This girl has spent this wonderful three day weekend enjoying time with my family doing all of our favorite things, hiking, laughing and working in our garden. I love being in our garden for me it is so relaxing to feel the sun on my face and to watch the jays buzz the cats as they hurriedly collect peanuts and to see and hear the bees while they collect nectar and pollen.
Hiking at Rockville
We don't have much space but we are doing our best to use the space we have. So far we have a peach tree, orange tree, avocado tree and an apple tree. We are getting ready to put table grapes in the ground and this Spring we are going to plant blueberries. I love the idea of being self sustaining being able to teach our children what it takes to grow the food that we eat and the reward of harvesting and eating what we grow. Last night we were able to eat collard greens that we harvested from our garden, for dinner. I like the idea that the yard can be beautifully landscaped but with plants that not only look nice but also have a purpose.
Our collard greens after they were harvested.
I was inspired by the gorgeous weather we have had in California, despite the fact we NEED RAIN, to spend the day out in the yard digging. Taking advantage of the weather to prepare for Spring. While my husband put together some of our planter boxes the kids and I filled the boxes with dirt turned our compost into the soil. We also started some of our seeds. Now is the time to get them started so they will be ready to be put in the ground when Spring arrives! We planted tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, kiwi, cantaloupe and watermelon. This year we will have a bed for just potatoes, onions and garlic and bed for herbs. As we all know with gardening there is much preparation so at this point I don't have much to show for all our work but as we make progress I will post pictures on my FB page.
one of our garden beds, almost filled.
What are some of you gardening plans? Share with me here or on my FB page https://www.facebook.com/pages/Inspirations-From-A-Crafty-Girl/540223316016643
Happy Gardening!
Hugs....Naomi
1 Corinthians 3:6-9 "I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. 7 So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. 8 The man who plants and the man who waters have one purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor. 9 For we are God's fellow worker, you are God's field, God's building.
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