Death Of A Garden

We put our garden to rest this past Saturday. It was time since the community garden is closing for the winter and the frost had killed most everything anyway.

Dead Corn

Happenings

I've been a bit out of touch with the blog world lately... Life kind of got in the way!

I stopped writing while I was down with morning sickness. A pregnant friend of mine describes this period as a three-month hangover, and it's true. All I could do was lay on the couch and sleep. Fortunately, I didn't have too many responsibilities at the time, so I was able to do so.

Just in time, the nausea passed and I started a new job. The work has been going well and I've met a lot of nice people, but the job is definitely taking up my time. Also, Jacob just started school again, so we've spent our non-working hours seeing each other!

However, I do have a few pictures of our recent happenings, so I thought this would be a good time to share.

A Walk In The Park

The other day was finally cool enough to take a walk, so we went for a stroll in Gallup Park by the Huron River.

How Our Garden Grows

We've finally reached the other side of the crazy heatwave that swept through much of the US these past few weeks. The cooler weather is wonderful for humans, but our garden LOVED the hot, humid, pouring rain part!

Blooming Mint

Garden Explosion

The past few days have been extremely hot and humid. We also had a pretty good rain storm, and the garden seems to have loved it! Because it rained we didn't need to water, so it had been a few days since I visited our plot. I couldn't believe how huge the plants were, as well as the weeds!

Flower Power

A couple weeks ago, we went to visit the Peony Garden in the Arboretum.

A2 Anniversary and Garden Update

Yesterday was our one year anniversary in Ann Arbor! Last June 7, after completing a 3-day drive across the country, we finally arrived HOME.

All About Bunnies

I promised you an update about the baby bunnies in our garden, so this post is all about bunnies! If you have not yet heard about our garden guests, you can read about them by clicking here.

Garden Guests

I returned from California late Sunday evening and was very excited to go see the garden. Before I left I planned to finish the planting when I returned and the weather in Michigan has warmed nicely, perfect for tomatoes! While I was away, Jake expertly tended the garden and also discovered that we have some garden guests...

Can you take a guess as to who they are? Here is their nest.

The Garden Grows!

We took some time to tend the garden today. I hadn't visited for a couple days and we were in for a nice surprise — baby plants!!

Home and Garden

We had a full and busy day on Saturday from digging in dirt to enjoying a movie with friends. It was a fantastic day!

Firmly Planted

The weather was so nice on Sunday that we headed back after putting in the fence to do some planting.
Last week I spent some time planning the garden and drew up a quick sketch on the computer. Once we started actually working the soil things shifted a bit, but this is a good approximation of how everything will look.

Fenced In

We took advantage of the sunny weather today and put up a fence at the gardent plot.

Preparations

This past week I was notified that the community garden plots at my location had been plowed and staked. I didn't expect to have the garden ready until the beginning of May, but the nice weather prompted a quicker preparation.

I Voted and Other Stories

Yesterday Michigan held their Republican primary. It was interesting to be part of such a heated competition—made me feel like my vote actually counted.