Peas

Peas blooming in the garden!

Rock Garden

Oliver's old rain boots, some turtles, and some whimsical metal stake things 

make up our slowly growing stash for our dream rock garden that we

hope to make some day near the shed and lemon trees.  I have a pretty

sun wind chime, but I'm keeping it inside and fresh until our dream comes true!

Its fun coming up with ideas for our yard!

Sunflowers

Lots of rogue sunflowers still growing tall and strong in our yard!

Starters

The toddlers helped me fill these starter pots with soil yesterday and today I put seeds in them.  Hopefully they grow and we can replenish the winter garden!

From right to left:

Cucumbers

Squash

Green Peppers

Lettuce

Cilantro

Beets

Radish

Carrots

Morning Glory

Radish

Big Radish in the garden this morning!

Rosemary

Today the daycare babies and I worked on taking out the weeds from the area where I planted trailing rosemary last Spring.  The rosemary is surviving, but hasn't grown as much as I thought it would.  I'm hoping this Winter it starts to take off!  

Some have the pretty flowers!

We made good progress!

But we had to stop when one of the babies

poured dirt down the back of my pants!

I can't wait to see if the Rosemary begins to flourish this Winter!

I may need to get another flat of it to plant.

Rocking Chair

So, after deciding to sand and paint the podium for the garden I wanted to try something different!  Not for the garden but for the inside of our home!  I bought an old rocking chair on clearance sale from a neat antique shop in Escondido.  I sanded it and used wood stain.  It was the first time I've ever used wood stain, so it is not perfect.

But I gave it to Oliver for Christmas and he loves it!  Santa even brought the chair pad for it!  

Before.

After.  

Things I want to remember for the next piece I work on:  

-Choose something with flat edges, so I can learn how to work with wood stain better.

-Always have a cloth handy to wipe excess stain.  In some places it looks like there is too much stain on the chair.

-Figure out how to control the drips.  Oliver's chair has some drips!

-Test a different type of stain next time.  This one is really shiny.  I like it, but I would like to see what other types are like!

I really like working on little projects like this!