Last Day!!!!

Hip! Hip! Hooray!

This is Chelsea and Jonathan's
last day of work at the farm!

It has been an invaluable experience!

I would not change the changes I have
seen in both of them.

Now we will look for something a little
closer to home. That 20-30 minute commute
was a bit long for kids with varying
schedules, especially with gas prices where
they were all summer!!! Yikes! I think
we paid to have the kids working.

If they don't find something else by next
summer it will be interesting to see if
they want to go back there. At this point
I think they would say no, but often times
things look better once there is a little
distance between it and ourselves.

So...if you happen to hear what sounds like
Mothers cheering...or singing the Hallelujah
Chorus...It's probably just Myself, Mrs. Rabe and
our friend B. We will be whooping it up today!

Have a fabulous weekend!!!

Becky K.

Gardening Fun

Mom arranged with Warren's Mom, Georgia, to take Mikey to work in her truck and then to use the truck to bring back many, many bags of mulch. I decided as long as a truck would be there to go ahead and get some too.

The weather was perfect so with Jonathan's help we unloaded the mulch at our two houses then the real work began. I started my new flower bed...

It looked like this when I began...


It is not easy to remove grass. I started and was soon puffing and panting. Chelsea wanted to help. Pretty soon Jonathan joined us and the two of them worked together very well and very efficiently and got it done!
Made a Mommy proud!

We took the sod out in big chunks and relaid it into the mess left when they ground up the stump after we took down the tree. Funny story...if you haven't read it. Warren reworked that sod when he got home and I think it has a great chance of "taking" and growing there.

The end result.
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Aren't these flowers sweet?









This hosta spent last summer looking dreadful!
I brought it over from Mom's since she was having a new porch put on and needed to move it. She shared it with me. The poor thing was so shocked...but look at it now!
What a difference a year makes!


These beauties are waiting to be planted. I think I'll put them where I can enjoy them from my kitchen window. They are so cheery.




Today I am headed to get a burning bush. I had intended to place it in this new flower bed but I am settling to put in nearby in the yard. Maybe next year this bed will expand to get closer to the size I am looking for. Better to start small and complete the project than to have it languish unfinished. Amen?