scrape of the shovel. dirt in my fingers. small seeds falling in a line.
a dusting of dirt. water. sun. growth. harvest.
All the things that call me to my yard and to the creativity it gives me. With each decision I am painting a little piece of earth. Amazing to have found a raw piece of land to mold and paint into an expression of me and what I hope for my family. Ever since moving into our garpartment in 2007 we have gradually worked on this. From the creation of our first garden dug into the dirt and surrounded with chicken wire, to our current raised bed garden with pea gravel pathways and beautiful hand built cedar and copper gate. It is a lot of work but so worth every bead of sweat when we get to stand at the top of our stairs and look out over everything. Every year we get to see more and more of our hard work come to be.
This last fall I expressed to my most fabulous husband that the next step in my gardening adventure would be a greenhouse. He was more than happy to help me realize this dream. He began designing and building it in his head. It was going to be a custom greenhouse; I was so excited. I began collecting things for it with the hopes of building most of it from recycled and re purposed products; windows we got from an apartment complex remodel, a sink & faucet found at a garage sale, doors that were being thrown away, and so much more. This February we started sketching out some drawings, my hubby finally decided on a design and at the beginning of March we broke ground. He is a month into it now and it is taking beautiful shape. I am so excited to be able to start growing in it.
This weekend I plan to spend some time with my girls getting our second batch of seeds into the garden as well as planting some of our pots. I found some french flower pots at a garage sale that I am going to plant with fuscia. Last year I took some old galvanized garbage cans (think Oscar the Grouch) and cut 4" off the bottom. I then planted these cans in the ground and grow herbs out of them. I have decided to use the 4" bottoms of them as tops to the posts in my garden and am going to plant them with succulents that I picked up at Bainbridge Gardens. If only the rain will hold up on Saturday we will get out there and get dirty - and of course get some photos to share with you all.
Having this little piece of property brings so much happiness to me. I love watching my girls run around, playing in the dirt and with their chickens, planting seeds in the garden, and harvesting the vegetables for us or to share. Ahhh, the adventures in gardening!
