Garden reflections

I was FaceTiming with my good friend Miss Dena and showed her the garden. She was blown away. Maybe because I see it on a daily basis I forget the changes and growth more easily; so I went and looked at photos to refresh my mind. And what I saw blew my mind and had me feeling so appreciative of what has happened in my yard.
Here are some images of the different stages:

Pre garden or AKA weed garden. 

Sprout garden

Garden with plants

Plants getting bigger

WOW! Big, full and producing garden.  

Sacramento Love

For as much as I fretted and stressed and (sigh) resisted moving here to the Sac area; I have found so much to fall in love with.

One place I absolutely LOVE and ADORE is the state capital grounds. Here are a few reasons why.

1. It’s physical history. 😍 And I love history.

2. The trees (I’ll post more one this later, but there is a tree scavenger hunt. Could you just die...? It’s like I’m in heaven.)

3. The gardens. They have a cactus garden and rock garden and a ... ROSE Garden:

The Garden

My garden is looking good. I could even say it’s looking great when I think of how far it’s come along. But..

I love my garden and gardening it’s therapeutic and fun. So far I’ve grown and harvested zucchini and yellow squash and then more zucchini and yellow squash.

1st harvest

2nd harvest 

3rd harvest? Who knows, at this point I’ve lost count . hehehe

My tomato plants that I’ve grown from seed are growing like crazy and are pushing out some of my chili plants, but no red tomatoes...yet 🤞The tomato plants my son brought to me that were nearly dead are thriving and growing all over the place but no toms 🍅 ... yet (I’m hopeful, I mean I did bring them back from being nearly dead) My corn is still shorter than me. Sadly my lettuce, radishes, cauliflower, beets, tomatillos, cilantro, onions, watermelon and a few others are all MIA. 

Gardening is fun and rewarding; it’s like raising kids, so when my sprout babies fail it breaks my heart. 

I still have a plan to plant more seeds, I mean I really wanted to pull carrots out of the ground and really want fresh cucumbers, and cilantro and cauliflower and... lol I could go on but will stop now 😄

 I also am going to need to dig up my chili plants and move them since other plants are being area hogs and taking over. 

I am looking forward to posting about my plums that are almost ready to be picked. Soon, Phoebe soon; be patient. I plan on making fruit leather with them. It’s a beautiful purple delight. 😍  I’ve even made some mixed with strawberries 🍓 😋 I’ve found a place that sells local honey and so this will be a win win for me.

💕 Lady Phoebe

Late Nights

It’s after 1 am and I’m up unable to sleep watching The Crown. I love history, so to watch real events turned into entertainment is fun.

There is a show on Netflix called Sweet Magnolias starring Brooke Elliott. She happens to be an actress I really like. She was the star of Drip Dead Diva. Yes, I’m slightly obsessed with that show. Netflix stopped making it available and I had to buy the box set. I am obsessed the way some people are obsessed with the show the Golden Girls (rightfully so. So funny!)

I wish there was a way to read in the dark so I don’t disturbed my sweet hubby. I’m finally getting around to reading Tolkien’s The Fellowship of the Ring. My poor father is in a bit of shock that his daughter, at the age of 48 is finally reading this book, one of his favorites out of many. He asked me why I had not read it before. I really have no idea, except for when I tried back in my 20’s I had other books I preferred. Then I had kids and didn’t have time. When I did try, my time was so limited that I’d start only to have my attention diverted again and again, making it hard to get into the book and figure out what was happening. It ultimately began to feel like a waste of tine. Plus in my 20’s and early’s I wasn’t very interested in the story line.

Now as I read I think: ‘Girl you were a fool! This book is AMAZING!

From a spiritual point of view, I’m in awe. Tolkien wrote so many people at different levels could enjoy the book.