nachoqtpie
Deeply Rooted
So, the other day, I posted a msg on an old friends facebook page letting her know that my husband and I had gotten into "farming" with our own garden, knowing that she would be super proud. She has been in agriculture for as long as I can remember. She grew up on a farm, was a member of the FFA, went to college for agriBusiness and then because an AgriJournalist! Her husband and herself bought the Agriculture Broadcast Network (I think that's what the official name is.) in Ohio and had received many awards from the Farm Bureau and many other places. She was a wonderful person who always had a smile on her face and a kind word to say. After I posted about or little slice of farm (On less than a half acre mind you! LOL) another former classmate sent me a message telling me that she had been killed in a 2 car accident that morning. My husband and I decided that we were going to dedicate our slice of Earth to her, and his daughter who drowned last year.
Thus The Ivy Hill was born. Here are some pictures of the beginning of The Ivy Hill. We still have a long way to go with the things that we want to do, but, it's a start, and I think that Lindsay would be super proud of the fact that we're working the earth and growing. I also think that Ivy (Sams daughter) would love helping all of us with garden work as well.
Here is from the back
Front bed: strawberries
Right side beds: 1 onions and carrots 2 green and yellow bush beans
Right side ground: potatoes (will be planted) watermelon, and corn will be planted in 2 weeks
Left side beds: 1 Tomatoes (hardening off, plant ~ 1 week) 2 Cucumbers, 3 Red/Green peppers
Left side ground: Pumpkins (Monks') and Corn
From the other side
Some apples on the apple tree we planted last year
The only pear that didn't get blown off in the tornadoes in early April
The mulberry bush we planted about 3 weeks ago!
Thus The Ivy Hill was born. Here are some pictures of the beginning of The Ivy Hill. We still have a long way to go with the things that we want to do, but, it's a start, and I think that Lindsay would be super proud of the fact that we're working the earth and growing. I also think that Ivy (Sams daughter) would love helping all of us with garden work as well.
Here is from the back
Front bed: strawberries
Right side beds: 1 onions and carrots 2 green and yellow bush beans
Right side ground: potatoes (will be planted) watermelon, and corn will be planted in 2 weeks
Left side beds: 1 Tomatoes (hardening off, plant ~ 1 week) 2 Cucumbers, 3 Red/Green peppers
Left side ground: Pumpkins (Monks') and Corn
From the other side
Some apples on the apple tree we planted last year
The only pear that didn't get blown off in the tornadoes in early April
The mulberry bush we planted about 3 weeks ago!
I know that we will get at least one harvest from several of the things we have in this year! 
