Only Hit my Thumb Once

I only hit my thumb once while the youngest and I finished the new fence. We were going to have Mr and Mrs H come over and help but after Mrs H OK'd our posts for straightness we decided to continue. I must say I think we did a fairly good job. As you can see the WRX made a good truck. We were able to get all of the lumber home. We had to make a couple of trips but that was OK. We still have the Trellis to build. I have most of the lumber except for the lattce for that we need Mr and Mrs H's truck. So I guess the trellis will be my B-day project. I think I can get most of it done except for the lattice and placement since it will take a few folks to hold while someone drills and bolts it in place.

By the looks of Biscuit's garden we should have our first harvest next week of garden fresh radishes.
I have also replaced the barbecue with a new gas fired one. As you can see I have placed it near nothing that will catch on fire like the fence or house.

When WB gets home today we just need to pick out the new kitchen window and get it ordered. Lowes' sells Pella windows which look they will work quite well. They even make a garden window that will fit.

Off to clean house since WB is coming home today.

I am never.....

I am never going to barbecue again. Last night I barbecued chicken and Salmon for dinner. After finishing I close the vent to the top onWeber. And about 4 am we woke up to this cracking sound WB got up and looked out the window. We had set the fence on fire. Not a huge amount of damage but it looks like a new kitchen window, fence and some plants and pond pump for the neighbor. Off to call the insurance company. So much for thinking the coals had gone out. :(

Biscuit's Garden

When Biscuit was over the last time we took some time and planted a garden together. She helped plant the radishes, beans, and squash. As you can see her little garden is doing quite well. We will not have radishes in time for Mothers day but close. She also has two tomatoes plants, Grandpa planted those. I must say her garden is doing better than mine. When I had the landscaping done seven years ago I remember trying to convince the landscaper to put my garden spot where Biscuit's is. But he did not want to ruin his design so it is on the other side of the lawn where there is less sun. Oh well.

I have always been around gardens. Growing up on a farm in Iowa you had a garden. A big garden. Sweat corn was planted in the end rows of a corn field close to the house. Needless to say there was lots of sweat corn. One of my first jobs I remember was shelling peas with my mom for canning. Let's just say it takes a lot of shelling to get enough peas to can. And when we canned it wasn't just a jar or two. There was always the local talk of who did the most quarts, pints and of what. And the always ever present warning from my dad to my mom do not to overheat the pressure cooker and blow it up. Which meant melt the safety plug out which I am sure would have made quite the noise.

As an adult I don't plant peas. And I can't grow sweat corn like we had in Iowa. My sister can, she has a garden that must cover and acre. And she still cans and freezes those peas. She still lives in Iowa.