Brand new gardening blog

The veggie garden we started because Jim's brother, Bill gave us lovely heirloom tomatoes and squashes. It's only about two-thirds full, but I'm looking forward to all the fresh veggies!

Welcome to my brand new blog! I think it would be really fun for me to follow another artist/gardener through their experience of crating a lovely garden, so I've decided start my very own gardening blog!My interests include creating art, photography, gardening, writing, and a many other creative pursuits. I also have an art blog at www.laurapallatin.blogspot.com.   I love gardening and want to make my back yard a lovely place to enjoy. It's not really bad now, but it definitely calls my name and I know that it could be so much more. I thought it would be fun to chronicle the changes as we take our yard from a nice place to a stunning one. To get started, here are a few pictures of our yard today.  

Our little shed

The left side of our yard which is pretty bare except for some redwoods and Gracie the dog.

My Japanese maple nursery shaded by a pretty little maple tree.

Two chairs on in the area that I hope will have a little playhouse before the winter comes again.

a pink hydrangea shrub barely blooming. At the upper left corner of this picture you'll see a little mushroom garden art. We like gnomes, so silly mushrooms are welcomed here, too.

This jasmine arch is one of my favorite features in our yard so far. Those white things on the ground are Cottonwood mess. :(

This is our redwood nursery. These trees are waiting for the bed to be prepared for them in our front yard. They were also our Christmas Trees last year!

This view of our yard is the walkway toward the front of the house. This view includes some irises, a red Japanese Maple, a climbing rose, and (at the very end) a very happy wall flower.