MamaGigi
02-21-2009, 12:26 AM
Greetings all!
I have lived in an apartment for all of my adult life. Growing up we had a garden that NEVER made it to the canning stage. My siblings and I would devour the food as soon as it was ripe enough to pick. Fast forward a few years to motherhood. I have a special needs child because she has severe food allergies that result in extremely high organic food grocery bills. We were living in Germany when we discovered this so I didn't have an opportunity to grow my own food. Fast forward to December of this past year, when we moved into the wonderful home my husband agreed to. Yeah us!! It is a 1.5 acre plot with MANY trees. We have a very irksome hill causing the water to pool at the back corner of our house. So one day I began digging a trench to cause it to flow out. Boy did that help! Did I mention I am SEVERELY overweight because of poor lifestyle choices? Anyway, I've been working out in the yard, blazing walking paths, clearing underbrush, moving 36 tons of composted mulch to level off the yard. In the past 2.5 months, I lost 10 lbs. YEAH!!!! Anyway, my daughter wants a pet so badly she can't stand it. My husband agreed, if it was an outside pet and not one for in the house. A friend sent me a link on how to install a garden pond which absolutely answered my prayers! My daughter and I homeschool so she and I have watched EVERY video link on the website we can find. She saw the bantams Patti has and decided that would be what she would request first. We went to the store today, got our lumber cut, and brought it home. As soon as the sun is up in the morning, we are building our first 4 4x4 raised beds! I can't wait to see how this turns out!
I have lived in an apartment for all of my adult life. Growing up we had a garden that NEVER made it to the canning stage. My siblings and I would devour the food as soon as it was ripe enough to pick. Fast forward a few years to motherhood. I have a special needs child because she has severe food allergies that result in extremely high organic food grocery bills. We were living in Germany when we discovered this so I didn't have an opportunity to grow my own food. Fast forward to December of this past year, when we moved into the wonderful home my husband agreed to. Yeah us!! It is a 1.5 acre plot with MANY trees. We have a very irksome hill causing the water to pool at the back corner of our house. So one day I began digging a trench to cause it to flow out. Boy did that help! Did I mention I am SEVERELY overweight because of poor lifestyle choices? Anyway, I've been working out in the yard, blazing walking paths, clearing underbrush, moving 36 tons of composted mulch to level off the yard. In the past 2.5 months, I lost 10 lbs. YEAH!!!! Anyway, my daughter wants a pet so badly she can't stand it. My husband agreed, if it was an outside pet and not one for in the house. A friend sent me a link on how to install a garden pond which absolutely answered my prayers! My daughter and I homeschool so she and I have watched EVERY video link on the website we can find. She saw the bantams Patti has and decided that would be what she would request first. We went to the store today, got our lumber cut, and brought it home. As soon as the sun is up in the morning, we are building our first 4 4x4 raised beds! I can't wait to see how this turns out!