Diggin in the dirt

I have my gardens done! I love flower beds and gardens! I love working in the dirt (with gloves of course- I can't stand dirt under my fingernails!), planting things, and then watching it all grow! I think I got this from my mom- she is always working in the yard and taking care of her flowers. It is something that we both take a lot of pride in. Here is my front flower beds. I should have taken pictures right after I had planted everything because Mike trimmed the next day so now I have grass clippings in the beds....ugh! So, excuse the grass clippings and the glares.

This is my new favorite flower- it kinda closes and droops in the evening, but every day all the flowers open and it is gorgeous! I will have to get another picture of it in the daytime after I clean out all the grass clippings! :)

Now for my proudest moment! Mike and I have done our first vegetable garden! Mike built me some raised beds, then we stained the wood, and I planted all my veggies and fruits. Doesn't it look great? My mom was probably getting really sick of me calling every other day asking what else I should plant and when to plant and where and how much to water it- I just wanted everything to be perfect this year.
I did peas, tomatoes (growing up the trellis), marigolds to help with the bugs, green onions, yellow onions, a red bell pepper, jalapeno pepper, potatoes, garlic, watermelon, cantelope and lots of strawberries! YUM!!! I am going to make salsa this year, so hopefully all my veggies will actually produce something.

This isn't the best picture of the raised beds but all the others are facing the other way and we are working on that part of the lawn, hence all the dirt. We are doing a major project, but I didn't want to spoil the final outcome! Stay tuned!