gardening

getting a garden in this year was a trial. i was still pregnant and very sick with little energy when it was time to till a spot out back. and i wasn't going to have shaun do it, cause he's so allergic to weed and such, that it wouldn't have been fair. not the he really had the time for it either. 

about a week before we found out we'd lost sprout, i tried getting the front flower bed cleaned out so we could plant a few things. this is about as far as i got. starting a border. 

shaun finished cleaning it out, and we discovered that it was FULL of ants. so for 2 weeks, i made sure they had big piles of cornmeal and oatmeal to harvest from. (ants can't expell the gas that it causes, and they end up exploding) then a friend offered to let us use the diatomaceous earth they had. i re-dug the dirt, and spread it all around. yesterday, i got tired of waiting, and decided to just get going with it.

i planted carrots, kale, chard, and spinach. basically the greens for our smoothies. granted, it will be mid august when i can start harvesting them, but i'm ok with that. anything to help offset the cost of groceries. 

in the right corner, ashley has some sunflowers. they are struggling, and something is starting to eat the leaves, but they are there.

my labeling "sticks," are old wooden spoons that i painted and then shellaced.