Look how gorgeous and yummy this is!  That’s what I love when the garden is bursting with goodness!  The guy who took this photo went outside and just started picking things to add to his yogurt for breakfast.  Depending on the time of the season it could be cherries for a while, then strawberries when they’re ripe or a combination of whatever else you have growing in the garden at the time.  I also love that he has nut trees and added those into his breakfast as well.

It’s such a pleasure to be able to walk out into your garden and pick a fresh salad, or to pick fresh ingredients for the nights meal.  And that’s a huge inspiration for me to continue to add subtle edible landscaping.  And now that things have started to slow down around here {finally!  It’s been a crazy year!} I feel like I can really dig in and work on the garden plans for next year.

{via flickr}

Last year I agonized about where to place some fruit trees in my yard.  I still haven’t decided what to do entirely and now I’ve just acquired two Hazelnut Trees from my grandpa that I have no idea where to plant either.

The thing is, trees are much harder to move around than oh say where you decide to plant tomatoes.  Plus, I have to think about how the shade will affect my other gardens once the trees are full grown.  Trees are more permanent structures and I just want to get it right.  And I’d like to figure this whole thing out so that I can hurry and get them planted soon!

Did you think I had forgotten all about you?

No!  Never!

But I did forget to water  some of my plants lately.  But really, I forgot  my password ~~ oops!  In my defense I did get rather busy in my real life too.

But I’m back!  So stay tuned!

It’s March already!  Yikes!  Where has the time gone???

It is time to kick it into high gear and finish up the garden plans, or start your garden planning,  if you haven’t already.

This year I decided to use an online garden planning software program.  I’m currently trying to figure out what I want to plant this year.  I’ve been so busy lately that it looks like I most likely won’t be planting a spring garden.  But I’ve been playing around with the software coming up with fun ideas for the summer garden!  That’s the fun part for me!    It’s the actual hard work of weeding in the hot sun, and having bugs surprise me that I’m not too fond of.

Some of the things I’m thinking about for this years garden while I’m planning {and playing with the new software} is:

• What herbs do I use the most and where can I grow them in my yard?
• Which root vegetables for winter storage do I want to grow?  Do I have room to grow them or do I need to find somewhere else, like a community garden plot where I can grow them?
• Will I be planting cool weather veggies?  What types and do I have enough time to get them started still?
• Do I need to fix anything in my yard to make my food production better, like removing trees?

So hopefully I will have a finished plan {or two or three!} to show you soon !

If you want to try out the software on your own, check it out here at PlanGarden.  It’s pretty cool!