grace grits and gardening

ramblings from an arkansas farm girl

Urban Veggie Garden: Little Red Wagon

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little red wagon garden

Today I am blogging at Texas Women Bloggers about my cute urban veggie garden. Just because you live in the city or an apartment and have no space for a traditional garden doesn’t mean you can’t have an urban garden. With only  a few feet and several hours of sunlight, you can create my little red wagon veggie garden, even on an upstairs balcony. Kids will love this project and you’ll be amazed at how much produce you can get from such a small area.

To read more about my tips for this project, click HERE to join me at Texas Women Bloggers!

Happy gardening.
little red wagon garden
Texas Women Bloggers

A Beautiful Morning

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The soil, surprisingly warm, feels of spring. 
New ferns, bright green and vigorous, are root bound, holding tight to their plastic containers. Last year’s tired ferns easily pop from the winter dirt. Transplanted to a less conspicuous spot in the back yard, I will nurse them back to health. 
Red dianthus and sweet alyssum, how I’ve missed you. 
The dogs follow me sniffing the rose food I spoon into the earth.
Vondee iris, tall and strong, will soon bloom.
From my monster rosemary bush, I trim cuttings, poking each into dirt with a splash of root stimulator.  As though I need more rosemary…
I drink coffee from the porch swing, savoring this moment, this first day of gardening. By nine a.m. the temperature is already in the mid-fifties—a perfect afternoon awaits. A mourning dove sings. She knows too. 
I smile at the potting soil packed underneath my fingernails. 

talya

Musical Pairings:

A Beautiful Morning, The Rascals

Food. Farm. Garden. Life.

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