Spring has sprung!

This is our first official spring on our home and it is lovely. The tulips are in full bloom, daffodils ushered them in and the sweet scent of Hyacinth wafts as you open the front door. Its such a wonderful way to end our first full year in our home, we get the delight of waking up and seeing what else has shown up in our yard. I LOVE it. Before here I never really delighted in seeing the things bloom in my yard. I guess I never really had time to "stop and smell the flowers". Having kids changes all of that. My boys love to stop and smell flowers, pick them...crush them....feed them to the dog. Yea what can I say they are boys. One of the BEST things about our new home is our ability to grow our own food. I am totally and completely in LOVE with our little patch of community garden. I'm going to have to post pictures. Its a wonderful place. We take the boys, spend hours in the sunshine and they get really REALLY dirty. Absolute perfection. This year I did most everything from seeds. I have grown all my own tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, radishes, carrots, spinach, (lettuce died). I have yet to plant my corn, beans and squash...its too early. I'm prepping our melon patch, strawberries are in the front yard and cucumbers will go into Pete's garden soon. He is also planting mammoth Sunflowers.I love the fact that he is so excited about it. We did raised beds with cabbage and romanesco also grown from seeds. I think the beets are finally coming up too. Peas went in a week or so ago and I haven't seen anything sprout there. There are so many things to see and be excited about in the coming months. I feel like the only thing we are lacking is chickens.. I would LOVE to have 3 hens but alas...no chicken are aloud in this city. but I remain ever hopeful. But I am hoping for a bountiful harvest and endless hours of fun in the sun. Even as both kids are sick with some oh so icky virus..it still feels good to be here...spring has sprung.