Blog: Ruminations

The Adult Child

I know I am not the only person on the planet transitioning from the role of parent of adult children living on their own to adult child of parent needing more and more help. For a few years now I have been making this transition, and it gets harder every day.

tomato plant and cage

The Tomato Cage

I have tinkered around with garden options for a few years now. I tried container gardens, with mixed results. Last year I built a raised-bed, pallet, square-foot garden. This year I am trying something different with my tomato cages.

Pallet Gardening

My square foot pallet vegetable garden is on it’s second growing season. Last year I moved from container gardening to using pallets to frame a square-foot garden.  This year I moved my pallets to another area in the yard.