Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary

I’m very proud to say that this year I finally got my act in gear and started the garden I’ve been wanting for years. Yes, it is a container garden, but it is my container garden.

I’m growing all sorts of things including tomatoes, zucchini, pumpkins, spinach, sweet peas, a variety of lettuce greens, and iceberg. I’m very excited that I haven’t killed everything yet and there is lots of hope for a tiny harvest. I know they are all too close together and probably planted ALL WRONG, but they make me happy.

Years ago I bought the You Grow Girl book by Gayla Trail and have enjoyed her idea that anyone can grow a garden anywhere. Whether it be in a yard of your own, a container garden on the patio, a community garden in your city, or even a plastic take out container with seeds in your windowsill, ANYONE CAN GARDEN :)

Yesterday I was perusing the You Grow Girl website and read this wonderful article that she shared on her blog. It is all about the unintentional influence her grandma had in her gardening. I loved the article because it really supported that same idea that anyone can garden, from anywhere and it really contains the spirit of her website and book. Read it here.

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Hi, I'm Robyn and I was Hatched from a Kinder Surprise Egg. Graphic Designer by day, Maker of things by night. I have worked as a graphic artist professionally since I was 16 years old. Went on to get my Bachelors of Art from NIU. I like to share my Artwork online at flickr.com/photos/robayre and on my own personal website http://www.robayre.com. I also have an online shop http://www.robayre.etsy.com where you can find more of my "crafty" sorts of things, as well as a random piece of artwork here and there. Oh, and I'm also an occasional contributor to Artomat (artomat.org).

4 thoughts on “Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary

  1. That’s awesome! I have a grey thumb- not quite black but close! I grow flowers with my son. That’s about it. I’m not good enough for vegetables!

  2. And I love that your blog post is titled ‘Mary, Mary Quite Contrary’ and mine is titled ‘How does your garden grow?’ and neither of us tried to copy/match each other. Twilight zone theme.

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