The New Mud Room

When we bought the house we knew the back porch would be a problem. I liked the character of the porch. I thought it was quirky and wanted to keep it. My husband  found many flaws in the old porch and wanted to demolish it and build a new one. Well... I lost the argument and I'm glad I did!

 

My father was the one who got a friend to pull the old porch off with a front-end loader. I thought it would take us a week to tear it down... It is good to have friends with heavy equipment!

My father framed the porch and my husband and I put the roof on.

 I REALLY do not like heights.

We got half the roof covered with roofing felt before the rain started. We had to cover the other half with a tarp until the next weekend when we could continue working.

The Beautiful Gable Window was a gift from Cousin Leigh. Thank You Leigh!

The next part of the adventure will be the wraparound porch... 

To Be Continued!

I will be linking up at:
 Between Naps on the porch @Metamorphosis Monday 
Debbiedoo's: Newbie Party
Kathe With an E : You're Gonna Love It Tuesday


Thank you for visiting with us and Have a wonderful day!

My First Garden at the Farm

OK... So, it has been a while since I posted anything from the farm. Well, we have accomplished a lot of things since my last posting. We started a garden and it is looking great. We demolished the back porch and rebuilt it (More on that in my next post). And, we cleared more land next to the house to give us a better view.

So let’s talk about the garden...

I had grand plans for a garden when we bought the property. And a grand plan usually equals lots of hard work. This is no exception. Trying to decide how much garden to plant was a challenge. We had to remove an old tree and its stump because it was located where I wanted to plant my corn.

I have never had a garden this big.  I had lots of things I wanted to try growing. So, I thought I would just try them all.

 I planted:  Green Beans, Lima beans, Speckled Butter Beans, Crowder Peas, Okra, Corn, Cabbage, Tomatoes, Potatoes and Cantaloupe.

Anyhow, I planted the garden and let
God do the rest.

I am linking up at:   Cozy Home Scenes: Your Cozy Home Party
Savvy Southern Style:   Wow Us Wednesday