We moved into our home in 2001. At the first rain we noticed the water runoff from the street liked to jump the curb out front and flood our yard. A lot. Fine time to find that out, huh? It is now 2010 and after an already failed attempt to fix the problem, the City of Madison has now installed a brand new gutter.

Just look at that beauty! I wish it would rain tomorrow so we can test her out!

About a year ago we started noticing this sweet looking momma cat hanging around outside the garage. Pretty soon, Emily was feeding her. Next we noticed she had all kinds of kittens to feed. They are now huge and healthy.

The Momma.

The kids.

I think there are a couple more but they must like the neighbors better.

For whatever reason, getting the tomatoes planted always seems to signal the official beginning of summer gardening. Mark that off my list. Yesterday, I doubled the vegetable garden area. After that, I was about to burst a gut to get tomatoes planted before dark. Got em. Done. Check. Check, check. 6 Cherry, 4 Early Girl and 4 Celebrity. Next up will be squash, cucumbers and other stuff.

Now, on to those damn dogs.

Bella Mia is showing us why it is dang near impossible to maintain a decent looking flowerbed in our backyard.

Never mind the blurry wiggle-worm-of-a-heinous-dog, look how her and her sisters have tried to dig up that tree. I assume they are after some rouge vole. There used to be beautiful daylilies around that tree. Yeah, they dug them up, too. Damn dogs. I think, maybe, in their boredom they are playing war and these are just fox holes.  Oh well, I’m slowly but surely moving everything that blooms or looks cool to the front yard.

I can’t wait for those limbs to sprout fresh leaves. I can’t wait for a yarden full of magical blooms. Russ says we’ve got one more frost before Spring is here. I hope he’s wrong.

No broken bones! What a nice head he has.

I love this book. I already own the printed edition but recently was obsessed enough to also purchase the Kindle edition. Ask me why. Ok, I’ll tell you. I love listening to my Kindle read it to me in the truck. (freak) I love hearing about all those plants and Felder’s unique opinion of them. Plus, I get tired of carrying the printed book around with me. (freak) It’s like I’m worried I’ll be at work and hear about a plant I want to check on. I must have it with me.

Now if I can just get this little buddy in a Kindle edition!

By the way

While surfing for gardening type videos this morning, I found this one about The Humanure Cycle. Let me just say, GROSS! I’m not using our poo for my own special compost. That’s just silly.

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