Gardens

I hope you had as much fun as I did on yesterday’s international House Party Blog Hop. I loved seeing how themes were chosen and embellishments used; I got a lot of good ideas.

I’m slowly getting the layouts done from our California trip. Here is one about Sarah’s garden that we helped her plant while we were there.

All Cosmo Cricket Garden Variety papers and chipboard except for the Basic Grey Ambrosia alpha stickers.

Journaling reads:  Sarah asked for an early birthday gift while we were visiting. She wanted to take advantage of her dad’s and brother’s expertise. She found a fabulous nursery nearby & we spent a morning exploring and buying flowers, vegetables and pots since she can’t dig into their rental property. She ended up with a great variety & hopefully, she’ll have lots of flowers and veggies to pick on her birthday in August.

And we hope to have a vegetable garden this summer as well. Our yard is heavily shaded and my attempts at growing tomatoes in a pot have been pretty disappointing. When I read that our town’s Community Garden was taking applications for new plots, I got my application in right away. We now have a 10×10 plot. Yesterday was a Community Garden Work Day. Tracy and I tied the fencing to the posts around the entire garden and got a start on weeding our little plot. It’s going to take some work before it’s ready for the plants. Traditionally, it’s not safe to plant here until Memorial Day, but it’s been so warm this spring we may try to get them in a week or two early.