Garden/Yard Update

I thought it would be a good time to talk about how our yard is coming along. And our garden. 

The pond too has been a project for Jesse too. He's constantly trying to get it just right. Trying to keep the moss down he bought more plants to go in there to help eat that algae up. It seems to be working. I think it's looks really good. Especially when I catch the lily plants blossoming. The Coy fish we bought are growing and I see them pretty regularly too. Jesse has seen one or two of the tad poles that we brought home from our Moab camping trip back in May. I have only seen one, one time for a split second. But it's kinda fun to have this in our yard. 

The garden has grown quite a bit. Not as much as I thought it would be by this point. We still don't have tomatoes. So far we've picked a few zucchini and cucumbers. But I think that it's a combinations of planting late this summer, the pine needles dropping in the garden and the water situation took a few weeks to get going. We thought the sprinklers would be enough, but Jesse eventually ran a drip system throughout it and it helped a ton.

This yard is certainly is a bigger bite than we can chew. It's been tough to stay up on everything with how much we have going on this summer. We both agreed to hire someone to help with yard clean up. Jesse's friend Kris had just hired a mexican guy and they said he did a great job. So we got his number from them and gave him a call. He came by Wednesday morning to see what we needed done and then he worked 12 1/2 hours Friday and Saturday cleaning up our yard. It was so nice to have him help out. Sucky that we have to pay for that, but it's so worth it. We just haven't had the time to do it ourselves. And this guy (Rogelio was his name) worked fast for how much he got done.

Another exciting change that happened to our yard this week was this playground set. My friend Harmoni's new husband had it in his yard and they didn't want it anymore. So they sold it to us for $300.  What a steal right? It was in great condition. Hardly been played with and just needed a new coat of stain on the cedar.

The boys have been loving it. Cy keeps saying he's going outside to play at the park. haha. And then little Fynn just loves swinging and chillin in the baby swing.

It's just so fun to have something for them to play with. Hopefully they don't get sick of it and they can continue to make memories with each other on this playground.

With a fresh yard clean up and the playset up, it's looking so charming in the backyard.