Green and Things

We did it we socialized a little over the weekend which is a big deal for us—it is so easy to get into the habit of living behind the front door. We tend to do that, leave the door locked watch recorded movies programs, read and lay round in bed ( which is what I did all day Sunday). But on Friday’s staff meeting breakfast by good friend Amy invited me over to pick up some vegetables from her garden. We had spoken of this earlier in the Summer but we never made it over to collect the produce.


I wished I had taken some images of Amy and Linda’s back yard garden, it I beautiful and surprisingly large for inner city garden. Their garden looks like one of those photo shoots from Mother Earth News or Ortho grow. The have everything there one could want: tomatoes, all kinds of peppers and egg plant galore, Squash of course and who knows what else is out there. The garden is looked after by two aging dogs who love to limp through the vegetation and bask in the sun and wait. The garden is a spot where people are drawn to each other and communication just seems to happen. I was really hoping to get in and out and on with my day but it seemed the right thing to do to down load and wander the garden.

Their home is definitely inner city, salt Lake, old streets narrow and accessibly challenging. There are paths which wander to back yard but very narrow way to narrow for me to consider in my power chair but the ladies directed us to the back alley and sure enough we were able access the back yard garden just fine, after some creative, immediate ramp building. I have to admit to being impressed at how much of the property was reachable by my chair. The growing area was beautifully serene and a model for what DD and I would love to have in our backyard. It has taken Linda and Amy years to get their garden to this state and many start and re starts to get the garden to what it is now. We have the time—I hope—and I hope the well.