The Neglected Garden

This is the neglected garden that was on the side of the garage of the house we bought. It seems to have been a rose garden. I will try to keep some of the roses, but a vegetable garden is what I want.

Front Garden Gate with overgrown trellis.

Looking through to the back gate.....hoping to expand the garden to the back fence.

One of the roses still blooming in January after a hard freeze.

One of the hidden "treasures among the weeds.

A few more hidden treasures in the garden.

The back gate that leads to the back of the garage.

I imagine this was a pretty little rose garden at one time.
I hope to make it a successful vegetable garden.

I bought a new gardening book

I am really ready to get my vegetable gardening going.  I think I will do both containers and raised beds.
Our new house has an ideal neglected garden area.  I will take "before" pictures when the rain stops.
I bought a new book to help me plan what to plant and when.  In the past I just randomly planted.

I have started thumbing through my new Texas Garden Almanac.  Maybe the ground will dry up a little this week so I can go outside and get a better look at my space.  I really missed having a garden last year.  I hope that the birds don't come in and destroy it.  I've already been planning on how to put up netting to protect my "crop."

I am still waiting on my herb book to arrive.  I still have a few herbs that have survived in a container with no attention from me. Hopefully this book will arrive soon.

I'll back in the garden soon

Wow have I been gone a really long time.  My quality of life was slowly slipping away.  I was hurting all over and feeling weak and fatigued.  Even though I was going to the gym to work out twice a week I just never felt good.  In June 2010 I ended up with torn cartilage in my knee and had surgery.  I spent about 4 months in physical therapy to get my knee to straighten and bend completely.  It never happened.  I finally went back to a rheumatologist and for the second time was diagnosed with fibromyalgia.  That is a diagnosis I just never "believed in."  I was at the end of my rope so I went ahead and took the medication he prescribed.  On the fourth day on the medication I felt like a person again.  My leg was better, my random aches were gone, and I had energy.   Now I am back in the game and starting to live.  I am signed up for a series of stained glass classes, I have sewing projects to work on, a new garden that is dying for some TLC, and lots of reading and learning to do about writing.   I also plan on keeping up with my blogs.