Better late than never?

Is there a point at which it's too late to plant a garden? Yeah, we didn't think so either. We planted about the same time last year and were getting veggies well into October, so maybe we're onto something even if we did miss the so called "planting season". (never mind that we first started picking those veggies in September)

Fresh crop of tomatoes, peppers, cucumber, and a few herbs (that one on the front left is my pet Tabasco pepper plant). Our fingers are crossed they make it to next week! My fingers are also crossed that once these things are big enough to eat, Carolyn will get back to posting her awesome meals on her blog too.

Oh, and check out the progress on the new fence. About 70 more boards to go.

Blood, sweat, tears, and landscaping.

Since Carolyn hasn't posted in a while, I figured I'd jump in and bring her blog back to life with a little update on the most recent project: our backyard.

The catalyst for this project actually dates back to the storm that crushed our garage last June.

We had to get the oak tree cleaned up so that it wouldn't die or drop any more limbs on our new garage. So while the tree guy was here we decided to have him clean up the only side of our lot that doesn't have a fence. All the mangled trees and shrubs that had been growing there for years suddenly vanished and we re-discovered the rusty chain link fence separating is from our neighbors. So after a few fights with the ivy and thorn vines left behind by the tree guy, we had a clean strip ready to be adorned with a wooden fence to match the one on the other 3 sides of our yard.

I figured all this would be in vain without making the rest of the yard look good too, so we had some weeding and pine straw done.

Then today, I tackled the first steps on the new fence- beginning with an hour in Lowes, followed by a lot of sweat, a few bug bites, some dried concrete here and there, and the realization that I'm not quite as limber as I used to be (must be a side effect of balding). Photos of finished product will (hopefully) come soon, just got several posts dug and anchored today and about 8 ft of fence boards covered.