Family Dinner, Sun Play, & Flowers, ahhhhh

Never can I pass up warm light sunset rays when I have a camera in hand. Forrest's Mom Stacey lives on Bull Mountain and has these amazing picture windows that look out onto the Oregon Coast Range and lets in the the most amazing light. I spend hours looking out through them when we watch her house. We were over for a belated 30th Birthday Dinner for my man. It was nice and calm. Great Copper River Salmon. mmmmm. Stacey's iris' were still in bloom and gorgeous.

Planting the Veggie Garden

My friend Roxanne came over and helped me plant seeds last month. Rosie is really good at digging holes for me to plant things in, all I have to do is point where I want it and she digs it out. Pretty cool to have help with that. Good Dog.

Snow Storm of 2008!!

The rooster ventured out during the first sunbreak we'd seen in days.

This is the view over my garden looking west over the filbert orchards during the snowstorm. We had at least 20" of snow, and almost an inch of freezing rain!!

Attack of the Pepper Squid!!!

So if you can see what I see...................... there is a green pepper squid with a blackberry ink trail..... & a squash & zuchinni monster/octopus chasing it.....

The Garden is Finally on the Grow!!

There has been much worry about this years growing season since our summer started so late, and we had such strange noteworthy weather this past winter. Our plants are starting to jump in major leaps in height. I am now very grateful for the quality of soil at my parents house. They've been cultivating it for 30 some years, I just started from Willamette Valley scratch. Read: Lots of clay. Since we live on a major highway, we are also collecting massive amounts of weed seed, the back of the garden in the picture is only 30 ft. from highway 99.

Forrest is getting tons of weeding experience in. He planted a "Native-American Garden". Corn, squash, peas, & beans all together. In theory, the corn grows up, the peas & beans climb the corn, and the squash keeps down the weeds. The seeds have sprouted but are having trouble as we have no irrigation ran out there. The idea is that we will have a great Fall Crop...... to be continued.

WE FINALLY BROKE GROUND!!!!

Forrest, Gary, and I got motivated and began to prepare the soil for our vegetable garden!!! I am so freakin' excited!!!! I can feel the my spine tingling! We have so much space..... need to plant anything? Gary moved the earth.... so much easier with Tractors. We are still working on the chicken coop which will be adjacent to the garage and garden.