summer works-in-progress

some side quests I've been on lately

what I’ve been working on lately:

growing a garden
Josh and I are attempting to quiet the voice in each of our heads that says “you don’t know what you’re doing”, and do things anyway. We’re letting the lawn grow feral, selectively trimming it back with a weed-whacker¹, letting the “weeds” we love grow tall and unruly (plantain for cuts & burns, dock, and other weeds with medicinal properties, in particular). We’re delighting in the bees and pollinators (and fireflies!!) that visit our feral ground cover, “creeping charlie”, as

Grace Rother

informed me.

This year, Josh built us a tiny raised bed and we lightly amended some soil near the driveway. We planted dahlia tubers (with so many thanks to Gwen for gifting us some!), a flower mix, and marigolds. In the raised bed & other planter boxes left by the previous owners, we planted things we feel are “high value”: herbs, tomatoes, and onions - things we know we’ll delight in picking off the vine. One day I hope to be able to make a floral arrangement…