Gardening?!

So I've been meaning to blog about our little home in the country down the gravel lane for a while. We absolutely love it here. Especially Daniel... he sits out on the front porch all the time, especially while the sun is setting and watches the deer come out in the bean field right across from our house. 

I took this photo a couple weeks ago, I should put a new one up because now I have all my cute fall decorations out with mums, pumpkins, and gourds such. :) 

The front of the house...such a plain jane ranch. But perfect for us!

Our backyard

Another view of the backyard. 

 See the cute little cows in the background? We've had fun watching them! There were two little calves born this spring and it's been kind of fun to see them be born and grow. :) I wouldn't mind having cows near my backyard, but man I am sure thankful Daniel is not a farmer. :)

Did you see the weed patch in our yard? Yes... that was supposed to be my garden. This spring I got all inspired and was sure I wanted to have a garden with lots of fresh produce. It was full of weeds(AND trees!) to start with so we cleared it out this spring. But then my mom said I could just learn/observe with her garden and have some of her produce. I decided to do that, and just plant melons and easy stuff in my garden. Well... the summer flew by and got busier and busier and I am so glad we didn't try to have a garden. I barely had time to cook and do housework, none the less garden in the evenings! We got behind with the weeds, and the poor melons got choked and our produce was pretty much zero.

So this is what our garden looked like from a summer of not weeding...what a mess!

So yes, gardening was not for me this year. I am so embarrassed by our weed patch though... so last Saturday Daniel pulled out all of the trees that seem to quickly grow! Then he mowed the entire thing down and burned some of it. I'm not sure when we will have a garden... It's just not something I can do right now with working full time! I just have to accept I can't do everything. But I hope to have one someday in the future! :) 

Oh and I quickly found out, so many people have an over abundance of produce and I was able to receive a lot from them!! :) 

I hope to post pictures from the inside of our house soon, for those who haven't been here before!