A weed by any other name




Last week I received a phone call from our town's code enforcement office about our yard. I've come to accept this call is simply an annual passage of spring: Anonymous Neighbor complaining to code enforcement about the "weeds" in our yard being too tall. I decided to take the opportunity to educate those who can't see the food through the weeds and make some signs. I don't know if it will help alleviate their concern for appearances, but it will help code enforcement recognize the complaints are not actually about weeds, but are, in fact, plants we use.


New product shots




When there's work to be done and 2 kids who both want attention, you have to figure out the simplest (yet somewhat elegant) solution. This is what I came up with:


Product shots using our neighbor's aged wood siding for a rustic back drop.


Feeling the farmhouse vibe? When things (if things?) calm down again, I can do some styled shots, but in the meantime, I'm diggin' these. A big ol' thanks to the Hubs for taking such pretty photos!



Keyhole Bed: A recap



April 2011
May 2011
June 2011
2012

Then in 2013 I didn't do much gardening...
I was pregnant with Fox. I did
get some onions in the ground in the fall.
Late 2012 the plum tree had bad blight so we chopped it down.

Sometime in early 2014 I put bricks we had on hand
for another project around the bed. This is April 2014.

Here it is now, taken over mostly with perennials, a few annual veggies
tucked here and there, and some flower seeds yet to sprout.