gardening on a sunday afternoon

 rain drops. water cascading in gentle rivulets down arms and legs. hair, now drenched, clinging to head and neck. laughter. sloshing shoes.
racing down a quickly mudding path. arms full of dripping curly kale. followed by joy.

(chased out of the garden by rain!!  It has has been such fun so far, and very enjoyable to eat my own kale anc chard and... hopefully soon potatoes. once I get batteries for my camera, then pics...)

Picture of our garden space!

Copper Penne and Polvo getting the ground cleared. Our space is 10'x20' between the 2 white strips of tape

Looking out over neighboring gardens

Seeds!

And here is a link to more talk about our garden over at a food blog I have with my siblings called TravellingSpoons:  C is for... Community Gardens and Cambodian Crab Shacks

Urban Gardner ..Writer's gone Gardening

A Not so Secret Gardner by Copper Penne

The day is bright with the sun beaming  down on the earth.  Puffy white clouds float by like ships, their destination unknown to those of us looking up into the sea of azure blue sky.  I can feel the excitement in the air, as my writing partner Vanilla Bean and I begin to plot and scheme about our shared garden.

I envision Birds flying high in the sky looking down on my garden as droppings rain down, plop, plop, plop, to fertilize my small piece of the earth.  My secret garden of sorts.

There shall grow profusely all manner of vegetable delicacies.  A myriad of fragrant delights, basil thyme. And more.

The excitement is palpable, what to grow?  I do not know!

So stay tuned my amigos for an e-ticket ride through the world of gardening!

Writers.... Gone Gardening

Inkstains is about to get active again!

My friend Copper Penne (KJWilli in the sidebar), with whom I meet up often to write, drink coffee, and talk life, is joining me in another venture-- gardening!!! We have just rented a plot as part of a local community garden and have been sitting here garden dreaming.  Look for more frequent posts and updates from both of us as we have fun putting plants in the ground, as well as sharing bits and bobs of our other daily and creative ventures.

Welcome to Inkstains and Coffee Beans, Copper!