Historic moment - had my first harvest this weekend ---  two zucchinis and 5 green beans. Vegetables never tasted so good!  Thanks to the hubby's wonderful cooking skills we had our first home grown meal from the lower yard.

We started with cantaloupe, green beans, zucchini, cucumber, crookneck squash, tomatoes, and seedlings of carrots, ( Read more... )

     We are officially in spring and I spent my Easter afternoon planting my garden. It has been years in the planning stage, so many ideas have come to mind for what to do in the lower yard and they have all come back around to plant a garden, create a oasis of calm, a place to escape, and recenter myself. The past few weekends have been dedicated ( Read more... )