Welcome to My Not-So Fancy Garden

My response to Jason Edmunds’ A Taste For Life prompt — My life, my photo, my story.

Lemon Verbena is easy to grow in containers and keep through winter in the house.

Don’t feel bad, it’s easy to get pointed cucumbers and the cure is just as easy.

Zephyranthes are easy plants for beginners. I’ll tell you the tricks & show you how I tend mine as you smile at her photos.

Grab a cuppa as I show and tell about a few plants on my morning walkabout.

A prose poem kinda tale about my yearly adventure.

How I grow cucumbers successfully in containers — that don't get bitter.

My tea is a dried lemongrass ring from last year's garden. It’s lemony, light, and lovely.

One is the soil. When I pick up a handful of dirt, I feel its texture, smell its freshness, and see its color. Somehow, I can tell how…

The mailman chats with me about his wife and new home. A friend sits a spell and leaves a package of cheese curds from the specialty shop…

picking cucumbers for my lunch green beans for my dinner filling jars with them for that long cold winter

The garden is home to many varieties of bees and wasps and, if you walk slowly, they welcome you. They welcome you to their world of…