Snyder's Urban Homestead

Quick trip to the garden to pick some veggies. This isnt even a tenth of thr green beans we have out there. I cant wait for my tomatoes to ripen so I can get those made into pasta sauce and canned.

Yes peas! Finished the rock around my new garden beds today. My peas and green beans are coming up nicely. Ever bearing strawberries in the smaller planter and carrots and parsnips barely starting to pop. Extra thankful for the Mr. who makes all my garden dreams come true.

Meeting with a gal tonight to figure out the layout to add native grasses and plants to the landscaping. I also had a call with a friend who is a DNR conservation officer and former park ranger to pick his brain a bit this week.

3 new Cedar garden boxes built. We took out my old gross metal garden boxes. Carrots, parsnips, rainbow carrots, 3 types of peas and 2 types of green beans planted. The smaller garden box will hold either strawberries or flowers. We still need to finish landscaping the area with w**d proof fabric and white rock, build the rain barrel stand and get the rain barrel set up. After that, 2 more larger garden boxes to build and rip out the old, and landscape that area, build the new shed and we will be semi ready for the rest of planting season. We will need to bring home a skidloader to redo the front and back yards.


This is my 2nd garden season without my dad adding things he wanted me to grow. As I started planting carrots, one of his favorite songs came on the radio and I knew he was still with me.