. . . How Does Your Garden Grow?

In February Curt decided to make use of the space between the back of our apartment and the fence for a garden. Dick, a friend and experienced backyard gardener, helped him get it layed out and an irrigation system for watering using PVC pipe.





It was soon ready for planting - radishes, carrots, leaf lettuce, peas, onion sets, then as soon as the weather warmed just a little, he planted cucumbers (two kinds), zucchini, chocolate bell peppers, yellow peppers, yellow summer squash, spaghetti squash, butternut squash, swiss chard, cantalope and 2 varieties of tomatoes. I tease him that his 5 acre garden is planted in one 60 foot row.

So far he's only lost 1 plant, but we can't remember what it was!

Soon the radishes were ready for harvesting and he has been sharing them with friends, neighbors and our missionaries. He's planted them 4 times. They are so deliches, very mild, and many have said that they are best they have ever tasted. We also had leaf lettuce in our salads, along with our radishes and onions.

There are 3 varieties of onions and we have enjoyed green onions to eat in his thinning so they will grow bigger. The big squash plant in the picture is now blossaming and the grapes are growing on the grape vines on the fence.

This shows how the garden goes around the corner and along the fence on the west side of our apartment. These are cherrie tomatoes and they already have little tomatoes.

This is our big variety of tomatoes and it is starting to blossam.

It has been a fun project and we already enjoy the fruits of his labors. He takes good care of his "little" garden. He has shown it to many people and they are amazed at all he has growing.

There may be some strange squash, cucumbers and cantalope because they sometimes cross polinate when planted too close to each other. We'll have to wait and see.

This cartoon appeared in the funnies shortly after Curt planted his garden. We hope the you can read it.

Thought for the Day
Learn wisdom from the ways of a seedling.
A seedling which is never hardened off
through stressful situations will never
become a strong productive plant.
~Steven Sigmund

Easter and Conference Weekend

Mike & Cathy came down Easter and Conference weekend, arriving on Friday late afternoon. We went to dinner at the Mandarin Chinese Buffet. We all enjoyed it very much. Good food.

On Saturday morning, we took a ride out to see the new St. George Airport that is under construction. The runway is now being layed.

Then Curt, Mike, Cathy and Monica went to the Art Festival here in St. George on the City Square by the St. George Tabernacle.

In the afternoon, Curt, Mike and Cathy decided to go on a hike on the Desert Tortoise Preserve Trail on the red rocks on the north side of St. George. Mike and Curt both took pictures. I stayed home and watched both sessions of conference since I'm unstable walking on grass and uneven ground. They didn't see a Desert Tortoise but they did see a horny toad that posed for them and an interesting catapillar nest.

On Sunday, we watched the morning session of conference and then fixed a delicious ham dinner with Berry (raspberry, blueberry and Marion berry) shortcake for dessert. After dinner Mike and Cathy headed home and Curt and I finished watching conference. All and all it was a short but extremely enjoyable weekend.

Thought for the Day

Is it so small a thing to have enjoyed the sun, to have lived light in the spring, to have loved, to have thought, to have done ~ Matthew Arnold

Visit to Iron Blosam Lodge - August 2009

We headed north with our friend Monica going to Snowbird for our week at Iron Blosam Lodge. Monica is in our ward, a missionary with us at the Member Location Mission and Curt is also her home teacher. We tell her that we have adopted her as our daughter and she claims Mike, Clayne and Bryce as her brothers. She was excited to go with us to Snowbird as she had never been there. Some of the family met us there for parts of the week.

Monica the Queen of the Bingo game. She was the only one to win at our table--1 can of Diet Coke.

Denece & Monica on Chicken Bench on the trail to the Snowbird Center.

Max waiting patiently for his mom to take to the new playground.



















Mom - we finally made it - It's sure fun!

Max and Rebecca in the swimming pool. Grandpa and Grandma can see us from their room on the 7th floor just above the pool.

Oh here's a Jay bird. I wonder what he's looking for. He seems to be friendly.

Oh boy! Someones left peanuts for me!

Is that someone coming. I had better hurry and finish my lunch!

Just about finished. I'm so full, I hope I can fly away!

I'll spred the word about the friendly people that are staying here.

What a fun week! Monica loves Snowbird and the beautiful mountains!

Curt and I are headed to Snowbird again this year on August 14th! We hope many of the family & friends will join us.

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Thought for the Day!

Is it so small a thing to have enjoyed the sun, to have lived light in the spring, to have loved, to have thought, to have done?

Matthew Arnold

Park Plaza Resort in Park City - July 2009 -Pictures

We traveled to Park Plaza Resort in Park City on July 4th with Mary, our friend from St. George. The family came up later to celebrate my birthday. Our Grandson, Hunter, stayed with us (old folks) most of the week and our Granddaughter Rebecca and Great-Grandson Max spent some time with us too.

In this picture with Bryce and family, Mary is wearing a bow from one of my birthday gifts.

During the 2002 Winter Olympics a herd of Moose were all over Park City.

Hunter and Mary made friends.This is the only one that we could find that hadn't found other homes.

Hunter found himself another friend. He seemed friendly but didn't have much to say.

Max and Hunter had fun playing games and swimming while Max and his mom spent time with us during the week.

Hunter found another friend. We were glad this friend didn't follow him home.

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Hunter and Grandpa went to the 2002 Olympic Village in Park City. There are many atheletes that train year round at the Park City facility. It was interesting to hear that about 1/3 of the participants in the 2010 Winter Olympics train in Utah and some also claim Utah to be their homes.

We had a fun week and it ended too soon!

We're headed that way again

this summer on August 7th!

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Thought for the Day

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.

Henry David Thoreau