Introduction to Me

So I guess that I should start this blog off as an introduction of myself. To be honest with you, I'm not really expecting anyone to follow this blog. I'm mainly creating this to give myself something to do on the computer rather than checking the same 10 websites and blogs over and over again. Pretty often I find myself saying "Oh man, I wish I had a blog so I could write about (this, that or the other thing)." Again, not really expecting anyone to read this or care, the things that I have a desire to share are nothing important. They are just little things like "Yea! My tomato plants are getting huge!" and "Wow- look at my hydrangea bush, it's beautiful!" and "Can't wait to shoot the groundhog that's living under my shed." Told ya- nothing too exciting!

My boyfriend, Eric, and I have been together for over 2 years (that's obviously us in the picture up above). We live together in a cute, little house on a great piece of land. Our house is mostly surrounded by the woods and we have plenty of wildlife to show for it (I can see my treestand from my living room window!).

I have a fairly large vegetable garden consisting of tomatoes, green bell peppers, sweet potatoes, red beets, snow peas, shelling peas, green beans, onions, broccoli, asparagus, corn, watermelon, honeydew melons, lettuce and spinach. I also have a small herb garden that has oregano, parsley, chives, basil and rosemary along with a couple other things. My flower beds are full of Columbine, Coral Bells, Astilbe, Hostas, Clematis, Bee balm, Asters, Coneflowers, Coreopsis, Cat Mint (actually really pretty!), Sedum, Poppies... and the list could go on and on. I also have a couple potted flowers, but they really aren't my specialty. Just some Wave Petunias, Lobelia and Geraniums but still very colorful and beautiful. And I can't forget the new garden that Eric and I are working on- red raspberry bushes and blueberry bushes!

I also have two dogs, Taylor- a one year old black Labrador, and Duke- a five year old Shih-Tzu. Duke is pretty much a pain in the neck but lovable just the same. Taylor on the other hand, is an awesome dog and makes me realize that I will only ever own Labs from this point on. We are training her to be our duck hunting companion and she LOVES it. She cannot get enough of retrieving and goes crazy over ducks.

I'm convincing Eric that we now need chickens (we used to have 4 farm ducks) at our house and I think I'm doing a pretty good job. I'd love to have a coop with about 3 hens to lay eggs for us. I'm picky about the eggs I buy and I'm now learning that "Free-Range" doesn't really mean a darn so I'd like to have my own chickens instead. Hopefully by this time next year I'll have 3 Barred Rock hens running around!

Besides all my gardening, I also enjoy hunting, fishing, hiking, kayaking, running and pretty much anything else outdoors. I got my first deer and my first duck this past hunting season and cannot wait for hunting season to come around again (I know, I'm a redneck!).

Once I figure out how to add pictures without them all going to the top of the post, I'll have plenty to share.