WHERE DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW?

This summer has been a green one to say the least. 

MK’s creative guru Beth Nagle recently moved to Dorset, VT and took the country wife life to heart by starting her own vegetable garden.  When we heard about the undertaking we were intrigued as to how this busy Lizzie would pull this off…. and presto she’s a farmer girl!! 

Beth is ready to start gardening 

A few weeks later and Beth is working hard!  

My job in the food chain is to weed.  And boy, are there weeds!!  It’s fantastically satisfying now that I know how to decipher a radish leaf from a nasty green interloper, and once I have on my gloves (cannot handle worms or creepy crawlies of any kind on skin) and my pail at my side, I am happy to sit there picking away.  Cocktails help too.  This patch alone took almost 4 hours!! 

Mary doing her job! 

Right now there is a surplus of lettuce and Beth is thinking of ANYTHING she can make to eat or for that matter craft out of her abundance.  Red leaf earrings anyone??  It’s all so delicious and with the coming weeks we’re getting excited for the arrival of mucho zucchini, tomatoes, leeks and beans!

  

We got to talking about the home garden phenom that’s popping up everywhere, and Emily and Grace did some investigating to see how urban folks got into the act.  We’re guessing the next trend is “Roof to Table”?

Rooftop garden in NYC

Rooftop garage  garden 

Not only can gardens and greenery be seen on rooftops, we found some inside and out, literally growing up a wall. How beautiful is this building we found in Paris!? Going to work in a building like this would make working a little more enjoyable don’t you think? J 

Vertical Garden In Paris

We also love how people are using any old household item to create a beautiful garden. The possibilities are endless. It’s a great way to get things out of the house and put to good use again.