Sunday, July 24, 2011

Family Life Merit Badge -- Bird Feeder Part 1

This project was done as part of Family Life Merit Badge work.

Plans were found here.

Thinking.


Measuring.


More measuring.


Sawing.


Drilling holes.


More holes.


Pilot holes in strips.


Attaching strips through the underside.


Finished feeder platform.



Friday, July 22, 2011

Garden Photos, Late July

Carrot, grown from seed.


Bachelor Buttons, grown from seed.


Nasturtiums, grown from seed.


Pumpkin blossom, with little pumpkin attached. Grown from seed.



Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Mid-July Harvest

Carrots.


Peas.


Radishes.


Here's the pumpkin patch, growing bigger and bigger.


Sunday, July 10, 2011

Summer Garden, July 9

With peas (from seeds).


With tomatoes (from starts).


With pumpkins (from seed).


Nasturtiums and pansies.


Marigold is blooming (onions in background).


Carrots and baby bok choy (both grown from seed).


Friday, July 1, 2011

Garden Update, 1st of July

Iceberg lettuce, grown from a Lowe's vegetable start.


Onion, peas, carrots, grown from seed.


Nasturtiums, grown from seed.




Bachelor buttons, grown from seed.




Ladybug on calendula blossom. The calendula plant was a volunteer from last year's garden.



Fuschia is Blooming

Started as a little plant from Lowe's.