Garden LOVE

I'm in love a little. Maybe it's infatuation, I don't care, but I've become enamored with vegetables. Not so much to eat, but just to water and watch. My vege-love even spread enough to allow a few flowers in my garden. That wildish looking flower pot was put together by a one John Plakmeyer and yours truly.

I tried to hold off on the chicken wire for as long as possible, but a couple days ago when I found a little bunny snacking on my sugar snap peas, I knew it was war. And I wasn't going to lose. Feeling strangely like Mister McGregor, I dawned my sun bonnet and strung up a bit of a fence. That'll do it. Right?

It's ALIVE

it's growing. I can't believe it! It's all growing (except for the basil...but I'm pretending that I never planted that.). To add to my grower's excitement I purchased a sunbonnet. I might even be wearing it right now while writing this post.

Yes, I do have a couple paintings in the works (I haven't given up everything), but it is so hard to stay inside when I feel the need to nurture and care for these green babies.

Learning to Grow

This weekend I planted my very first vegetable garden! Hopefully in a month or so I will start to see the juicy fruits of my labor - tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, peppers, snap peas, beans, and in a couple smaller pots, cilantro and lemon basil. Well, I guess I can't take all the credit. My hardworking neighbors were invaluably helpful. Now my biggest problem is deer....any ideas?