Our first harvest

Might need squash recipes soon!

Backyard Update

The backyard is looking pretty good! You might notice the new fence. We had a very large rainstorm about a month ago that came with high winds, and our fence we share with the east neighbor fell over.

Columbine my mom gave me about a year ago. Finally blooming!

Our little Japanese maple finally leafed out. 

The hydrangea survived! It even has a flower coming. Maybe I will get another?

G enjoying his play area. Last year we often did weekend yard work once we put G down in the afternoons. We would let him sit at his picnic table and give him his snack after he woke up from a nap so we could keep going for a little longer. It is where he first realized he likes berries a lot! It was a really nice day last weekend so I was out weeding and Andrew was getting the grill going. G had been playing with his ball, but then he stood up, walked over to his table, and said "BERRIES." 

Luckily Andrew had purchased blackberries at the grocery store that morning, so I went to get them and so here he is!

Community Garden

We joined our community garden (new this spring!) and are growing peppers, tomatoes, tomatillos, and squash. So far so good!

The sign - new this week.

There is a kid's play area with this little bee hive house. I think it is so neat!

More of the kids play area- the sandbox (G's favorite part) and the tree stump jump.

Our plot. The squash are going bananas!

Here's a little baby squash- hopefully the first of many

Tomatoes - looking good

Here's the garden just a few weeks ago- it's really made a lot of progress.

G loves the butterfly. It doesn't stick up straight anymore because he loves to pull on it and play with it