Picture link for our Italy pics! :)

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We had a blast. Weather wasn't perfect but the scenery was... oh, and the food, wine and company.

We plan to move to Italy spring 2011! ;)

Rome, Tuscany and Capri- Here we come!!!

Rustic Fence for our Rustic Garden!

Finally we got a good start to our garden and the dang garden fence that we've put off for so long. It's made of local cedar trees from the woods that were dead and fallen down. We spent all day cutting them to size and screwing them into the posts we had dug last fall. We plan on finishing it off with trellis rope/mesh that will help the hops (planted on the corners) to trellis up and along the fence and to also keep the chickens, ducks and dogs out. All the way to the left is our garlic growing, courtesy of my Dad and his amazing garlic growing skills. He shared some of his best cloves with us for planting. Now it's off to Italy and when we come back? Garden, garden, garden. It'll be time to plant! Hope those heirloom tomato seedlings pick up their pace!!

Mark the Farmer

We rented a rototiller from Home Depot for our small garden plot but it sure did the trick. We're dealing with Wisteria roots in this area and have spent hours cutting them back. We've been adding our compost and chicken poo (ew) to the soil since last fall. The tiller did well at finishing it off. Mark is a natural. What a good little hobby farmer!

13 Weeks 2 Days- End of First Trimester...

I think I was a little bloated in the last one, this is from first thing in the morning...

Holy Cow! :)

My New Passion

Yep, I'm a Curd Nerd. Cheese is fun!

New Garden and Rustic Garden Fence- To be Con't

The New Hearth!!! To be continued...

Just the start but a start none the less. We're deciding on what the rest should look like, what materials it should be made of, what kind of flooring should replace the rug and what color to paint the walls... so many decisions! Nice hearth, Mark!

9.12.09 Mark and Olivia