Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Summer fun begins...

... when the garden is planted.
This year Herman decided he wanted to raise our garden bed even higher, so that the Mukky Monster (our pup) wouldn't walk through it and ruin it like he did last year. So Herman doubled the height of our bed, and he and my brother Tim hauled dirt to fill it for me.
Here is the fun process that I completed this past weekend.

The newly created planter box, sans dirt
Then I bought the goods...
Laid them out to see what would work and look best...

Planted two yellow bell peppers

Planted 4 basil plants

Planted two Sweet 100 tomatoes

Planted two cucumbers

Planted two grape tomatoes


Here are the plants: planted, fed, and watered


Of course I had to clean up...
  I'm very excited for our garden this year. I think it looks fantastic and I'm excited to eat all of our bounty!

More projects are coming - I think I've convinced the husband to let me paint - we'll see what summer has in store for us!

Sunday, May 1, 2011

Beginning Design

Recently I have been bitten by the design bug - something about Spring/Summer always gets me in the mood to decorate my house and become a bit more "designer" than usual.

Here are some of the projects brewing in the Hartman Home this weekend...



I love Goodwill - they make it easy for me to design on a tiny budget... more to come, and soon... I promise!