Little Miss Planner's Farm Update #3

How's little miss planner's mini farm going?

The peas, artichokes, and carrots finally broke through the dirt and graced us with their presence and the rest are growing nicely. The corn is growing fast!!!


Artichokes

Lettuce

Corn

Cucumbers

Peas

Carrots



If you could plant a garden, what would you plant it it?

take a seat...

It's always nice to feel productive and have something to show for it. What did we spend our weekend doing?

Making this:



It was suppose to be two benches but when you are working off a photo without any measurements and just guessing, it takes a bit longer. My parents came down and helped us. I'm pretty proud of it. Granted there a little things off but I think it gives it personality! :) We have to wait a few months before we stain it espresso. BTW, the photo was taken yesterday and it was overcast and dusk.

We are ordering cushions for it:

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I think it would add color and tie into the color of our house (it's an earth color). What do you think?

Little Miss Planner's Farm Update #2

Today I decided to take a few photos of some of the seedlings growing in our garden. It's really exciting see them pop out of the ground and know you had a part in it.

Cucumbers

Lettuce

Corn


Did you know Mrs.Obama is planting a gardentoo?

Game night photos... better late than never!

Remember that game night about a month ago I blogged about? Well, after figuring out how to use the new camera, I finally uploaded a few photos from that night before our guests came.








I wish I got some photos of the ice cream sandwiches that were a HIT! Next time!

We've been talking once we know we can guarentee a warm spring evening, we are thinking of doing a BBQ. We shall see! :)

Things to do before Apr 09 -- Update #2

1. Walk/Run 60 miles (25 done)
2. Cook 15 meals a week (9 down)
3. Save 60% on our grocery bills (64.01% saved so far)
4. Do one craft project (doing one this week)
5. Start saving money for buffet table (hmmm...next month)
6. Figure out how to work the new camera... this includes uploading photos (figured out how to use it and was uploading photos this morning)
7. Switch dressers with the hubby (he doesn't want to switch anymore. BOO!)
8. Go swimming twice at the gym (...)
9. Do boot camp ONCE (...)
10. Start shopping for wine fridge (next month)
11. Read a book (i bought one, does that count?)

Little Miss Planner's Farm: Dates to Remember

Dates to remember:

March 23:

• Built Tier 1


• Planted: corn, lettuce, carrots, peas, cherry tomatoes, onions

April 23:

• Built Tier 2


• Planted: lettuce, carrots, spinach, cauliflower, artichokes, spagetti squash

April 26:

• cleaned out side tiers


• Planted: yellow chili peppers, green chili peppers, heirloom tomatoes, 2 squash plants

April 30:

• Moved: sweet basil, regular basil, lemon balm, thyme, mint, cilantro

May 1:

• Cleaned out area 4 for asparagus plants

May 2:

• created stair well

May 7:

• Planted: 4 garlic plants, 6 strawberries plants, rhurbarb, beets

May 9:

• Planted: 10 asparagus plants


• Prepared soil for grape vine

May 16:

• Planted: Pumpkins for Halloween

May 20:

• Planted: Thompson grape vine


• Planted: more Garlic

From Little Miss Planner's Farm

Little Miss Planner's Farm Update #1

Over at the planner household, we've been busy working our green thumbs. For something that I thought would only take 1 hour, ended in more like 10 hours worth of hard labor. The before:



So, we dug into the hill and recycled some old railroad ties someone gave us and planted. The after:



We took this photo after day two. This past week, we've cleaned it up more and moved some of the rocks and sticks around and even added some solar lights. Looks very clean and nice. OH, and yesterday morning, we noticed we had corn, cucumber, and lettuce seedlings. We are still waiting for the peas, carrots, and artichokes to pop out.

What all did we plant: Corn, peas, carrots, tomatoes, onions, cucumbers, artichokes, lettuce, and six different types of herbs.

I can't wait till summer when everything well start growing strong!

Did you plant anything this spring?

Things to do before Apr 09 -- Update #1

I know, i'm a slacker on posting. I will try to be better about it.
1. Walk/Run 60 miles (20 done)
2. Cook 15 meals a week (7 down)
3. Save 60% on our grocery bills (61.28% saved so far)
4. Do one craft project (does playing with flowers count? or the garden?)
5. Start saving money for buffet table (hmmm...next month)
6. Figure out how to work the new camera... this includes uploading photos (figured out how to use it and was uploading photos this morning)
7. Switch dressers with the hubby (thank you for reminding me, will do this soon)
8. Go swimming twice at the gym (...)
9. Do boot camp ONCE (...)
10. Start shopping for wine fridge (oh ya, forgot about this one too)
11. Read a book (i bought one, does that count?)

i've been a bad little blogger...

I've not kept up on my list of things to do... so I will try to tackle that later today... but for now, let's talk about decorating.

We've gone through some nice little changes around the planner household. From clearing out the old closets, new carpets, adding a garden...(that needs another post), I think it's time to really finish decorating our master bedroom. So, the colors of the walls are like a green/sea foam color. The carpet is darkish. It's nice and serene and opens into the master bathroom which is a light tan/taupe color and the granite and tile are tan-ish color too. Our furniture is dark wood and there's quite a bit of it. We have a sliding glass door that opens up to outside and that's give some great light in, but still needs to be brightened up a little more. Everything is new (well, we bought everything when we moved in) So, really the only work it needs is some artwork and new bedding. Hmmm...Maybe I should take some photos so you can see what I mean.

The room can get dark so I'm thinking of a light tan/taupe color, preferably no prints, for the bedding, and then something like this for the wall:


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This will be my next goal to tackle I think for April or May.

Aloha!!!

Since I'm in beautiful Maui, I won't be doing my usual update on my monthly things to do.

We've only been here a few says and kept ourselves busy. I must say, I never realized how much we both needed this trip.

Anycase, I think it's time for me to get up to go running ( yes, I am trying to stay active... Need to work off all these yummy things I've ate) and get a 3 miles in before brunch!

I promise I'll to a full recap of our trip when we get back!

Learning something new...

Last week I received the books I ordered on Amazon. I got all excited seeing it again and now want to do this more and more I read how to do some of these arrangements. Last night upon talking to one of my friends, she mentioned just keep making arrangements for my mini dinner parties and game nights and start photographing it.

Now, because of this, I need to start hunting floral websites to buy flowers from. I could always go down to the flower district but honestly... it wouldn't always be worth it. So, if you know of any sites, please comment so I can start building an encyclopedia of bulk flower sites.

Things to do before Apr 09

1. Walk/Run 60 miles
2. Cook 15 meals a week
3. Save 60% on our grocery bills
4. Do one craft project
5. Start saving money for buffet table
6. Figure out how to work the new camera... this includes uploading photos
7. Switch dressers with the hubby
8. Go swimming twice at the gym
9. Do boot camp ONCE
10. Start shopping for wine fridge
11. Read a book

Things to do before Mar 09 -- Final Update

1. Work out 15 times at the gym 3 times, Seriously...bad me... BAD!
2. Go out for 5 runs outside nada
3. Cook dinner 15 times 22 yummy meals
4. Finish organizing all the closets DONE
5. Start a craft project DONE
6. Work out 4 times during work hours nope
7. Finish Puerto Rico/Cruise album don't rush me...
8. Set up sewing machine Done
9. Take one new fitness class a week 25% completed
10. Read two books still stuck on Glass Castle
11. Lose 2 lbs. scale didn't move... i think it's broken. :P
12. Save 100$ on grocery bills Saved 241$

So? Well, if it didn't have to do with working out, i did well. I have to do much better with March working out.