The Culver Family Blog

Here’s hoping today and every day this year will be happy and exciting!

I’m back with more garden pictures! Plot 40 is the plot I chose for my spot in the Santa Barbara community garden. It was horribly overgrown with weeds, but three things sealed the deal for me:

1. Plot 40 is right in the middle of the garden, so no shade problems.
2. I saw lady bugs on some of the plants, which seemed like a good sign.
3. Despite the weeds, there were still some vegetables growing on the plot.

I spent some time yesterday afternoon pulling out the weeds and found cabbage, broccoli, strawberries, carrots and the remains of tomatoes, brussels sprouts and a pumpkin!

Here are my before and after pictures. Plot 40 is all mine. It’s 10 feet by 20 feet.

Before my afternoon of weed pulling

After (obviously, I still have a lot of work to do)

You can see the broccoli and cabbage in the picture. The strawberries and carrots I found were in the upper left corner of the plot – hidden in this picture.

Hi everyone! I’m about to secure a plot in one of Santa Barbara’s community gardens. I’m pretty excited about it, but I need some advice.

I’m looking for recommendations on what to grow. Santa Barbara has pretty good weather, so I can grow things year round.

I’ll start with things that I can grow in the winter: beets, snap peas, cabbage and maybe some kale. If you have specific types of these or any other vegetables I might be able to grow in the winter, please let me know.

I’m also interested to know what kind of corn and tomatoes you recommend. It can’t hurt to plan for spring and summer, right?

Happy 2010!

Here are some pictures I took at the garden this weekend (click the picture to see more):

In case you didn’t hear…

We’ve decided to try again. On Christmas Eve David proposed to me for the second time. This time he gave me a diamond wedding band to prove that he is committed to the end result. I couldn’t be happier and hope that things go a little smoother this time around.

No dates or plans yet, but we may try for Labor Day again. We will keep everyone informed.

Pril sent me this picture to post. (she was at Mom’s and having difficulty with login)

From Jay, with Best wishes for the new year.

Unca BO

cause the baby is coming your way.  Fetter family will be at my folks the 15th to the 19th of January.  Will do our best to make the rounds.

love and miss you all.

Merry Christmas

Hey everyone!

If you’re like me, you can’t get enough of little Emily.

Lucky for you, I just added Adele & Aaron’s flickr pictures to this page. They’re over there on the right.

Enjoy!  -Brad

Christmas is set for Saturday, December 19th at 4:30 p.m.

Please come and join us for eating, singing and lots of family fun!

Whether you were a supporter of Ted Kennedy or not, you might like to hear his old college classmate tell an amusing story.

PART 1

PART 2