Summer is finally here!
With all that's going on in the world right now, I am so grateful for my time spent in the garden - a retreat right in my own backyard! This blog has been pretty silent for awhile, but it's time to bring it back to life.
When I moved into my home almost 4 years ago, it came with a pretty big yard. There's an area in the back at the bottom of a little slope that is flat and in full sun. A perfect place for a vegetable garden. Nothing huge, just big enough for some of my favorite vegetables. So I built this twig fence adding a little something new each summer. The plank entrance came along soon after due to the mud.
The posts, raised beds, and plank entrance are made with cedar. All year long I save the branches and twigs that fall from my trees, along with longer branch trimmings from the shrubs. When I get a nice big pile I head down to the garden and add them to the fence.
Last summer I added the gate, and this summer I designed a sign for the entrance out of a piece of plywood that has been in the garage since I moved in. This garden has become a place of quiet, peace, and solace for me. I hope you'll check back, and watch my garden grow throughout the summer!
-Nan
