Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 36 Entries. Monday, January 1 View Page Happy new year   Friday, January 19 View Page Short rainy season on to snow, got some seeds at local library.   Sunday, January 21 View Page What's big, orange, and striped? A pumpkin of course. Took the kids to cat tales last month.   Thursday, January 25 View Page Kids dad showed them the moon tonight on phone, I've been so busy and we got in before dark I hadn't realized it was full moon time. Wolf moon.   Wednesday, February 14 View Page Got kids balloons, their friends gave them Valentines, did the candy thing, dinner out cheese pizza at bowling alley, roses and other flowers in vases, chocolates. I hate Valentines day. Love the chocolate, and flowers. Hopefully not pregnant.   Monday, February 19 View Page Happy 3rd Birthday Fred! Zoom out picture is him raiding his cake, marble fudge filled with cream cheese frosting and construction toys on top, he picked it.   Saturday, March 2 View Page Miss you Seth happy 19th birthday   Sunday, March 17 View Page Luck of the Irish for all our growing. Happy St. Patrick’s Day! California baby sounds good in theory but I’ll do my growing at home raising awesome kids and a few seed boxes to build, ex told me he had Styrofoam for walls for his, I was thinking that foil like for electric stuff shiny reflector cloth   Saturday, May 11 View Page Mother's day weekend got home school pictures, went to soccer game, riverfront park, church, and planted tomatoes, lavender, mint, & strawberries.   Thursday, May 16 View Page Happy birthday Nate   Monday, June 3 View Page Time to fly   Monday, June 3 View Page Happy Birthday to me   Friday, June 7 View Page Sprinkled ash, coffee grounds, and organic black gold fertilizer today. Kids watered. Yesterday planted tomato seeds, cilantro, dill, pole beans,& bee friendly flower mix seeds.   Thursday, July 4 View Page Happy 4th of July y'all. Planted more tomatoes, along with some other plants like lettuce, kale, zucchini squash, dill, and chives. Doing the inverted water bottle method every foot or 2 feet to keep hydrated in the heat wave alert of upper 90s. Corn did well with catfish water from defrosting. Tomato early girl has some but size of a baby fist. Took out egg shells by corn need in future to grind in something, mortar and pestle maybe so don't ruin coffee grinder blades might be project for kiddos.   Thursday, July 4 View Page Happy 4th of July y'all. Planted more tomatoes, along with some other plants like lettuce, kale, zucchini squash, dill, and chives. Doing the inverted water bottle method every foot or 2 feet to keep hydrated in the heat wave alert of upper 90s. Corn did well with catfish water from defrosting. Tomato early girl has some but size of a baby fist. Took out egg shells by corn need in future to grind in something, mortar and pestle maybe so don't ruin coffee grinder blades might be project for kiddos.   Wednesday, July 10 View Page Added some sad looking basil to garden. Plan on watering more early in the morning when it's cool.   Saturday, July 27 View Page Got plants some nutrition tonight miracle grow garden vegetables soil.   Monday, August 5 View Page Happy 8th birthday Luke.   Tuesday, September 24 View Page Posed picture. Picked tomatoes, but since largest one just fit the palm of my hand I didn't weigh them. More small green ones popping but since a bunch of small ones also not looking that'll do well in comparison to y'all's. Side note: kids loving homeschooling.   Wednesday, September 25 View Page Humbled the tomatoes given out at the food bank are much larger than mine, ugh. Positive note kids were complimented on how well behaved they had been in waiting our turn.   Friday, September 27 View Page Joke: what's the circumference of a pumpkin divided by the diameter? Pumpkin pie π   Tuesday, October 1 View Page October is here what's everyone dressing up as?   Thursday, October 3 View Page Kittens: 2 black & 2 gray. names: Doggy(Brandon chose for cool black face with white around eyes one),Meow-e(Luke chose for black face one), Flower Pot(Susan chose for gray & white face one), and T-Rex(Joel "Fred"ric chose for gray face one).   Saturday, October 5 View Page Frost got my tomatoes, soccer game over, weighed tomatoes at grocery store till totaled 9.5# so kids could see it in comparison to their dad's one tomato congratulations Brandon on 1st at baumans.   Saturday, October 19 View Page 2.38# loving my tomato   Saturday, October 26 View Page Goodnight diary   Monday, October 28 View Page Happy birthday Susan, I love you!   Monday, October 28 View Page Happy birthday Susan, I love you!   Wednesday, October 30 View Page Tomaaato tooomato. I'm not a contestant for dairy contest I do it for myself not to compete but to look back on the joys and sorrows of the season. I did great this year was supported and nurtured to get past a fear of starting a seed. I haven't had much luck in the past. But I'm happy to say Luke my 8 year old after watching curious George started a bean and it's working. I love homeschooling.   Wednesday, October 30 View Page Tomaaato tooomato. I'm not a contestant for dairy contest I do it for myself not to compete but to look back on the joys and sorrows of the season. I did great this year was supported and nurtured to get past a fear of starting a seed. I haven't had much luck in the past. But I'm happy to say Luke my 8 year old after watching curious George started a bean and it's working. I love homeschooling.   Wednesday, October 30 View Page Diary lol love that auto correct, not, I hate technology trying to learn it though.   Wednesday, October 30 View Page Diary lol love that auto correct, not, I hate technology trying to learn it though.   Thursday, October 31 View Page Happy Halloween!   Saturday, November 2 View Page Happy all souls Day.   Sunday, November 3 View Page Daylight savings time just went back an hour can't wait to relive it, sarcasm.   Sunday, November 3 View Page Daylight savings time just went back an hour can't wait to relive it, sarcasm.