MAMA'S GARDEN

For the past two weeks, mama has been hard at work getting her flower garden started in between taking Mimi to gymnastic school and pre-school and between the rains and drizzle that we have been having lately.

First she is getting the perrinials started then maybe once everything is set the way she wants it, she will work on planting annuals.

Papa had suggested that mama should line the flower bed with some type of border. Since becoming a stay at home mom, mama is having to be strict with the finances. So therefore on the way to taking Mimi to school one day she saw quite a few rocks. They are still in the process of building more homes here. So there are plenty of rocks to go around. Mama has come to be known as the "Rock Lady". She has been hauling rocks in Mimi's wagon and linning them all around our huge backyard flower bed.

Today while shopping at Home Depot, mama saw some cobblestones for sale for almost $3.00 a piece. She figured that she saved approximately $500.00 worth of stone.

The hard part about planting is when I dig about 3 inches into the dirt, I hit rock and stone. Papa says that since we live quite close to Mt. Rainier (volcano that no longer erupts), is the reason for the stone and rocks. It is hardened lava from the past.