Friday Post and Pictures From Dad's Garden

For some reason, this week has seemed long. Really long. Not sure if it was because we were 'glued' to our house (the kids and I) for two days straight, because my 'good sleeper' is now waking up during the night now (teething?) or because Rob was out of town yesterday all day. He's never out of town (I thank God for this all the time), so on the days when he is, it makes it hard for the kids and I, BUT we do get through it. Went to Mom and Dad's last night for dinner to try and keep our minds off missing Daddy. We had ham, steamed potatoes and fresh salad from Dad's garden...yummo! Daddy got home safe and sound and we're looking forward to a 'Daddy Day' tomorrow. Just us as a family.

I'm not one to use the term "It's not fair", but I'll use it today. Dad's garden is so lush and mine is...well...ug. I do water, fertilize and 'love on' my garden, but this fall, many people have had problems. Mostly with mold or blight. Dad's trying to convince me to visit the horse stables with him in the next few weeks to get horse manure. Yes, horse poop! It's gross, but it's amazing for gardens! I think I posted pics of Dad's garden awhile back and how lush and green it was after he used this miracle food. I even had great compost this year (I've been working on it for months), but apparently, it wasn't enough. Oh well. We have a few green tomatoes growing in as well as green beans, peas, broccoli and I'm hoping the sweet potatoes are growing underground, but you can never tell unless you pull 'em up. Come spring, we'll see what we've got. Here are some pictures I took of Dad's garden a few weeks ago.

lettuce

lettuce and Pok Choy (not sure of spelling)

green beans (left on poles), corn in the back

tomatoes and corn

broccoli

rosemary (my favorite herb that I use in cooking)

lettuce

The kids and I went to a park today that has a bunch of old homes and such from the 1800s. There's a Victorian house, an old school house, a fire house, a train station, a church and even a log cabin. It gives the history of the building, who lived in it, the date is was erected and some even contain actual pictures of the original owners. I've been twice before, once for a craft show and once last year. The kids enjoy the hands on activites, washing the clothes and hanging them out to dry, practicing Morris Code in the train station, serving tea in one of the old homes, working with real tools, etc. It's very neat. Forgot my camera this morning though, so no pictures. We'll be back again. I've heard of many local homeschooling families volunteering to be tour guides and tell all about the homes/buildings to guests. I remember the last time we went, there was a boy, about 8 years old that gave us an entire speech about how the house was built and MANY more details. I was astounded. That may be us in a few years. We'll see. =)

Well, company coming tonight so I need to pick up a little and bake some goodies. Yum. Kids are sleeping and it's gorgeous outside today. I think our high today is 64 degrees. There's 'winter' for ya in Florida!

Have a great weekend everyone!