Sweetpeas courtesy of my sister Kate and her fabulous garden. And a special thanks to Kate's husband Robert for not taking the weed-whacker to them this year. Oops. Should I not have brought that up?
I think my Cannon is starting to get jealous of all the pictures I take with my iPhone. I found a fun app called ShakeIt Photo that turns your iPhone pictures into Poloroids. I have been having a lot of fun with it.
I am getting ready for head out of town for a few days. My dad, Nicki and I are heading to Michigan to attend my aunt's 81st birthday extravanganza. Both are fabulous travel companions. We took a cross country trip to visit our sister Mary in Wisconsin a few years ago and it was a lot of fun. Well, except for the part where my Dad and Nicki tried to drive off without me at an Oregon gas station.
Mary is going to meet us there and we'll spend the weekend visiting relatives and my Dad's old hometown. I guess it's Mary and Nicki's hometown too. We moved to California when I was six months old so I think of myself as a California girl.
We are making progress with the Palais de Poulet. And before you start questioning the "we" I actually have helped. I helped dig the trench for the foundation. And helped hold the posts level while they were being nailed into place. I'm also serving as the project photographer.
Since the job foreman job was already taken:
She's wondering where the cat door is going.
We got it all framed then had a few days of rain. Construction will resume tomorrow. I think the roof joists are going on.
In the mean time here's the front of it. The coop will be on the far left side. Smack in the middle is the opening for the screen door. The rest of the area will their run.
The chalk lines in front indicate where the raised beds and paths will be for the fenced in garden area. There will be four raised beds inside a picket fenced area. The raised beds will be used for both vegetables and flowers. The path will line up with the screen door to the coop.
I'm thinking I need a sweetpea trellis in there somewhere. I better go consult with the foreman.
My mother and grandmother always had sweetpeas planted when I was little and oddly enough ever since I met my husband he has called me that…I love them !
love sweetpeas!
Your Palais de Poulet looks like it will be wonderful! I wish I could have one here. Fortunately, my friend is an organic gardener with chickens – and he’s generous!
God bless,
Kathy
Looks like a quite capable and appropriate foreman. Don’t get left behind at any more gas stations!
Brenda
Wow… this looks like it is going to be AMAZING. Can wait for future pics showing the progress.