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Thursday, March 14

I love when my husband asks me out on a date. ♥ I get so excited. Spending time with him is one of my favorite things and it's always really fun to find something we both enjoy doing. Husband and I dream of gardening. We love it and although we live in a 900 square foot condo with a small balcony for a yard, our garden seems to be getting along wonderfully for us. Tommy is taking me to a garden party at our favorite local nursery tonight. I'm sure we will let our gardening imaginations run wild while we're there, but there isn't much more room on our balcony for all of our gardening daydreams to come true. We have done a pretty thorough job of packing in the plants. 






In our small space we are currently growing:

Green Onions
Garlic
Romaine Lettuce
Lemons
Radishes
Swiss Chard
Green Beans
Baby Spinach
Kale
Spotted Lettuce
Blackberries
Strawberries
Peaches
Blueberries
Rosemary
Basil
Daisies
Jasmine
Wildflowers
Ginger Flowers




If you think your space is too small to garden, reconsider. We've been able to fit all of these with square foot gardening beds and pots. Our balcony doesn't get a great deal of sun, which is obviously essential for gardening, so we've tried to stick with winter plants (mainly lettuces) that can survive with out all-day sunshine. 





No matter your space size, geographical location, amount of time, or other circumstances, I encourage you to garden. It's such a pleasure to sink your fingertips into the earth. It's even more of a pleasure to eat what you have planted, cared for, grown, and harvested with your own two hands. I believe there is something both humble and Godly in cultivating the earth. I guess gardens are humble recreations of His artistic masterpiece. Mine and my sweetheart's sure is small, but I think it's lovely and suits us fine.


Now, go get a foam cup and a bean seed and get sprouting! 

“The greatest fine art of the future will be the making of a comfortable living from a small piece of land.”
- Abraham Lincoln

If you don't believe me, believe Abe. He's honest.

2 love notes:

Vicki said...

Just got back from St. George with all my plants and seeds. Yay! Now let's see if we can keep it alive:)

Lexie & Sharrid said...

We may put one in this spring, although we may not ha ha, Sharrid is so swamped with school and I am super busy too. I know we could if we wanted, but we may not chose to this year. Way to go you guys! I look forward to it though.

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