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I am happily married with two children. We live in lower Alabama and love the outdoors. I am trying to devote this blog to talk about my experiences and life in the country. I am diabetic, so I have been learning how to eat for optimal health, garden for fresh veggies, diet, get more activity into my life, pretty much living off the land and just be more healthy overall. I've been gardening since 2008, so each year is more and more welcoming! I also enjoy photography, fashion, makeup, racquetball, music, research, learning new things, motivation, fun, water, simple things in life, health and happiness!

Friday, May 13, 2011

Thursday Fun!!

Thursday afternoon.....Veggies are FINALLY starting to show some progress in our front yard garden, which consists of 21 rows 100' long. Its awesome, but I know we are going to be terribly busy in just a short month or so.  Irrigation is a big issue at the moment...but thanks to the small swimming pond we dug, we were able to use a pump and a hose to suck the water out to irrigate the garden until it rains..LOL. Very ingenious idea on Daniel's part. :) So we walked up and down the rows....there were a few beans ready.  Then because we can't hold our anticipation, decided to dig around some potato plants.  We gathered enough stuff for dinner sides. I had to add some frozen corn and fried up some pork chops for the perfect dinner!!  Here are some pics! I can't wait until we are picking blueberries and stuff! I hope to lose that 25 lbs again this summer. I had lost weight gardening, just to break my ankle and gain it all back in 2 weeks. Sucky. But, today is another day!!

Front Yard garden: Notice: irrigation system..lol

My girls picking beans!


Beans and Potatoes from my garden!






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