Making a new strip flower bed

I have started the new strip flower bed area down where I intend to have extra parking

 I tilled it up with the tiller, then I rake all the grass out, I will shake down some Preen to keep the weeds from sprouting and taking over while I decide what for sure to plant there

 

 I have mowed a little bit of the yard, the old area, but am not allowed yet to mow where we seeded

I think a nice little picket fence along the back side of the new strip bed will be pretty with some vines growing on it, maybe a couple smaller shrubs and some of the peonies I dug up from grandma's

stay tuned, when I figure it out I will show ya

Happy Birthday Mom

Happy Birthday to my Mom, this is one of my favorite photos of her taken by my sis

Hope you have the best day ever, we love ya!

Basement gets wall cabinets

I call this end of the basement the "man cave" end, these are the free cabinets he got from work, someone drilled the shelf holes right, just the cabinets were upside down at the time, HA HA so once again, my hubby grabbed them up, he knew exactly where he wanted to put them!

I admit I am a little jealous, those are nice cabinets, but since I certainly don't need any cabinet space in the basement other than my little cabinet I have on the wall by my laundry area, I am happy for him ;)

 and of course it's messy, it is a work in progress, someone decided while he was putting up the cabinets, it would be best to get the drywall up there in place first so later he wouldn't have to cut around the cabinets to install it, that drywall is heavy, try holding that up while he puts the screws to it, not fun

 someday it will all be done!

 I have an idea where I would like to move those chest freezers also, but so far have not convinced him

yup, nice cabinets, so happy someone screwed up when making them HA HA

when he gets the shelves put in and organized I will try to remember to take more photos

Root cellar gets shelving & canned goods

Root cellar gets shelving Yay

 finally, it's that time, we are building the shelving unit for the root cellar/pantry that we built in basement

and as usual, my help was needed, it's never until I get my hands free that I can grab the camera

 outside looking in

 I asked for this top shelf to be half sized, so that I could SEE what was on it without the step stool

picking/potato crates snug underneath, going to need support though on those shelves for sure

just a test run to see if things like boxes of canning jars and stock pots will fit ok and so far so good

of course,we did measure everything when we planned it, from the width between the shelves and to how deep they were so the jars would fit nicely, you can see we also have the support running up the front now so the shelves don't sag when they are loaded down

 at doorway looking in, we have yet another wall of shelves to put up yet back there where the bench sits with the bucket on it

 you can see I wasn't wasting any time getting my goods on the shelves, this was what we canned in the fall of 2011: salsa, ketchup, chili base, spaghetti sauce, stewed tomatoes, tomato juice, sweet pickles, dill pickles, peppers, and the jellies from spring-summer time

 ahh that's better, this shelving unit is to the left when you are looking in the door, the curve is to make it easier to get in the door without a sharp corner

top shelf: salsa and jellies

second shelf: ketchup, spaghetti sauce,stewed tomatoes and more stewed tomatoes

3rd shelf: chili base, pickles

bottom shelf: more jams & jellies, spiced peaches, pears, peppers (3 kinds) and dilly beans

ahhhh so pretty and soo yummy

Grass is a growin and strawberries are bloomin

Finally, the yard we seeded is growing, I can't wait to mow this beast!

 as much as I want to rake out the straw and start mowing, hubby says no :(

 its coming in FINALLY

 still a mess, but I am patient, well not really, but I sure am trying to be!

 LOVE this time of year, everything is greening up so pretty, things are starting to leaf out and even bloom

Scooter holdin down the fort, she loves layin in this are beside the back driveway and strawberry patch

 I should have had the "Preen" down, you can see I have little weeds trying to take over

 widdle green strawberries, gonna be an awesome year

 so pretty, the promise of something even better

the strawberry patch this year has tripled, we put in 12 plants to start with, the bed is now 5 feet by maybe 30 feet long?