Rain!

Rain, rain!

This picture and below is the west side of the house.

This is the backyard. The far corner is where we have pumpkins growing.

The little garden up against the fence is where we have the zucchni.

Against the side is where we have peppers, onions, strawberries and lettuce.

We have had so much rain lately and even though it makes for a soggy yard the rain is appreciated. In a few weeks we will be checking the sky for clouds and hoping for rain. Unfortunately, sometimes once the rain stops in the spring, we don’t see it for a long, long time. I’m not going to complain, but in the meantime we get small lakes in the yard.

This is the east side of the backyard. That's the compost pile in the back corner. The bed next to that is where we have tomatoes, cucumbers, and beans.

All of this standing water started after homes were developed behind our yard. We will be working on something this summer in order to get this water to drain, but we're not sure what yet.

So far though, the plants have been taking all this water and standing water in stride and are coming along just fine!