TreasuresInTerraCotta

I have been thinking about things I want to be good at.  Things that I am not actually good at and that, if I'm honest, are going to take some practice.  Oh, it is the wretched learning curve! I suppose that the sooner I step onto the learning curve and start marching forward, the sooner I will begin to ascend that curve.  So I have decided that it's time for me to stop looking at all the things I can't do and stop fretting about the millions of things other people do beautifully.  I have decided that I am going to make a list for me...because, when all else fails, make a list! I am going to make a list of those things I want to do well.  Then, perhaps, I can start focusing on my learning curve tasks when I have a few minutes or hours instead of wasting those same minutes wondering why my house isn't Better Homes & Gardens perfect or why my menu doesn't read like America's Test Kitchen.     It is a matter ...

The garden continues to provide a bit of a focal point most mornings either watering or harvesting or searching for bugs.  Not to mention providing cucumbers, jalapenos, bell peppers and lots of tomatoes.  I haven't bought any from the store in months now.  If I could just perfect growing limes, garlic and cilantro I could make salsa any time!  Every year I probably end up with hundreds of garden pictures, but I just can't get enough of them.  They never fail to make me happy or to surprise me when I look back and see the changes. I feel like I have finally started to make progress on the learning curve of Gardening.  The soil in my two bed areas is rich and deep.  I know what grows well in our area.  I've started doing things without realizing that I'm doing them.  I'm getting volunteer plants.  And the garden is producing. So it's time to branch out.  We dug a new garden bed in late June and planted a few seeds when the r...