Interesting Finds

We have found a lot of interesting items while digging up land for our landscaping and garden projects.

I have no idea what the people who lived here before us were like, but some of the items give some insight.

a spark plug
a spark plug connecter
(I don't know what these things look like-the hubs had to clarify)
lots of glass pieces, and rocks
a huge tree root, about 50 yards from the nearest tree-those suckers can spread out
another spark plug
a concrete wall in the front near the sidewalk-yes, under the dirt and grass
a bullet

The hubs called to police station to see if any interesting unsolved murders happened here long ago.  It turns out, the former occupants were hunters.  A much more likely story, yet far less interesting.

The rain and sun have made for some growth in the garden, and though it's not very pretty, maybe I will take some pictures to post sometime this week.

Landscaping Project

I know what you're thinking: this girl only posted two times, and she's already failed!

Actually, it's just quite boring watching plants grow. Plus, I had over 800 pictures on my camera, and I just got around to downloading them all.

We've been really busy at our house the past few weeks. Several indoor projects-drywall upstairs, new kitchen cabinets, tiling the upstairs bathroom, etc... One of the most fun (maybe because it's easier to learn to plant plants than it is tohang drywall, and because it's done) has been our front yard landscaping. When I was dating Chip, his grass was the greenest on the block. Then, it flooded in Nashville, and our lawnmower was lost in the mess. Two weeks later, we got married, and when we returned from our honeymoon,the yard was a jungle. It's been pretty ugly ever since.

We decided it was time to do something to the outside of the house, so I took pictures, Chip drew out the dimensions of the yard, and we went to the local nursery (this got a lot of people I know excited...wrong nursery, people!)

Bates was great. We sat down with a landscape designer, she drew us a plan, and then we found a guy to direct us to the best of their plant selection. It was a quick and easy process, unlike the actual landscaping. We had a ton of dirt delivered to raise our beds.

We laid out our new plants in the design we wanted, and my mom and dad came and helped us plant them all. It took all day, but we accomplished quite a bit. Here's the finished product!

I think I can even tell you what everything is!

As for my vegetables, they are looking good. The cool weather plants are in the ground, and some have sprouted. The warm weather plants are seedlings now. I'm not done yet!