When your fields are gold think Brown
Things are starting to pick up we received our first load of starter fertilizer tonight. 
Our dogs like to supervise.
It was a beautiful night our little guy decided he would splash in the mud…
He was having so much fun…
until he fell on his butt, got wet, screamed and the game was over he was MAD. He screamed until I got him into the bath. 
This is my final cake for Wilton course 3 gum paste and fondant.
In this course we made roses, daisies, carnations and mums. I love the whole idea of gum paste you can make your decorations way ahead of time and even use them again if you want. You have to work fast and keep it covered when you’re not working with it as it dries out extremely fast. 
For the rose you roll the gum paste out then cut it with a cookie cutter and ruffle the petals on a foam sponge with a ball tool then you wrap it around the center repeat and before you know it you have a beautiful rose.
The carnation is cut from circle cutters then ruffled with a tool on a thin sponge then each layer is stacked – its so amazing how it all comes together. I’m so excited to start Wilton course 4 – Advanced Gum paste on Monday.
This is what I worked on yesterday afternoon…
I planted onion plants that arrived in the mail about a week ago – a little late, hopefully they will grow. I also planted garlic, broccoli, cabbage, celery, carrots and peas.
Here is some progress of some other plants around the yard
My little helper next to our peas that were planted earlier this month
Strawberries
Rhubarb
Honeyberry – I’m hoping we get some this year as it is the 3rd year we have 5 different varieties
Columbine
Tulips & daffodils
