finishing up

this weekend we worked on our "coffin" style garden and i planted some more strawberries and some raspberries {given to me by the neighbor} . we also planted 4 more trees. mark joking says we now have a small orchard! our trees include: fuji, gala and granny smith apple trees, a red bartlett pear and a anjou pear as well as a nectarine tree. the poor little trees are really getting a workout since the wind is blowing at 100 mph! good thing they are staked. i was afraid we were going to come outside to no trees! i have to say i am super excited about all the work we have been doing outside and to our house. i've always thought of our house as a home, but now we are planting some serious "roots" ha! i am looking forward to a couple of years down the road when we can actually eat fruit off of our trees. our {mark's} next project we are in the middle of is making a fireplace/pit type thing for the back porch. i think it will be awesome to sit out there and enjoy all of our hard work. i'll keep you updated on that project.