We have been furiously working on our patio and gardens over here at LJ House in preparation for warmer weather!  If you follow our blog, then you know that before Spring Break we had the patio laid by our friend Javier, then we bought the hot tub and just appreciated that as is for a few days.  I got busy emptying the garden beds of their sod and weeds in preparation for fresh soil and plants:

The past few days we have been busy planting the nursery that we amassed in our front yard.  The first on the list was the herb garden.  Lavender, thyme, parsley, rosemary, sage and a few espaliered fruit trees make the back fence something worth looking at.  Bradley bought the Tiki torches last year on clearance because they are just so darn Disney-ish that they just made (cheesy) sense to us!  Turns out that they look pretty cute in the garden too!

Bradley ran into a fuchsia sale and inexpensive baskets to hang across the back of our house.  Totaled, we have five baskets to festoon the patio with pretty flowers all summer long.  Can you believe my economical husband spent only about 8 bucks per basket?!  We are hoping to overwinter them and use the same baskets next year.

Then the other day I got into a rather cramped automobile.  Guess what was inside?  A table and chairs for the patio so we could eat out there!  When we lived in Bellingham, our favorite place to eat was outside under the grape arbor.  Every meal was spent at that table followed by leisurely conversations and a little  toddler girl playing.  I am so glad that we have returned to the days of eating outdoors!

And here is my vegetable garden.  Under the soil is seeds for string beans, zucchini, carrots, lettuce, basil, peas, arugula and a few sunflowers.  Our starts are broccoli and tomatoes, and the strawberries are here, waiting to be planted from starts my mom gave me.  I have to say that this is my favorite garden.  I find it so amazing that for a few months out of the year we can eat so much home grown healthy vegetables.  I am hoping for enough beans to do a bit of canning this year as well.  The pots hold pumpkin seeds, Gigi is in charge of those and we’ll be planting them around the corner.  We planted one of those big giant pumpkins.  We’ll have to see what happens with that!

So here we are, all prepped and ready for the magnificent sun to make her appearance so we can have a fabulous summer on the patio.  Oh Mrs. Sun?  Where are you?  Please come back soon!  The Kenmore LJ’s miss you!


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