Home Improvements

I have had a fun time slowly fixing up our home.  We have a long porch that spans the length of the house.  It was so long and empty.  For next to nothing, I was able to score this old wood bench from Craigslist.  Here are the before and after pictures of my DIY project.

Our home also came with a huge garden plot.  Ian and I have been trying our hand at gardening as well.  It's hard to believe our little garden went from this...

...to this the last few months.

While we are still novice gardeners, it has been fun to grow something in our backyard!  With the warm Southern California weather, we were able to start planting our crops at the end of March.  We just enjoyed our first meal from our garden the other night - fresh basil pesto pasta and green beans. Yumm!!