What I've been up to...as requested. LOL

I really want this house!!

I built a new kitchen island at the other house, which is STILL not even on the market. Sigh.

SHOOT, I WANT THAT HOUSE. I think I would move up there with you for that house. LOL

Before I moved out plants and knocked ten feet off the temporary hoop house.

I have to pass that to get to the grocery, Walmart, anywhere, etc. LOL Isn't it cute?!?! Think they'd notice if I just went and took it? LOL


These poor babies are screaming "WINTER IS OVER!! LET US OUT!!!".

Okay, I figure that's enough to keep you guys busy and wondering and bored for a bit. LOL

Very cool Badseed! You really have been bustin buns! And you do tile work too? You are right you need to clone yourself and then send me an extra! :)

I hope you have much success with your new gardening business!

Thank you so much!

When I was growing up, the message was sent that "girls are for cooking and cleaning and making babies". My husband has never told me no and has always let me have free reign of the tools and everything else. I absolutely loved learning how to shingle (my Great Uncle showed me how on my first house), how to hang and finish drywall, learning to lay tile and build things and I love to paint. I've never been much for that cleaning thing but I love cooking and turning out six daughters was pretty darn nice too. LOL

Yup, these are the type of pics I wanted to see...what it all looks like this Spring. :-)

Girl, you have been busy and it doesn't look like you'll have another day off till the first frost.

I couldn't wait to see how those long beds and shade beds, that you and Peggy worked on last Fall, came through. Looks like you made it through your first winter with no problems.

Sure wish I could help you out and be your assistant for awhile. Besides loving to play in the dirt, I could learn a lot from you also. If my dad still had his RV, I could have driven out to Ohio, camped on your land and worked along side of you. OH, to dream...:-)

I have been working daily on my gardens for a week now also. My Garden Club is having a small tour through our members gardens, this Sat. Since I'm new to the group, they really want to see mine. I had a lot of plants in pots, like you do, and have been busy planting them in the ground, moving some plants and creating new beds. Our weather hasn't been very nice or sunny this Spring and many of my plants aren't blooming yet. Oh well, at least they will see that I am a REAL gardener with a real garden....not just a want-to-be. lol

Thanks for all the great pics and lots of good luck for your first day of "Open for Business".

Donna

Hi Donna! I figured you would not be far behind me posting pics. LOL

Oh, how I wish you could come hang out! You wouldn't much care for the weather right now but we'd have so much fun!! You don't need no stinkin' RV! LOL We can put you up in a bunk bed! ;)

I did lose several evergreen hems and some other odds and ends. I left many plants sitting in pots, not realizing the water table was so high. I lost a bunch of bulbs that didn't get planted and some other stuff. The only one that upsets me greatly was a 3 gallon Rudbeckia "Becky" that I got last year for my birthday. :( I think I can replace it easily enough.

I just joined a local hem and hosta club but can never get to the meetings. There was no way in the world I could have signed up for a garden tour. I look around here and wonder if I will ever pull it all together. I've gotten tons done but there is always so much more. I might be ready in about 20 years when all the kids are grown. HA!

Of course you are a real gardener! Real gardens are never *done*. :)

wow...........................................you are one busy lady. I really enjoyed seeing what you are up to. I hope the tadpoles make it.

There are thousands of them! LOL We sent some home with Mystic then took some more to Henry10! We tried throwing them in the pond but the fish made quick snacks of them. Ahem. There is one frog in there, holding his own, but he's about the size of an egg.

Well you sure are one busy lady, I'll bet you do have fun and much success with that new business of yours! ;-)

Quoted:............... I look around here and wonder if I will ever pull it all together.

Well girl !!! When I joined (subscribed) to Dave's on Aug 25, 2005 you hadn't even found this place and it has been an adventure to see everything come together. You have done an amazing job and I don't think you can see for yourself how far you really have come.
When people start to knock on the business door long before YOU think you are ready, when people start to ask the mailman to drag the news of opening date out of you, when HARD working farmer admire your work and put their own in shortage THEN you already in my book have pulled it off.

NOW !!! PUT THAT "Open for business" SIGN UP :0))
Janett

LOL You sure you want to be *THAT* nice when I haven't mailed your hibiscus seeds yet? LOL Thank you. :)

ROTFLMAO.......................hmmmmmmmmmmmm maybe I should edit :0))

Only telling it how I see it and I never ever lie, better tell the hard truth in a nice way then lie

HARD truth?? LOL

Wowee, I'm just catching up here, Chele. What you've accomplished there so far is nothing short of amazing! What's the website again? Will you post the URL, please?

Thanks! And there's still plenty of work where that came from. LOL Umm, not sure if I can post the link but you can find it on my home page. ;P I've been adding pics and prices and need to upload the latest changes.

