Home Grown: Someday I'll be a farmer, working the land

After our action-packed weekend/beginning of last week, things were pretty quiet around here for a few days. On Thursday, they started to install the backer board for the tile (basically like cement sheetrock for your floor, as far as I can tell) and were here all weekend finishing that and starting to lay out tile. Seeing it go in really brings home (no pun intended) the fact that we're getting close to finishing the house.

subflooring installed

all of our tiles

tiles in bedroom 3 (they're stuck down, but not grouted)

Tres and I spend Saturday and part of Sunday loading up the truck with debris (sheetrock, painting stuff, and other miscellaneous scraps) and taking them to the dump. It was more than a little depressing to have throw out so much garbage, but it felt good to get it out of our yard (and it was necessary, as the semi that will deliver everything else that goes in the house - cabinets, appliances, doors, toilets, sinks etc. - will come this week and they need to be able to park as close to the house as possible).

the garden (this is a composite of 2 pics, so it

looks a little wonky, but you get the idea)

But, that's not what I wanted to focus on in this entry. Our garden is going gangbusters, despite the unseasonably cool weather we've been having for the past couple of months, and I wanted to show off all of Tres' hard work. We are in the greens in a major way, along with some radishes.

lettuces

my favorite: Esmeralda (a butter lettuce)

mustard and turnip greens

The peas are flowering and growing some small fruits - they will be ready in the next few weeks - and carrots are also ready to start picking this week.