Stopping To Smell The Tomatoes

When we bought this place, one of the things that appealed to us the most was the double lot. It's SPACE in the middle of the city. I don't know why that was so huge, but it was and still is.

And now we've cleared the empty lot so that we can build another house and eliminate the space and . . . well, it's still the plan. But I'm just not sure we're in such a big hurry. What we're all about right now is cleaning up the mess left over from last year so we can feel good about our place again and then letting the ideas come to us instead of forcing them. And letting ourselves enjoy our space.

Clearing the space has opened up the sky and let the sun in and there are all these possibilities. Like a righteous urban garden. I'm seeing the stuff that is happening in other places and looking at our space and thinking what could be. Despite how it sounds, this isn't spur-of-the-moment. I've been thinking it about it for quite a while.

We're gonna grow a few things this year and tonight I was out building some raised beds. Modest stuff. Maybe it will lead to something bigger or maybe it will kick our butts and inspire us to get busy and build so we don't have to take care of that damn garden any more.