it's earth day, y'all.

in case you didn't know, today is earth day. and although we're not doing anything super "earthy" on this particular day i like to think austin and i try our best to be relatively earth-friendly on most days.

but since it is a beautiful day, juliet and i are celebrating earth day by enjoying a bit of the sunshine and warm weather. and i've got some updated pictures of our garden!

first, we've got potatoes growing in a pot on our porch, which is a technique we got from a gardening book austin bought a few weeks ago.

i think we're going to be up to our ears in potatoes...

here's an overview of our square foot garden we've been working on.

and yes, zoom in and you see that juliet has a way of sneaking into to all of my pictures...

anyway. things look like they're growing nicely, don't they?

but, if you look up close, you can see we're in a fierce battle...

...against squirrels. see that little green stick coming up out of the ground? yeah, that used to be a tomato plant but the darn squirrels have completely destroyed it. you can see we've tried string with bells {literally a midnight effort, with sarah's help} but i'm sure the squirrels probably just laughed at that.

currently, we're on cayenne pepper. if the squirrels eat our plants right now, at least they'll be on fire.

this weekend, however, we'll be getting some mesh fencing type stuff to go around the entire garden. i'm worried it's not going to look pretty, but i guess i'd rather have a productive garden that might not be beautiful than an empty garden...

so that's my little garden update. i hope everyone gets a chance to do something in honor of earth day today, even if it's a simple joy like rolling in the grass. or is juliet the only one who likes that?

{and p.s.- thanks to a tip from another sarah i am now able to upload all my pictures without the hassle of having to chop them down in size, which is good because i'm pretty lazy! thanks, sarah!}