Fall garden

our backyard stump leftover from the hurricane. we can't be the only people with stumps still in their yard! besides, it's the perfect tiny stage for a tiny person!

On labor day we spent nearly the entire day outside working! In the morning, I prepped my garden and Beth helped me plant seeds. I planted 3 rows- one row of carrots, one row of broccoli, and half a row of lettuce and half a row of arugula. Since they're single-harvest plants, it's best to plant them in rounds. We'll see if the first round even makes it up out of the ground! This will be my first fall garden since last year I was, um, a little busy.




The rest of the day we worked on the yard- mowing, edging, weed-wacking, pulling weeds, cleaning the garage, and enjoying the great outdoors. It was hot, but oh well. Our kids don't know any different, Beth would gladly choose to play outside in the heat than stay inside in the cool.

It's an end-of-the-summer miracle! We planted our crepe myrtles the year we moved in, and this is the first blossom! Poor trees have been the subject matter of many jokes at their expense, and finally one of them bloomed! Ryan and I are so happy, who'd have thought a blooming tree would make a man so giddy!