My Backyard

Here are just some pics of my backyard

veggie garden: potatoes, onions, radish, kohlrabi, green beans, salad, tomatoes, gooseberries, redcurrant, chives, strawberries, red beet, cucumber and bell peppers

apple tree and cherry tree (looks like a bonsai compare to 3 yrs. ago - the tree was higher than my house - 2.5 stories)

yummmieh raspberry - lots of them!!!

Easter Holidays Went By Too Fast

I hope you all had a Happy Easter - I defently had and no time to watch DVD or to post anything. The good and fun times always passing by so fast! The weather was awesome (but we need rain really bad), spent a decent time with my horse, playing with the cats, start taking some pictures again and well yeah I managed it to do a itsy bit of sewing too.

This is the closed bloom of an really old cactus we have at home

it was like two hours later when the first bloom opened up

and by the evening, all three blooms were open

I think they are soooo pretty

and here is a little sunflower

Flowers And No Insects

Yesterday I was strolling through the garden with my new camera - I wanted to see how the pics of insects would turn out but I couldnt find any because of the rainy and cold weather

Roses Are Red.....

..... like those ........

Garden Project "Front" Part 2

Yesterday I felt like I had enough energy to start working on Garden Project "Front" again. I put the plants in, dragged the big bags with mulch into the front and I finally put up the japanese granite lantern.

the dirt is out

 plants "red baron" are in - they suppose to turn red in July/August

followed by mulch

unpacking the lantern

and finally the granite lantern - boah those pieces were quite heavy

and still not done - I need some weired looking rocks and roots for the beds with the plant, cutting gras, paintjob at the grey-blue wall and the faucet needs to be taken off. So quite some work ahead.

Gardening Weekend

I finally start feeling better - I´m not 100 % ok but oh well hopefully in a couple more days. Friday I did some paint-jobs at our property and Saturday I started to work in the garden.

Its about time to put out some potatoes, onions and garlic

potatoes here

onions and garlic there

and the green house for tomatoes here

so I worked quite a bit on Saturday and after I was done I found some sleeping and chillin beautys- lol - it seems like I was the only one working on saturday

my Mom

(good thing that she doesnt know how to use a pc - lol)

Bizkit

Hanni & Nanni - we only have two chickens left - Goldlöckchen was pretty sick and released her

While I was watching TV in the evening I sewed in some threads of my tablerunner

Garden Project "Front"

The last couple of weeks I  was working outside in the garden - the rose-bed, some bushes and a tree are gone. Two weekends ago I took out about 7 inch of dirt to replace it with mulch. I have also ordered one of those japanese lantern made out of granite and a kind of grass called "Red Baron" which suppose to be hardy(?). I still have to get the ok from the Doc - so I can start working in the garden again

This is just a part of the bed - it looks like a "u" and all together its about 9 yrds

This will be the place for the lantern - the blue-grey wall still needs to be painted

and here is the lantern..... blame me, not even unpacked - have to wait until I feel better

A Sick And Lazy Weekend

I was looking forward to go out to the Irish Pub on friday.....live music with Tim + Eddy...... but no, I wasnt feeling very well the whole week and of course it wasnt better on friday night. Later that night I got two "klicks" in my ears and by then I knew what I had...... middle ear infection on both sides. So saturday morning I went to the ER, the Doc agreed with my diagnose and gave me a prescription for antibiotics.

So I didnt do anything on the weekend - a bit of quilting.......

....strolling around the garden

and doing some dishes after BBQ - well at least the BBQ was great and the weather also. One thing I dont like at the moment I´m soo sensetive to noises and some hurt the ears.

Spring Has Arrived

The last few days were already nice, warm, sunny...... just beautiful......... couldnt wait for the weekend! I woke up saturday morning and I cought the last sunbeams and wooop the sky was cloudy. Oh noooo, it looked like its going to rain soon but I was lucky and there was no rain all day long and temperatures in the mid 60s yeahhhhhh. I was outside starting with yard work...... cutting back trees from 12.30 pm - 18.30 pm. I´m done - I cant even tell which bone in my body doesnt hurt right now!!!

everything starts blooming again and the start is here

Some Garden Pics

Yesterday I had my camera with me outside in the garden. Nothing spectacular - just some fruits, flowers and critters.

Bizkit is getting some sun

Yumieh grapes ready for harvest

I think they are calles wasp-flies

Some more Bizkit

Geranium

and my follow lodger in the green house Miss Thekla (for those who knows Biene Maja *lol*)