YARD WORK ~ GARDEN WORK ~ TWO POSTS IN ONE ~

OH MY ~  IT'S BEEN AWHILE SINCE I POSTED!

Coming back to Wisconsin, in May, has been great!
The weather is so nice -sun, rain, green grass, everything has budded, so my allergies aren't to bad.
We have been working and running since we arrived on May 16.

We did leave Florida on May 9th, traveling to Missouri, to spend time and help out my lovely daughter, Michelle. She was in the process of putting in a new kitchen/which is now in and looking good! We helped out with yard work.  Michelle and I had a great find, of a trellis, that Michelle will soon have vines and flowers on, at her front entrance.

Rueben and Derby watched Michelle and I leave many times during the week.  Joe was a great companion to them as he did the yard work and they ran in and out of the back door.

Three sisters ~ Two days ~ Gardens and Grass

Joe and I did a ton of work on our yard, camper and sheds.  We cleaned, rearranged, planted, etc. etc.
I will post pictures of our yard and my yard art soon.

Spending time with my sisters (Geri and Bonnie) was high on my list of things to do when returning to Wisconsin. 
Geri and I took off early Friday morning.  We spotted a few yard sales, which we just couldn't pass up, on the way to Bonnie's farm.  Reusing, recycling, repurposing items ~ helps the Earth!

Bonnie had her garden planned. Her vegetable garden is much larger than Geri's and mine. We plant a few tomato and pepper plants, along with many flowers. Bonnie plants every vegetable imaginable, with flowers sprinkled here and there. 

My sisters are older, so they have so much more experience with these projects! I just ,had to observe their techniques!  We also went over to Bonnie's mother-in-laws place to plant her gardens.  I mowed grass there and let everyone else plant the gardens.  I love to mow lawns - or maybe it's more driving the tractor around!

 The garden turned out lovely and straight. I did make the rows, with the hoe. The milk cartons and pots are covering the small plants. The heat and moisture will produce a full, green, ready to flourish plant.

A calf was born shortly before we arrived on the farm.

Isn't it just so cute! Only knee high, with a very symmetrical face marking. Oh, isn't nature wonderful!

So many activities were going on while we were on the farm.  The Amish came to check out the roof, measuring for reshingling.  It was very interesting talking to the wife of the Amish man on the roof.  His oldest and youngest sons were with him.  The youngest was smiling ear to ear/he turned six on the day we were there.  How exciting for him!





We spent the night, had a wonderful time; thinking about returning for another "sleep-over" later in the summer.