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Garden Beds from an Old Fence plus a walk through our Orchard in early Spring

February 25, 2011 Lana

There is NOTHING better than the smell of our Texas Mountain Laurel in bloom.  Well, maybe a pool of milk chocolate.   

Texas Mountain Laurel smell like grape kool-aid and it fills the air.  Wonderfully good!Mountain Laurel 2011 When these start to bloom the temperature no longer gets chilly where we live.  Today my car temp was around 90 degrees.  It is officially still winter – ha!  Texas Mountain Laurel The purple just thrills me!  It used to be my fave color as a child.  Now I favor blue but I still like this royal purple color…reminds me of royalty.Close up of the petals The sad thing is they only bloom for a little while and then they go back to a green tree.  So sad.  I’ll enjoy them while I can.P2230543Here is one of our Mountain Laurels in our side yard.  It leans like it needs a V-8.  Maybe it does.Half-Naked Orange Tree Here is my sad orange tree.  The bottom of the tree is bare….that is high as my kids can reach. 

 

Okay, now for the raised beds! 

We are filling them this weekend, the Lord willing. 

Tomatoes, Corn, Okra, Squash, Cukes, and much other lil’ veggies will fill these beds.  I can’t decide what is my fave veggie…

Raised Garden All the beds were made from leftover boards from a neighbor’s fence.  We also built our playhouse/play fort of the other other boards.  I think we could write a book on 101 ways to re-use old fence materials. Corn Box This is where our corn is going.  A “Corn-Box”.  A few years ago, we planted corn.  It didn’t do so well.  Later, a precious friend of ours, told us we needed to have rows at least three so they can pollinate one another.  Who knew?  Well, other than a corn farmer and probably every other gardener.  We hope this works out better. Our longer bed... This is the longer bed. 

Can’t wait to be able to walk out before dinner and grab a fresh tomato.  YUM!Orange Tree needs revival Here is the other side of our poor Orange Tree.   Pomegranate Tree Our Pomegranate Tree

It had two blooms on it last year before the hurricane got it.  I’m hoping for more life this year or we might have to do away with it.Mandarin Orange Tree This one is our Mandarin Orange tree. I just love pulling the leaves off this one and tearing them in half – they smell so good!

Hope you enjoyed a lil’ Spring Break!  (smile!) 

The work is just now starting for us…praying for a bunch of lil’ green thumbs.

Blessings to you!  You are loved!

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Comments

  1. ♥ilovemy5kids♥ says

    March 1, 2011 at 1:13 am

    Oooh, good question!

    We used 1/3 compost and 2/3 topsoil.

    Stay tuned – I’ll be posting soon and showing how we did it! 🙂

    Lana @ ilovemy5kids

  2. Kristina @ A Home Made by Kiki says

    February 28, 2011 at 7:26 pm

    We have a bunch of old fence posts on the side of our house for this very same purpose! This will be our first attempt at a vegetable garden so i am a little nervous! What kind of dirt/filler will you be using? Any tips??

  3. Anonymous says

    February 26, 2011 at 11:19 pm

    Grandma and I just viewed your garden spots! You need to send Grandma a plane ticket so she can boss you! She’s the only one in our family with a green thumb you know. Okay, maybe yours is growing. Love from the hills of you know.

May the LORD bless you and keep you; May the LORD make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you; May He turn His face toward you and give you peace. Feel free to leave a comment - we LOVE to hear your thoughts! ~Blessings to you!~ ~You are so loved!~ ~Lana (Like Banana)~

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