Gardens and Miracles

What a great day to be outside! It was warm, sunny, and wonderful. This afternoon Tyler fertilized the lawn (he is a true blue "grass man"), and I planted our vegetable garden. We lucked out last year because we moved in and the garden was already planted and grown. All we had to do was harvest the fruits of the previous owners' labor! This year, however, it was all up to us. I don't have the homemaker's instincts, and I really want this garden to turn out, so I turned to the older, wiser generations for help. Grandma and Mom gave me some good pointers, and I got lots of great advise from my gardening pro uncle Ron. We have two raised garden boxes and some garden rows along our back fence. Not a huge garden, but just enough for me to manage. I planted beans and carrots along the fence, cucumbers and pumpkins in one box, and tomatoes in the other. Since we used tomato plants and this is Rexburg, we created a greenhouse to protect them until it gets more consistently warmer here. I'm so excited to see what grows! Hopefully I didn't mess it all up, or we'll be raiding everyone else's garden this fall!


On a side note, the unexpected and unlikely actually happened. We got our economic stimulus check! I've been pretty skeptical about it, taking an "I'll believe it when I see it" stance on it. In the mail today, however, we got a notice explaining that we should be getting it any day. We checked our account online, and it was already there! Amazing.