Chapter 153...Planting My Garden And Chicken Poo Makes Me Happy:)

It's a late start but better late than never.  Usually I can plant my garden vegetables around May 16.  This year I had to wait until May 27 to get my garden planted but it is done:)  All of my plants are in and acclimating to being outside.


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Starting to plant in my square foot garden:

After everything is in I water my garden:

I did plant some early vegetables and they are doing well.  I have spinach, lettuce, mustard greens and peas:

And my strawberries have gone insane.  I need to read up and them and learn how to cut back or how to use the runners properly.  This year I will let them go:

While checking the leaves on my strawberry plants I found a new bug.  It's called a Spittle Bug and leaves what looks like spit on the plants.  They are not supposed to be harmful to the plant.  Spittle Bug  I did not see the actual bug but I did see the spit/foam:

And my pole bean seeds that I planted last week:)

My peas are starting to flower.  I use tomato cages for the peas.  It helps them stay neat:

The greens are doing very well especially the Mustard Greens:

Some lettuce and spinach:

A walk around the yard.


I came across a tree that i have never seen the flowers on.  It has very pretty yellow flowers and I never knew we had this tree.  Does anyone know what kind of tree this is:

Little apples on one of he many apple trees:

My blueberry plants are looking healthy:

And my fruit trees are starting to look better than sticks:)

Well most of them, lol, but they are healthy:)

On a great note I got a call from our grader.  He told me he has a load of chicken manure and I can take what I want.  Now that may be strange to some of you but that made my day:).  Chicken manure for the garden is wonderful.  Mike won't touch it, lol, but he did take me over with the trailer and my buckets.  It is too ripe to use this year but I will save to for next year's garden.


Here I am happily, sell as long as I don't breath, shoveling my chicken poo:)

I hope you enjoyed a tour around my garden and back yard.  I will post a follow up in a few weeks as things begin to grow.  This is the hard part...the waiting for food to be harvested.  It seems to take so....long:)

Flip House 1...Before and After

Tonight is my last chapter for this story but it is a fun chapter. It's time for all of the before and after shots. We bought this house last April. When we looked at it the house was still furnished. The front of the house before: And After: The driveway before: And After: And The side of the house with the old shed before: Side of the house after: Back pool area before: And after: And Back seawall before: And after: My first picture of the garage after we took out many shelves but it has all the junk from the house: And after: Now it's time to go inside the house. This house is 2230 square feet. I drew up the floor plan but it is not to scale(sorry). The Living room, Kitchen/dining, and back room/den are roughly the same size. Here is the layout: The patio before: And after: The Master Bedroom before: And after: The Master Bath before: And after: The Foyer before: And: And after: The Living room before: And after: The kitchen before: And after: The Dining area before: And after: The back room/den before: And after: The Front Bedroom before: And after: Hallway before: And after: The bathroom before: And after: The back bedroom and closets before: And after: And most importantly, when you walk in the front door you can see the water. Well I think that's all of the before and after pictures. Mike and I worked really hard to get this house done. It took us just over 3 months to finish. I hope you all enjoyed a glimpse into our crazy life. We are onto another house and then we will be back to the Off Grid house. Until next time..... Lisa