A Little Background

4 years ago, my husband Mike and I were looking for a tax deduction.  Kids were grown, mortgage was low.  We had almost no deductions and were giving a lot of money to Uncle Sam in taxes.  After looking around for rental properties, we decided they would always make more townhouses, but they weren't making any more land.  Soooo,  we bought a 32 acre farm with a disgusting house and creepy barn.

After lots of money and sweat (on Mike, Wesley, and Bailey's part),  our farm has turned into a lively, working farm with a very livable house and beautiful barn.

I got to take over the front yard to build a garden of my dreams.  Mike was able to acquire a lot of free, untreated 2x12x16 wood.  (You always want untreated for vegetable gardens so the chemicals aren't picked up by your food.)

Painted!

I will be taking pictures of my garden in the next week or so.  Right now all the work will be indoors.  Alice (my cat) and I were going through my box of seeds to see what I have and what I need to order.

I was able to christen my new garden clogs this weekend while I was out pruning a Japanese Maple tree in my back yard.

February 2011

The snow is starting to melt, which has me breaking out the catalogs to plan my garden this year.  After last year's searing heat and bumper crop of stink bugs, I know who my survivors and weaklings are.

Last year was my first year with several large raised beds.  After they were built  and planted, I enrolled in the University of Maryland Master Gardener program.  I passed my final test August 28 2010 and am fulfilling my 40 hours of volunteer work.

This is my first experience with blogging.  I now own a great camera and plan to take lots of pictures this year!