The promise of glorious things to come!!

I cannot expect anyone to understand the joy I feel inside right now with the progress of my garden.  It just makes my soul sing!  I am planning to do a small fall/winter planting this weekend with some lettuce, spinach and carrots.  I have 2 squash plants that are doing very well.  The zucchini plant has at least 4 tiny little barbie size starts on them and the yellow crookneck has 2.  I have just picked my first 3 cherry size tomatoes and am looking forward to having them for dinner tonight.

This past weekend involved filling my 4 raised beds with 2 yards of mushroom soil and spreading 4 yards of dark bark in my front yard.  I have my son Shane and his friend Ian (sp?) to thank for that.  They worked really hard and I am very grateful for their assistance.

I have started saving little containers for seed starting of next years garden and I can hardly wait!!  I bought a great book on canning and preserving and look forward to making some killer relishes and sauces and such.  This is not your grandma's green beans that I am going for here....not that there is anything wrong with that!!  I do not have a house full of people to feed so for me this is more about the gardening itself and getting to explore flavors and smaller batches of unique things.

Here is a picture of the garden beds now full and ready to plant....along with a picture of my 3 little tomatoes that make me smile!!