Plum tree

I will spare you a photo. Our flowering plum tree did not survive just before the summer I'm certain its on its way out. I'm also fairly certain that the neighbor that we paid to pick our tree up that insisted on planting it just tossed it in the hole. I knew better then to let him I should have insisted on doing it my self to clear out the old trees roots, which I don't think he did. I also should have bought tree soil and tilled it all in. Next time i will. The sun and heat is really harsh out here. Every day this week has been 105 - 115 degrees its just unbearable to be outside I will try to plant something in the fall.

Texas sage full blown

I posted photos before when I thought that was it but then a month later the second round of flowers was completely purple it was out of control beautiful.

The grass is growin great

The grass we planted is growing super fine ;0) My baby and I did a awesome job! Last photo is two months later started growing together.

My Pumpkins

These are my pumpkins. I chose pumpkins because I had very little time to get something in the ground if I wanted to grow something this summer and were still working on the rest of the yard right now so I figured hey let them run all over the yard. Also they are supposed to be one of the easiest plants for new gardeners to grow. So I dug up the ground as fast as I could and added some organic matter then planted them and I really cant tell you how long they have been growing but they are. I hope they are ready by Halloween and I have a couple to have on my front driveway. I saw a couple plants starting to form the first male flowers and also the little climber vine things yay.
The first thing I do every morning now when I get out of bed is look out the window to see my pumpkins!

Cleaned the blackhole spare room!

Yes I have concord the awful black hole room and made it a make shift spare room with a blow up mattress. Well at least until I can afford to by a new bed because I refuse to buy one used ick. That's just one of those things you just don't buy used. So do to budget I'm going to go with a Connecticut country shabby sheik theme in there. Im thinking rustic wood bed frame large chalk board hung above the headboard and mason jars and flowers that sort of thing.
Oh also when you come to visit this guest bedroom comes with one complementary lounging Italian Greyhound that likes to snuggle as shown in photo.