goosebumps (5) & gardening

recently i had a day to really clean out my desk and files...it felt so good! i found a folder marked "blog ideas" that i didnt even know i had. it is great idea if i would remember to look in it every once in a while. anyway, in the folder i found an article from last spring about a garden that made me swoon. seriously, look at this....

those gates!  i love the design...dont you just want to sit down and have a delicious summertime meal there?

take a closer look....

i am definitely keeping this one in my "dream house" files. it was designed by lisa bynon, a landscape designer. i googled to find out more about her...but really only came up with other bloggers who wrote about this same article last year.

one blogger in particular stood out and i have to share the link to her blog august fields. sara used this same article as an inspiration for a garden and she and her family did an amazing job! be sure to check out her garden along with many other pretty things.

we started a little veggie garden of our own this year too. ahem...it doesnt look exactly like the garden above..but its a start:)

once again kevin came to the rescue...or he rescued wood (trex this time) from a dumpster and used it to make a raised bed for me. we put it on the other side of our house...that we never really use.... beacause it gets geat sun.

of course i had help...finally ethan gets some face time on this little blog:)

and of course my faithful sidekick...

here is a view of the whole garden, with the little markers ava made that lasted about 10 seconds in the rain!

i will have to keep you posted on the progress. these were taken a few weeks ago and now we already have some carrots popping up. it really is satisfying to see things grow from seeds. the kids are loving it!

jodie