Mosquito Net, Watermelons & Homeschool

Here are the pictures I said I would post. I know ALL of you are jealous!! I actually like sleeping underneath this. Aside the whole roach issue, it's also kind of romantic...in a way. Well, when you don't think of it as a mosquito net. Maybe I'm stretching it a bit but WHO CARES? I'm ecstatic about it! I have a side view and a front view so you can appreciate it as much as me. I have had several people ask how our garden is doing too! A couple months of ago we thought our cucumbers were gone because of the heat. They did stop producing but the leaves kept growing and flourishing. Now, as the weather has cooled a bit, they are producing cucumbers again. For the last month, we've gotten several so that's been really FUN!!

Our tomatoes are pretty much dying right now. In one of the pictures of our watermelons, you can see our sad tomatoes plants behind. But....we're VERY HAPPY to say that our watermelons are doing GREAT!! We bought some different heirloom varities so some are striped and some have these cute yellow speckled dots.

We are EXCITING to get started on our fall garden. I'm planning on filling ya'll in on everything we plan on planting and taking pictures of the land and where we are putting the garden spot. This week we are going out to the land with our new goat. Oh....I'll take pictures of him toO! We named him Francis after St. Francis of Assisi. He is our lawnmower right now.

This is our BIGGEST melon right now. I just can't wait to slurp it up!!

This is our watermelon bed that is doing the best. Notice the tomato plants in the background. You can't tell but they are in a different bed. Chris thinks these watermelons are doing so good because he mixed in quite a bit of wood ash with the compost and such.

Lastly, here are my AMAZING kids doing their homeschool!! Just thought I pass it along!

Peace to all, Rachel