb likes to play in it,and dig.Not this year! If he does,it wont be pretty seeing the hissy fit,I will throw.I scraped off more top dirt from the garden patch yesterday to fill in the flower bed. Im going to till in some top soil froma bag into there today too.I've got lavender,pansies,impatitents,and Iris that are going into that one. Iris is the state flower of TN. And they are so beautfiul blooming in my Nanny inlaw's yard right now.They are also my Memaw,in MS,favorite flower. I hope they do well being moved.I had some I got from my MIL,that I moved to our old house,and they did well. Ive got some old bulbs Mama gave me too.Im putting them in the dirt as well. I know this blog is normally kind of humerous,so I will share a story about me driving Uncle Bills big tractor. It has a big bucket on the front.So I filled it up with tree branches and debris from a tree that had fallen in the fall. I go down the hill,and dump my bucket onto the burn pile,and as Im getting ready to make the loop and come back up,I notice Josh waving and hollering. Oh No,what n the sam hell did I do? He was clomping down the hill and pointing at one of the front tires. I noticed it then.The ENTIRE tire had come off the rim!!! I had no clue! I've only driven a tractor once before yesterday {and my wonderful Josh taught me on both tractors}.So he tried his best to get it back on the rim,which he did,with sucess.BUT,then the ded blame thang,wouldnt air up! He had to take the tire to the shop at the GP inlaws house to fix it. It was only a delay in working our butts off yesterday.B/c soon as he got it fixed,it was back to hard work. Im proud of the work,me,Josh and Nate did yesterday.Today will be a repeat,except I DO get to dig in the dirt of my flower beds! So on a wish and a prayer,I hope it all is fruitful!