We had a garage sale which took up several days. It was very successful. Got rid of the vast majority of things that just had to go. A couple of my neighbors brought stuff as well. It was a HUGE and very eclectic sale. Sorry no pictures of the actual set up. Wish I had but it was so busy there simply wasn’t time!

Since I’ve had no time for any art lately I thought I’d at least give a garden update. Everything is growing so nicely this year. ACK…quick…knock on wood. Can’t jinx myself.

The garden box is so awesome. It holds the moisture so much better than the pots I’ve used in the past.

My herbs and lettuce are also coming along quite nicely. We’ve had one salad from the homegrown lettuce and definitely need to make another to thin it out a bit.

The sun finally came back out and it warm and dry enough to plant my new garden box!

I have 5 tomato plants this year:

• 3 yellow pear shaped (from saved seeds)
• 1 heirloom apparently striped traded with a friend for a little yellow plant
• 1 purchased Big Boy plant

We planted 3 kinds of peppers, chives, french thyme, basil and green onions. Although I don’t have much hope for the onions.

Marigolds are planted along the front edge of the garden to try to detour the bunnies and deer from snacking.

As in previous years, I  have more herbs in containers on the deck as well as this year’s experiment, bib lettuce.