The weather out here in west river South Dakota sure has mood swings. Yesterday was a beautiful day! Today was hot with a storm to follow. And we can't forget about the wind! Earlier this week, one night got pretty cold and took a toll on one of our tomato plants. It's pretty unfortunate but I'm positive that we can re-birth it and will be able to produce tomatoes!
Also, we did some yard cleaning. We are re-modeling our clothes line so we'll be able to use it soon. Once we get it accomplished, we'll show you the before and after pictures.

On a interesting note, when I was washing dishes tonight, I looked out the kitchen window and saw a female cardinal at our bird feeder. It reminded me when I was younger and visited my grandparents. I would sit in their kitchen and watch all the different type of birds visiting the bird feeder. One day, my grandma and I wrote stories about all the birds that visit the feeder that day...like Jennie the Finch! I can see where I get my bird lovin' from because it's definitely not my mom!


Well that's all from the garden now! I'll stop by again soon to let you know if anything new has been going on!

This past weekend, I was blessed to have my grandparents come out to visit us. When we mentioned to them that we were starting a garden, they were so happy to assist us in our new adventure!

Now let me tell you, my grandparents have green thumbs! My grandpa runs the vegetable and flower garden and my grandma is a walking flower book. She can tell you what is growing in your yard like no one's business!

So upon their arrival on Friday, we showed them the garden and I dug out all my seeds that Dustin and I had purchased several weeks back. They immediately told me that the size of the garden that we had already tilled was not going to fit all my seeds.

Well, it had already rained and the garden was pretty moist so my Grandpa's tiller did the work but had to clean it out several times. We made a trip to Rapid City to pick up my gardening tools, like a rack, hoe, hose, and more plants. Lowes was a bad idea because my grandpa and I were like two kids in a candy store! But we sure had fun!

Anyways, we have two and half rows of onions, a cucumber patch, and a half of row of shallots already planted!

Today's agenda: to get the rest of the garden planted and more flowers into their pots!

Check out the pictures from this past weekend with my grandparents and more later on! :)

The start of my flowers! I received this beautiful pot for my birthday and the flowers are just gorgeous!

My gardening experts!

My grandpa means business with the brush killer!

Planting my two and half rows of onions! I feel the fresh produce coming on!

Gardener Dustin tillin' our garden patch, even bigger!

The common phrase...I finally did it! Well, I finally started a blog! Who would of thought? I thought this would give me a chance to start something new and I'm doing that many ways. I just started a new garden and journey. I'm looking forward to sharing me ups and downs with gardening and what's new in my life!

Until the next time!