Some of you might have noticed a little widget on our side bar showing what we have growing in our garden and everytime you come to our site it shows a different plant.  This neat little tool comes from a great site that I found called My Folia.

I have been trying to keep track of the goings on in our garden and have gone through several different methods, none of which seemed pratical or efficient. 

During one of my many searches through gardening websites I ran across My Folia and it was the answer to all of my garden tracking needs.  The site allows you to journal when a plant was sown, when it started to show true leaves, when fruit appeared, harvesting and anything else that you could imagine.

Along with keeping track of your garden, the site is also a great way to interact with fellow gardeners.  There are plenty of garden pictures to look through to find inspiration for your own garden and as a first time gardener I find that very helpful.

If you are starting a garden of your own (ahem… Tim & Jess, Benny & Mari…. ahem) or already have one established I would highly recommend this site.  Even if you aren’t quiet as OCD as James and I, it is still nice to look at other people’s gardens.

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I have always said it was important to have at least one good dog in your life.  I feel like I have had more than my share.  In fact I feel like we have two right now.  We laughed about the fact that Izzy is now 50 lbs. and it is strange when you have a big dog roaming around your house.  If we were out in the wild and saw an animal that big we would probably scream and try to climb a tree.  Instead… here she is a freakin’ human if you ask me. 

It is strange… but awesome at the same time. 

Here’s to having a good dog or two… here are a few pics of Mikey & Izzy, enjoy.

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We moved into this house we live in now in November of last year, so some of the plants that came up this spring have been a suprise.  For the most part they are easy to identify and a Google search usually eases our mind.  However there are these plants coming up in one of our flowerbeds that we have NO CLUE what they are. 

We are hoping that everyone that frequents our blog can help us in trying to figure out what these guys are.  We have a million of them coming up throughout the flowerbed and we would like to know.  What if it is a deadly plant that we are keeping going because they are so green and abundant?  I doubt that is the case, but we just would like to know ok!?

So here is a few pics of the unknown plants… come on gardeners HELP US OUT!

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