April showers bring May flowers

I have been wanting and talking about having a garden for a very very long time.  I never did it because I was intimidated.  I was also afraid that I would kill my plants and put all the money I invest in planting the garden down the drain.  But this year, the hubby was nagging me.  He kept nagging me and asking me when I would start a garden.  He said I should just take the plunge and do it.  Just to get him off my back, I told him I would do it this year.  So guess what?  Yes, I started a garden this Spring (March)! 

I started the garden small with just a few things

I wanted to start small and just start with a few varieties of plants.  I started by buying a few of those plants in brown bags from Sams, which included grapes, potatoes, onions, strawberries, asparagus, sweet potatoes, and strawberries.  I then followed the instructions on those bags and planted my garden.  I started off with some success and everything seem to be growing just fine.  The more time I spent on taking care of the plants the more I like this gardening business.  I joked around with my youngest the other day that he's not my baby anymore because I got other babies now so he's been replaced.  LOL  Gardening is actually kind of addicting.  I find myself thinking about my plants, and watching videos on how to garden and plant things, I google search how to plant and take care of plants all the time.  I started the garden about a month and a half now at this point.  Everything is growing and it's so exciting to watch and it's so rewarding!  

I actually didn't know asparagus is perennial.  It grows back 
every year and can produce up to 20 years.  That's why they 
get a permanent spot in my garden!

My potato plants are doing great!

Onions are great too!

Carrots are slowly but surely growing.
I'm gradually adding more plants now
that I'm a little more confident with
gardening.

My sweet potatoes are growing slips and I'm just

waiting for them to get bigger so I can plant them in soil.

And one of the two grape plants I planted is doing good.

The other one I'm not so sure.  I think I trim it too much

before planting it in the soil.

Now I get why people enjoy gardening so much!  The more I garden, the more confident I am doing it, and the more plants I'm adding to my garden.  These pictures were taken a few weeks ago.  Since then I have added tomatoes, and lettuce and more onions and potatoes to the garden.  I'm learning A LOT and still have a lot more learning to do.  I'm so glad I finally started the garden and the other day I actually thanked the hubby for nagging me to do it.  He was actually right for once!  LOL  

I even started a compost pile.
It's getting pretty full I think
I might have to start a new box
soon.

Harley the horse

 Meet the newest member on our farm, Harley.

   

I'm not much of a horse person.  I've ridden on horses once maybe twice in my 

entire life.  I didn't hate it but I wasn't impressed either.

Hubby and the kids have been wanting a horse.  So about a month or so ago we 

finally got a horse.  Hubby had a horse growing up so he knows how to handle horses

and has been teaching the kids how to properly care for Harley and saddle him up etc.

Harley is a 14 year-old Tennessee Walker.  He is actually really mellow.  He likes

carrots and apples.

He is a good riding horse.  The whole family, including myself have ridden him.  

I like how he loves kids.  In the morning when we walk the kids out to the bus stop he 

would usually come up to the fence to say hi.  It's so cute.

In this picture, the ferrier is giving Harley a pedicure lol  And while he was getting

his pedi done, I decided to give him a Donald Trump hair-do.  lol  Doesn't he look so 

handsome?

Mr. ferrier said Harley's hooves look great.  He does have a crack on the bottom of

one of his hooves though.  The ferrier said it's nothing to worry about.   During the 

hot wet months here in Texas with all the rain and wet ground horses walk on the

wet ground and making their hooves wet and soft.  The ground usually dry faster 

than their hooves so when the ground dries up and the horses walking on the now 

dried-up hard ground with their soft hooves sometimes make the bottom of their 

hooves crack.  but I was told that the crack should get better during the winter 

months when it's more dry and not as wet.  I'm just slowly learning all these new 

things about horses.