process - a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states
Last night it was taking a while to fall asleep so I opened the photo gallery on my phone and flipped through some recent photos. I realized I really enjoy capturing the process of things - gardening, the construction of our landscape project, cooking, crafting, or how the city looks from the top of our park throughout the seasons. So I thought I'd blog about some of it, using mostly pictures.
This is my very first garden and I've had this spot planned out since we bought the house 5 years ago. Planning it, watching it grow, and learning along the way has been so gratifying! There's nothing like being able to get your hands into the earth in the early morning and seeing what has transpired overnight. Cultivating the soil, checking for bugs and pest damage and problem solving the issues, the smell of tomato plants and herbs in the air as you water, all of this is really grounding.
Thoughts and stress float away... as Audrey Hepburn said,
"To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow"
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| My giant pile of soil to move |
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| Building and filling |
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| Hey, I grew that! |
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| planning |
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| planted! |
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| Tiny "California Gold" pepper emerges |
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| The first zucchini bloom |
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| First cucumber bloom! Each flower turns to a vegetable |
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| Yellow Pear Tomatoes getting started |
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| A few weeks in |
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| These are male zucchini flowers, the female flowers have yet to bud |
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| These flowers are edible. You pick them while they are closed and you can stuff them, fry them, or use in salads |
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| Spring mix is starting to grow |
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| As well as butter lettuce |
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| I spy a ripe tomato |
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| First veggies are ready! Learning lots of patience this summer |
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| Painted rocks to trick the squirrels... Have yet to eat one strawberry! |
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| Filling in nicely! Our garden owl keeps birds away |
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| First "Salt and Pepper Cucumber" |
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| Changes as the summer heat takes over. Cilantro died and everything needs extra water. The lettuce needs misting in the afternoon or it wilts and turns bitter |
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| Added new basil plants, hoping to have some late summer pesto! |
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| My petite "Red Robbin" tomato plant. These were stollen by squirrels... |
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| Squirrels eat our first zucchini.... Cayenne pepper is now sprinkled all over our garden and it seems to be working |
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| One very large pepper, just waiting for that "California Gold" color! |
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| Salad mix |
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| First lettuce greens harvest |
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| Nothing like picking your salad greens 10 minutes before dinner! Yay! |
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| Ripe |
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| We love to garden! Happy about the zucchini harvest! |
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| After cultivating the soil |
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| After cultivating the soil |
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| Grow! |
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| Been thinking about crafting a sign for my garden for a while... |
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| Perfect! My first garden. I'm in love. |
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