July 2nd.

Tuesday:  my warm feet touched the carpet at 7:00 a.m. Went to visit my little house on a cool summer morning where the dew was still on the grass, saw that another one of my flowers in my garden has bloomed! (the one that I thought the rabbits ate). Picked bright colorful flowers and put them in little glass jars, cut fresh herbs and hung them up to dry on a wooden stick.  Serenaded myself on my violin, had a shopping trip with Kelle, (we went to Michaels and I got some scrapbooking supplies for 79 cents each!), stopped at our public library and picked up a the Cook's Illustrated magazine, created a brownie in a cast iron skillet [number 12], enjoyed the company of my sister and her family, (including Aidan!), had to stop laughing so I could throw the darts properly, tried to play a serious game of Settlers of Catan, (a few giggles popped out),  practiced my photography on some lovely flowers in a blue mason jar! =] And thanked my Heavenly Father that I am having such a jolly fun week!

Joyfully in Him,

   Diana<3 

My Veggie Garden Part 4

My beautiful cherry red grape tomato plants are producing juicy fruit!! And my banana peppers are growing big! It is nice to see all you hard work turn into something that you enjoy so much!
Dad helped me put the metal stakes into my tomato plants! With a lot of water, and a bit weeding, you will have a prosperous garden!!!

My Veggie Garden Part 2

My radishes finally are starting to become radishes!!!!! They have never been this red before!!! This year Dad filled all our garden with black dirt!! So I think that is why they are so lush!!! All my other plants haven't really changed except they just got a little bigger!

 My Radishes

Little Green Things Sticking Out of the Earth

Finally!!! I started my garden!! This year I am doing a vegetable garden. It is such a joy to go out in the afternoon sun and water my fresh green garden! Then, after watering it, I have a satisfying thought that all my hard work in weeding, and watering will pay off with beautiful brightly colored veggies!!! "sigh" :) You cannot really see which plant is which because they are all one color........green. :)

 Radishes

 Cherry Tomatos

 Sweet Banana Peppers

 Green Bell Peppers

 Jalapeno Peppers

 Sweet Basil

 Carrots 

My Garden Part 4

This is the last post about my garden.  I finally got the time to harvest my herbs.  I was kind of sad pulling up all the herbs as I thought about when I first started my garden!!!  After I cut the herbs out of my garden, I hung them up to dry!!!

 Before

 After

My Herb/Flower Garden

This is my herb/flower garden. Last November/December, I had this idea that I wanted to start a garden.  So, I started making plans on what I should plant, where I should plant it,  how it should look, etc.  I even planned to make a sunhat that I could wear while I was gardening.

Then, one February day, Dad came into my room and gave me all sorts of seed packets.  I shouted,  "YIPPEE!!!!!".   I was so excited.  But then I remembered I had a hard time with seeds.  I could NEVER get them to grow!  I once had this kit, that said you could grow your own wheat-----and it died because I watered it so much.   The box said to water every day. Anyway, I can never get anything to grow.  So, I told Dad this story, and he said that we could use a seed starter box.  Then I was kind of happy.

April came.  Dad and I planted the seeds into the plant starter and watered it.  In a few days I saw little sprouts.  And then, one Sunday afternoon, I went to move my plants outside and I saw that they were really tall!!!!!  I shouted for Mom and told her that and she got scared because she thought I hurt myself.

After a few days of watering and carrying them inside and out to get sunlight, I saw that they were shriveled up.  They were DEAD!!!  I could not believe my eyes!  My plants were dead!  I told Dad and he said that we would get new seeds and a green light.  He said that the green light would work and we should have started with the green light in the first place.  Then, as I was reading my science book,  something drew my eyeball!  The book said that plants will grow very tall to try to find the sunlight and if they don't find it,  they die.  That was the answer to my problem.

After Dad came home from work, I told him about the sunlight and he said that was probably the problem.  After we put the green light up and waited a few days, I saw little sprouts growing.  Once it became warm, Dad said we should plant the little sprouts outside. And we did.  I watered them ever day (with my watering can that is now broken because I was coming out of the house and I didn't see it lying on the floor and CRACK!!--there went the watering can) because I felt compassion for the little sprouts.

So, after a few days of rain, I went to check on my little plants and they weren't there.  I looked again and saw that they were crushed from the dirt that rolled on them.  I couldn't take it any more.  I was about to give up on my, so-called "garden".  Dad came home that night and he saw my crushed plants and said that we would buy some already-grown plants from the store.

On Mothers Day, Dad, Mom, and I went to Home Depot to buy some flowers and herbs.  It was a good day.  After we came home, Dad showed me where all the plants should go----and--I did something that I always dreamed of doing---I planted my own plants in my own garden with my own shovel.  (Well, it wasn't actually my own shovel.)  But, after that big problem, my plants started to grow. 

Here are the plants in my garden. In case you can't see the labels.

Lemon Balm

 Camamil

 Oregano

 Dianthus

 Orange Spark Symphony Flowers

 Basil

 Thyme

 Lavender

Sunflower

 You can sort of see the little sprouts in the ground.

 My Garden.

 Here is my sunhat that I made.

 Garden gloves that Mom bought for me. I didn't get to use them yet. That's why they look so new.

Happy Gardening!