We got a late start on both our winter {back} lawn and garden this year, but both are thriving due to the unseasonably warm temps we've had recently.
Our garden consists of broccoli, carrots two types of leaf lettuce, and spinach. We never got around to planting the peas, darn it. I'm loving this gardening bit! We definitely plan on expanding our planter in order to hold more crops next summer.
We've already put the lettuce to good use! :)
I can't WAIT to pick the first grapefruit and orange from our trees! They are already turning! I love me some AZ homegrown citrus, especially when it's right from my own backyard!
So I'm a little appalled and a lot embarrassed about this. Of course, when you throw down seed, the birds take that as open invitation to have three meals a day from your lawn. Well, Matt had had enough of that and got out his BB gun. I won't tell you how many poor, little birdies lost their lives during Matt's rampage.
This tree is Oakley.
He has traveled with us far and wide and has quite the story. Matt first got him from a local nursery as a seedling while we were visiting family in Arizona. We took him back to California with us and planted him in a little pot there. See here? That's little Oakley to the right of Gavin, April 2007.
Initially, when we moved back to Arizona, we had left Oakley right in that very spot, in front of our apartment porch. But one time when Matt went back for boards, he slipped into our old apartment complex and took our little tree! The tree got a wee bit neglected and was practically dead when we moved into our house a year ago. But we decided to plant it in hopes that it would come back to life and flourish.
This was one year ago. That little tree in the forefront of the picture is now taller than the brick fence! I'm amazed at how much Oakley has grown! It'll be nice when he grows to full maturity!
Our garden consists of broccoli, carrots two types of leaf lettuce, and spinach. We never got around to planting the peas, darn it. I'm loving this gardening bit! We definitely plan on expanding our planter in order to hold more crops next summer.
We've already put the lettuce to good use! :)
I can't WAIT to pick the first grapefruit and orange from our trees! They are already turning! I love me some AZ homegrown citrus, especially when it's right from my own backyard!
So I'm a little appalled and a lot embarrassed about this. Of course, when you throw down seed, the birds take that as open invitation to have three meals a day from your lawn. Well, Matt had had enough of that and got out his BB gun. I won't tell you how many poor, little birdies lost their lives during Matt's rampage. 
This tree is Oakley. 
He has traveled with us far and wide and has quite the story. Matt first got him from a local nursery as a seedling while we were visiting family in Arizona. We took him back to California with us and planted him in a little pot there. See here? That's little Oakley to the right of Gavin, April 2007.
Initially, when we moved back to Arizona, we had left Oakley right in that very spot, in front of our apartment porch. But one time when Matt went back for boards, he slipped into our old apartment complex and took our little tree! The tree got a wee bit neglected and was practically dead when we moved into our house a year ago. But we decided to plant it in hopes that it would come back to life and flourish.
This was one year ago. That little tree in the forefront of the picture is now taller than the brick fence! I'm amazed at how much Oakley has grown! It'll be nice when he grows to full maturity!
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Way cool post although I could have just visualized the dead bird versus seeing it. :o)
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