Garden 2008!

I wish I'd have thought to take a picture of the garden when it was at it's prettiest, but you know me...a day late and a dollar short most of the time! This was taken the first part of September just at the end of the bean season. We had absolutely wonderful green beans this summer and nary a one went to waste! Greg and I would get up early in the morning and pick the beans and then set chairs out by the garden and snap them on the spot. It's so great to just chuck the little snapped-off ends right back into the garden! Greg has been the most amazing yard and garden tender this summer! He's always been good, but just extra wonderful this summer and how I appreciated it! I helped but he did the lions share of the work and allowed me to enjoy summer in spite of the heat that about kills me! It was such a joy to sit out on the patio or just look out the sliding door and see a beautifully manicured green lawn, and flowers or vegetables growing in all the beds. We had absolutely great zucchini and yellow summer squash, beautiful cucumbers, big tomatoes (though slow to ripen) and tons of beautiful red potatoes in addition to the abundant crop of beans. We also have some beautiful, sweet, big onions! Just not enough of them as so many of them killed out in the spring rains that came and didn't let up for a couple of weeks. I am not, however, complaining about the rain! Let that be said! All in all, it has been a crazy, fast and fun summer! Oh, I almost forgot to mention that we had an infestation of grubs in our lawn this summer that could have killed it out if it weren't for our good neighbor, Kreigh Perkes, who told us what was happening. I promptly went to CAL Ranch and bought the grub killer and grub control and Greg went to work treating the lawn. Do you remember the dandelion destroying "mission" Dad went on years ago? Well, he went after the grubs with the same fervor and they didn't have a chance! Within a month, the lawn was looking gorgeous again...actually better that it has looked for a couple of years. Word to the wise, if you see yellow patches on your lawn in spite of watering regularly, you've probably got grubs! Anyway, thanks to my "green-thumb" husband for all he does to keep my life sane!