Category Archives: Grace’s garden

Last hurrah for Grace’s Garden, summer 2011 vintage

While there is another little person who comes along on Sunday family visits, the Dawn Jogger still refers to the assembled crew as “Grace and the gang.” And upon arrival today (largely ignoring baby brother James except for the obligatory … Continue reading

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Grace inspects and harvests her garden

It’s been a couple of weeks since Grace inspected her garden. Now the seeds she planted are at their peak. She knows about the magical beans that are purple on the vine and green when cooked. It took some hunting … Continue reading

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A bit of Grace yields big sunflowers

On Easter, Grace planted sunflower seeds in one of the raised bed’s in the garden that “Grandpa Chrissy” constructed for their joint use, christened Grace’s Garden. What goes through a 3 1/2 year olds mind when she sees a successful … Continue reading

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The tomatoes are caged

The Dawn Jogger admits she didn’t know much about caging tomatoes – and she doesn’t remember the male DJ doing so. But he could have, that was how little attention she paid to what went into gardening as opposed to … Continue reading

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Late June update on Grace’s garden

The Dawn Jogger is not a gardener, rather she is an appreciator of gardens and, in particular, the bounty of vegetable gardens. But given that the male DJ loved gardening and built a garden in 2010 for granddaughter Grace, it … Continue reading

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Lettuce is a lot greener (redder?) than the Dish

The Dawn Jogger had a nice jog around the Dish land this morning, walking down the hills so as to not aggravate her cranky knee. The Dish is now mainly golden, but the vegetables in Grace’s garden are green, and, … Continue reading

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Signs of life in Grace’s garden

The Dawn Jogger can’t recall if you blogged about the new Easter tradition, planting seeds in the garden that the male DJ built for Grace and him. They enjoyed some good spring and summer months there last year – and … Continue reading

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