Growth, Progress, Hard Work & Enjoyment

Remember my gate makeover . . .

The grape vines are growing up

the trellis . . .

And in another month they should be 

all the way across :)

I watched a few You Tube videos

on pruning raspberry bushes . . .

So after my last berry picking I started pruning.

What a mess! 

This is what I took out . . .

this is from 3 original, 3 year old plants.

This is the berry bushes now.

I picked apricots, 

some for eating & some for drying. 

I still have some jam 

and some frozen ones from last year.

 My latest project is this area.

We put in drip-lines to the boxes,

but I was still watering the plants

on the side of the potting shed.

Then I found this long skinny PVC pipe

in Steve's shop.

That's all it took to start an idea 

forming in my wild & crazy brain, LOL 

I painted it brown, put a drip line through it,

and started gathering branches 

and raising it up and over 

the gravel to create this twig trellis.

Now water goes up and over to the other side

and I can drive my tractor under it

without damaging the lines :)

I found this pipe with a perch,

Steve built it for a project then didn't need it, 

so it was laying in his junk pile.

I think it's the perfect spot to add a birdhouse.

The other side needed a little fun

so I hung this wind chime

And added this abandoned robin's nest.

Under it and at the side 

I found this hollow piece of log in the wood pile

and planted it with hens and chickens.

Slowly things are coming along . . .

 I enjoy adding whimsy & personality to the garden.

I have a pot of climbing beans started 

on one side of this trellis

and morning glories on the other side.

I'll have to take another photo in a month

after they have more time to climb.

Steve calls this my Hippy Gate :)

 The green beans are starting to bloom

and this week we ate our first two cherry tomatoes 

and our first zucchini.

Harvest is right around the corner . . .

time to start doing my Happy Dance :)

Well, that's life on our little acre.

Lots of growth, progress, hard work,

and pure country living enjoyment.

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Have a great week,

Keep Smiling!

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Your blogging sister,

Connie :)