SEEDS!

I recieved some seed today from parkseed and totally tomatoes!  The list includes:

1.  tomatoes - Big Zac Hybrid (1 pack)

                    - (free pack) Red Alert

2.  peppers - (free pack) NuMex

3.  cucumber - Diva (4 packs)

4.  zucchini - Raven Hybrid (2 packs)

5.  squash -                 Park's Crookneck Improved
                   Hybrid (2 packs)

                - Sunburst Hybrid (4 packs)

                - Papya Pear Hybrid (1 pack)

I'll purchase the rest of my seeds at a local feed store closer to planting time. 

Sunshine and Warmer Weather!

Lately it has been unseasonably cold!  We've had several cloudy days.  These type of days seem to drag out FOREVER!  Just kinda makes you blue and don't want to do anything at all, but today was different.  The sun actually came out and it got up to 55 degrees!  I could walk around outside without a jacket on.  Seems like the small heat wave is going to stick around for a little bit longer too.  I just looked at the 10 day forecast and we are suppose to have highs in the upper 40s to mid 50s!  Along with some pretty good chances of rain too.  I could do with out the rain.  I didn't get to work on the raised beds today, which kinda sucked because it was a beautiful day and all.  I was stuck in meetings all day long, but I will try to work on them tomorrow!  If it doesn't rain....think there is a 50% chance of rain tomorrow?!?! : (  This warmer weather is teasing me a bit!  I'm just about ready for spring time!

Raised Beds!

Today I attempted to make some home-made raised beds for my vegetable garden. I decided to try this concept because I just built a new house and I thought this would help with erosion in the back yard. Plus the soil isn't the greatest here, so I'm going to go buy some compost from one of our local nursery's to fill the beds.  I built the beds out of some old cypress wood that I had laying around.  I'm hoping it will hold up for a few years.  The beds are 4x8 feet.  Here are a few pictures of my progress today. I still have a few more to build. I just ran out of day light.

First Post of 2010!

Hi everyone! Well I can certainly tell its winter outside! The low temps for the week are in the single digits and high in the teens! That's cold for Arkansas. We had a little snow yesterday. I think we received around 1/2 to 1 inch. It seems like spring is forever away.
I got married last May and just finished building our house this pass November. I've always planted a vegetable garden at our family farm, but I think I'm going to move it to our back yard for 2010. I plan on making several raised beds in the back yard. Might even start on them tomorrow. I like the raised beds just simply because I think they look cleaner and you won't have near as much erosion problems. I will post more pictures as I update the yard.