We now have woodchips!

      The guy kept his word and they arrived Wednesday! I was so thankful! While he was here, hubs asked if they could cut down a tree that was dangerously close to the house. He came back a few hours later, and the tree is history! God really moved in our lives this week and I'm so thankful to Him for doing these things for us! Now, we don't have to worry when the wind blows or a storm comes up. The tree will never attract lightning again, nor will its branches fall on the house. Hopefully, we'll have our own chipper soon so we can chip up all of this tree!

       I planted a lot of seeds in the garden last week. Here's what I planted: squash: straight neck, crookneck, butternut, table queen, zucchini. Green beans: Blue Lake bush. Herbs: basil, thyme, cilantro, sage, spearmint. Melons: charentais, Hale's best cantaloupe, yellow Canary, Crimson sweet watermelon, and Orange Glow watermelon. Pumpkins: Big Max, and Jack-Be-Little. There's another pumpkin I'd like, but I haven't gotten any response from a request I left on another blog. She may be out of seeds. The herbs seeds I ordered from Sand Mountain Herbs came in so I can vouch for them now. What have ya'll been planting in the garden?


      There's still a lot I've got to do in the garden. I'm waiting until after Wednesday night to put out tomato plants because the temp is supposed to get in the mid-to upper 30's Tuesday and Wednesday nights. I don't want the fragile tomato plants to suffer from that chill. Hope ya'll had a wonderful Easter! We certainly did! Blessings from Bama!

Here's the snake to the snake skin we found!

The tree before, as viewed from the garden.

The guy at work.

Two other guys are on the ground holding the rope to guide the limb when it falls.

The tree is almost down.

Not much left now.

No more tree!

I just happened to have my camera with me as I was about to turn in my driveway, when I saw a turkey. Can't really see her in the photo.

But I did capture her here!

Rose bush the chickens like is in full bloom. It smells wonderful!

This rose is so beautiful and fragrant! You can see the garden beds here too.

Such nice woodchips! We have a Fuji apple tree that needs planting.

The tree after.

This is one beautiful rose!

I got started with the woodchips here. Pepper plants and eggplants will go here.

Sour dough bread from the breadmachine. Delicious!

The hubs enjoys cooking on the Primo. It's smoking the ham.

A larger view.

These are home canned beans that were cooked in the smoker.

Here's the delicious ham!