My Garden – my tranquil urban oasis in my backyard. I probably shouldn’t refer to this as my garden, but after my husband did all the hard work, I’ve taken it over! First, he built up a garden that we filled with some lovely smelling soil (I’m sure our neighbors were not happy with us for a few days). Then we had to build a sturdy wooden fence to keep the chickens out. Once that was complete we planted our first harvest. Our first few attempts at planting went okay, we grew tons of herbs, and the tomatoes took off, but we had struggles with some other vegetables. Last fall I tilled the garden and filled the soil with our homemade compost (all my hard work of cleaning out chicken coops paid off). I planted lettuces and we have been eating salad every night!
The lettuces however lived their cycle and began to flower, and while our garden became a gathering place for the neighborhood bees, it was time to replant. So today I tore up the old and planted some new scrumptious lettuces and tomatoes.
So where does the guacamole come in? Well, while I was in the garden I was inspired by my green onions and cilantro and those ripe avocados sitting on my counter (unfortunately they were store bought, which means it’s time for my mother-in-law to visit me and bring some from her tree!)
