Trees!

Well, I guess you could call me a liar or even confused. In the end though, I thought this was the best place to post about the newest editions to our backyard - three trees. So even though I said the garden was done, I decided to talk about these editions in this blog as it seemed most appropriate.

Yes, we got trees. Three. Two live oaks and another one that I think is like a cross between a cherry tree and a weeping willow - Rachel can confirm and post pictures also. I'm pretty excited about the trees seeing as how we really had nothing to block the neighbors behind us from peering into our backyard or our home. It will take a few years, but eventually the backyard will be a sanctuary from the rest of the world for our kids and whoever else may live there over the course of our wonderful little home.

We followed the directions pretty clearly, unfortunately we won't know for a while if the roots "took" or not. Please pray, if you have a moment that we don't lose them. It wouldn't be a financial setback so much as it would be an emotional one. I'm especially excited about coming home from my long deployment to see trees much larger than the ones I left and a backyard gradually becoming more and more private.

Not too shabby!

Everything seems to be growing fairly nicely (including my lawn weeds - but that's another story)! Here we have the bush beans and a shot of the whole garden. You can see the corn stalks on the farm side and the watermelon sprouts in between the PVC pipe on the right hand edge. I'm really looking forward to watermelon!

In all, I have to say that the garden has been a lot more fun than I would have ever expected. I look forward to checking out its progress on a daily basis and I'm happy to keep it watered when I see that it's drying out. I just really hope and pray that we actually get some quality produce for this effort. Regardless, we've learned a lot in the process!

Lots of new growth!

The tomatoes and peppers have flowers and there is lots of new growth on the beans and watermelons, and some, but not as much on the corn. Everything seems to still be alive, Praise God, and even doing well! Here are the pictures for proof! :) The first is the watermelon, next the tomato plant, and finally, the green beans.