Our Garden

Now that winter has been here I thought I should probably post these pictures of my garden and backyard. Better late than never! In the beginning of the Fall I neglected my plants because I was just too sick to take care of them. I was so nauseous I had no desire to even water them, how sad is that?

I'm so glad I grew corn because in the fall I used the stalks for decor on my front door step (complete with a hay bale). Yes, I used a book shelf to hold my garden :) We grew tomatoes, corn, zuccini and bell peppers. I thought I did pretty well for my first years' garden.

Look how much our corn grew!! Everyone told us it wasn't going to grow but lo and behold... :)

We had so much zucchini it was coming out our ears :)

I neglected picking them for a while so some of them were huge

Our backyard is small, but still...a backyard so I can't complain. I hate being right up against an apt complex so for my birthday last summer I wanted a big umbrella (which my mom and grandma got me!) it swivels and winds up and down so its really easy to use, really heavy duty and covers practically the whole back yard. Next summer we would love to get a couple chairs out there and maybe even a fire pit :) It also is bigger than it looks in this picture, we have a covered patio that I'm standing on to take the picture. We also have a big storage unit out there.

I got this old trunk when I was in high school. It was on the side of the road with a "free" sign on it that screamed "Take me home!" I forgot all about it until we moved back. I love it in our little backyard

Our first ripe tomato! I was so happy

If I knew we were staying here for a while longer I would love to plant grass or better yet I would love to lay out some cool stone or something and get a patio set but for the time being I will just have to be happy with my little dirt-filled (with weeds included!) backyard.