Lovely little dress

Though I have a young gentlemen, I can't help but love adorable little lady attire. The back of this dress is so simple and perfect for a summer soirée! I am going to attempt this dress for a sweetie pie and maybe something sassy for yours truly!

Seen any great dresses if only they were made for adults??

Squash bug eggs

Here's a little of whats been happening this week in the garden..my pictures below are of squash bug eggs on my lovely egg gourd leaves... Scrap those bad boys off because once those "stink bugs" hatch they will suck the life out of your vine crops (esp squash, pumpkin and melon, some of my faves)..

Garden Prep- Yard to food :)

With this new home came about .79 of an acre which is a great place for me to start doing some natural "old-fashioned" gardening :) .. I hesitate to say Organic only because my neighbors have brought more of my attention to the fact that what I am doing is just good "old-fashioned" gardening.. a lost art to many who enjoy the pesticide world.. I however have enjoyed learning about companion planting and other ways to attract beneficial insects :).. Organic has become that many good folks don't understand or turn their heads at before understanding it's a fancy (expensive) way of labeling food products without chemicals.. yes there is more to it and I try to buy Organic when I am not growing my own food... Anyways.. I have been away from the blog again because I have a LOT of work with the home..

Task to prepare to grow :)

Kill the "yard" without the use of chemicals..sheet mulching.. some straw.. and probably a lot of tarp

What I am going to try is the tarp.. I have a lot of great things coming up but I also have quite a few big bushy Johnson Grass patches (which I will hand pull because my mom says that may be the best way)

I had hoped to do more of a sheet-mulching method early on.. but with money tight with all the other upgrades in the home, the tarp seems like It will do the job and I will sheet mulch in the fall.
I keep newspaper and cardboard for that purpose and then I will put organic matter and mulch on top.. the reason this has been halted is because I wanted to use Wood Chips as mulch but my significant other is HIGHLY allergic to Poison Ivy and I have heard tell that sometimes Poison Ivy gets chopped up into the woodchips..

Anyways this was a long ramble.. but I just wanted to fill in the missing blog days with what I've been doing and thinking about as I try to patiently wait to plant in the fall :) .. My side gardens however are looking great and are becoming quite inspirational.