Creative Gardening.

I'd rather make something than buy it.  I like re-inventing the wheel because I enjoy the process. I have enough confidence in my creativity to believe I might discover something someone else missed. So, when I started my garden, I started from scratch. I built it on a hillside, hauled the dirt to fill it in a wheelbarrow and designed it with raised beds. My neighbor told me I'd have more lumber in it than plants, but I knew what I wanted. I had a picture of it in my mind's eye.  I got started with my garden a little later than I planned, but fortunately it was a good year for a garden.  Unfortunately it wasn't a good year for us.  That was 2010, the year my husband was paralyzed during a heart cath.  I stayed with him at the hospital from June 28th to July 16th and then a week into rehab. My garden was neglected, but it produced.  I was going home at night and picking bags full of produce and then bringing it to the rehab for employees.  The garden provided something stable in my life that summer, and a way to stay connected.  Each year I try new crops and methods. This past winter, I even experimented with a winter garden. It worked! Fortunately it was a mild winter, but I'll try it again, always seeking something new.  I'm a creative gardener - an experimental gardener. I believe you never know what you can do until you try, so I'm always breaking new ground - figuratively and literally.