Outdoor Living

Here’s a glimpse into our backyard. I haven’t spent much time out there yet. This little toy car has been sitting outside since we arrived. I wonder who has played with it and how old it is. And lest you forget him, Scotch is peeking outside too.

Thanks to our Gourmet Chia Herb Garden, we’ve got a few herbs growing. I started them and Eric jumped in and ran with them. He’s the son of a florist, grandson of a florist, great-grandson of a farmer, etc. So it is fun to see him re-claiming his green thumb. Prior to the herbs we couldn’t manage to keep a plant alive–so we’re proud of our 3-1 ratio!

Here’s Cilantro, Sweet Marjoram, Dill, and the Chives that never sprouted.

I love our back patio. I want to string some lights–I spotted Christmas things out at Target already–c’mon it is only September!!

Here’s the covered portion of our patio, and the uncovered portion.

Just taking the photos I could envision an awesome party happening out there. Soon!

I think the clothesline is also a cool feature. I remember my great grandmother’s clothesline. We’d climb it and use it a goal posts in soccer games. I hope to use this clothesline more, but after the first experience our clothes were a lot more “crunchy” than I was comfortable with. Does anyone have a secret to this?

There is a bit of dirt back there and we’re hoping to plant some things. My vote is raised beds, but we’ll have to see. There is a lot of shade cover from all of the trees and I’m not sure that plants would get enough sunshine. I think I’m way inspired by Finny’s success in gardening. I need to remind myself that I have only now for the first time not killed a plant and hopefully that’ll keep me humble.

I’m headed back to the library tonight for a knitting group–I’m a square/rectangular knitter at the moment wanting to be a fancy winter sweater knitter. So I plan to pick up a book on gardening, another on knitting (maybe), something fictional, some magazines, and a cookbook and we’ll see where it takes us.

Peace,

Katy ^_^