Saturdays in the Garden
Spring is here in Texas and my yard is green. Although the ONLY place grass is growing is in the flowerbeds where I don't want it to grow. The rest is just weeds. But its green! I am happy though that our neighborhood is not one of those were keeping up with the joneses manicured lawn is expected. Most of the homes near us have a really nice and well-kept flower-bed or two, but that's it. This neighborhood just doesn't have the excess money or free time to create the Better Homes and Garden lawn. I like growing food in my garden, but could care less about wasting time making my lawn look perfect (I've got some pretty awesome thistles growing in the rocks lining the house though.) Plus not dumping chemicals into a yard to make it look pretty is good for the environment – and the pets and kids that play in the yard.
But as for the food garden – it was a tough week. We've had rain – but in the form violent storms. The picture is of the golfball+ sized hail we had on Wednesday. I think all my lettuce bit the dust, and I'm still waiting to see if the squash will pull through. But the arugula, chard, strawberries, and corn are all looking good.
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Sometimes weeds can really be great such as attracting butterflies or birds. I'm interested in green gardening where there is place for vegetables, nature and animals.