Garden debut

This is a picture of our garden, kind of hard to tell the scale but the dimensions are 14 x 16. In there, we have planted: radishes, tomatoes, beets, squash, zucchini, cucumber, canteloupe, watermelon, collard greens, spinach, swiss chard, thyme, basil, chives, cilantro, sage, green beans, butter lettuce and of strawberries.

Tim and I had to put up the fence to keep all the critters (deer mainly) out of the garden! That was an argument waiting to happen so I just let him try it his way and then when it didn't work...we did it my way!

Yesterday was Tim's 31st birthday and we celebrated by having a gourmet dinner at home, compliments of Tim, of course. We started to hear really scary noises right before we got ready to sit down...they were coyotes! If you have never heard wild coyotes before, they are really creepy...they don't howl, they shreik...then we heard gunshots, sometimes I forget I live in the "country".

I think it was my mom that likened us to the tv show "Green Acres" remember that show? My friend, Rochelle wonders if the farming life for me is more like "Dirty Jobs" or "A Simple Life". You know, that really bad show with Paris Hilton and Nicole Ritchie?! If I had to be one of them then I would want to be Nicole...at least she seems like a decent person.

Tim had a contest today to see what we should name the 2 piggies when they arrive. Some of the names submitted were:

Jerry and Bobby (Greatful Dead tribute)

Breakfast and Dinner

Carnitas and El Pastor

Bacon Butt and Pork Face

Bangers and Mash

Ham and Eggs

Jeremiah and Trotter (Linebacker for the Eagles...thanks Raph!)