A Sad Day for Mr. Cheddar

On Tuesday, Mr. Cheddar expressed concern over the state of his zucchini plants, worried that they looked like they were dying.

Yesterday, he went outside to find that they were, in fact, irreparably damaged.

Much as he hated me running inside to grab my camera for this sad process, I felt it should be documented for posterity. 

At least Lucy was there by his side... on the other side of the fence... for the process.

It's Just Those Rainy Days...

Today, we finally had our first batch of thunderstorms for this year. We've needed the rain for a while, so even though it meant muddy paws on the dogs, we were willing to deal with it if it meant greener grass in the morning.

Our garden also welcomed the extra nourishment!

Veggie Tales!

It's been about a month since we planted everything.

Mr. Cheddar is really proud of how his veggie boxes are going. The plant on the left is a habanero pepper plant and the right is jalapeno. They were doing fine until a particularly windy day, where they started bending over, so Hubs hightailed it to the gardening center to get some stakes.

Vegetable Garden, and the Adventures of Lucy the Labrador!

The night after we were done repainting the guest bathroom (in late March) Hubs said he wanted to tackle the disgusting patch of mulch in our back yard:

 

Once upon a time, the owner of the house had a metal playground there. The tenant before us had it removed (except for the spikes, which were fun discoveries for Hubs!) and then we inherited this giant eyesore. We mainly used it to store the branches that fell off our behind neighbor's tree during thunderstorms, which Lucy would then break off and drag through the yard at top speed. So, in essence, we had turned it into an accidental dog playground.