La la la, well I *can* post it and I will:
http://davesgarden.com/gwd/c/4966/

It's for my own laziness. LOL

***Public service announcement*** I had nothing to do with it! LOL

You know, you CAN come visit! :) 'Fraid I'll put ya to work or something? giggle

Hehe.Silly I didnt mean about your work but hey I didnt even have to rap THAT up nicely just plain and simple stunning work.
Janett

We do want to drive down ther esome weekend. Wish the doggoned gas prices would go down some (yeah!). A certain van we drive gets bad mileage. LOL

How dare ye condemn said van! LOL Ready for a Suburban? LOL Surely it's downhill one way or the other and you could coast. hehehehehe

Ready for a Suburban?? Is there something you're not telling us? No, I don't think we'll ever outgrow this big van! It sure has been nice for getting mulch at Lowe's. I just fold down that back bench seat, throw an old comforter on it, and let 'em pack it in there. Of course, right now the van stinks from all that mulch -- I've managed to get both my knees messed up with the gardening and kneeling to take a lot of pictures last weekend, so now hauling bags of mulch is the very last thing I can do. In the van they sit, all closed up due to the impending storms. P-U!

Get them out and toss them in the driveway. LOL If it warms back up, it's gonna smell like horse doodie in there. LOL I'm seriously regretting hubby's Jeep purchase and really wishing we had a truck! And a tractor...and a nanny.....and a maid......well, an inside version of me would be wonderful! LOL

Badseed. I am just astounded, I don't think I could do as much as you have in 2 years!!.The pictures were great, loved each and everyone. Keep them coming. Let us know when you open, and do you ship? LOL

All I can say is WOW and you are absolutely AWESOME chele.

wow I'm speechless. you busy lady

She's NUTS!!!!!

In a good way...



Missed me didn't you, Chele? ;)

Wow! You've been a busy gal! I'll ditto what Janett said - I remember looking through the pics of the new place. You've made some major progress!

Congrats on a job well done! By the way, cute little blond on the play set :)

defoe, get on up here for a visit and we'll see just how much you can do in a day. LOL Wanna try a weekend?

Thanks for the compliments but I still see all the stuff that needs done.

I plan to open this weekend for a plant sale and wouldnt' you know it's 50 and raining?? Who wants to stand in the rain and look at plants (well aside from us DG nuts!!)?

Of course I missed you Jacci! You'll have to bring the little hostas down to play some day. And bring Mom too! :)

That is child number two playing on the playset. Most days they jump up and pose if a camera is near. She must have had a moment or didn't realize what I was doing.

It's day three of the mulch-in-the-van adventure. Howie has to drive the van to work because the Buick won't start. We think it's the starter on the Buick, and none of the usual starter pick-me-up's have worked, so off to the shop it will go. I'm thankful we have two vehicles and that I don't *have* to go anywhere right now. I'm sure we'll be spraying the van down with Febreeze. LOL

Mmmmm, lucky Howie driving the mulch mobile. LOL

Oh, man, now it has another nickname! Around here, it's known as the Magic Bus. LOL Our family and friends look to see if it's parked outside Caribou Coffee. If it is, they often stop in for a cuppa with whoever's there. ;)

At least you don't have to tell people you bought it for the maximum buttage. LOL That is what I say about the sub.

What weekend did you have in mind Badseed? We will see who has the most stamina. I do the cash register thing real well!! LOL.

Oh no you don't! You think I'm going to let you stand there and take the money and say "Thank you"?? Oh no! You can herd the kids, transplant, mow the field, edge the beds, level the pond rocks, we'll find something perfect for you! LOL

And you are welcome any time! :)

I will work for plants! I'm cheap labor.

Getting back to the question you asked in the preceding thread... what would we do differently with a blank slate.

You're gonna role your eyes and say I'm B*O*R*I*N*G, but (after 2 years in a blank slate yard) the #1 thing we would have done differently is "hardscaping first". I know, I know - how horrible to spend money on the garden and have no new plants to show for it! LOL :) But a deck or fencing first would have made a lot more sense in retrospect. I was so eager to get beds and borders, though, and Sam is such a very loving husband that he gave me all the dirt I asked for... well, almost. But, a deck sure would have been nice and then I could've gotten some of the screening plantings in asap. Trees and shrubs, as we all know, take a lot longer to grow. It won't be until another 3 years at least before we get the screens planted. We have to do the deck first and then put the soil in (to replace our scraped, compacted clay, and then we can plant around the deck and west side for privacy. Counting the years it will take to fill in, it'll just start to get a decent screen going when it's time to haul up and move. Anyway... in our situation, hardscape and then green screens would have made more sense than pouring our money into perennial beds first. Oh well, I'll enjoy my plants and work on saving for that deck now :)

Huga

edited to say that even if you don't need screens, the "bones" of the garden are basically what I'm referring to after hardscape. It's what the books say. Why do I bother reading them if I don't listen?! :)

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