Tag / victory garden

We've been tending to the garden unceremoniously with mixed results.  I lost 8 of the 12 tomato plants I originally hoped would yield a tomato fiest, but I've since planted new ones.  Try, try again.  The bed of greens has been moving very slowly with the lettuce, broccoli, carrots, spinach, bok choy and leeks inching...

How do I love Texas?  Let me count the ways. Used to be I hated this state.  Too hot.  Too much traffic.  Too many bugs, especially mosquitos.  Too expensive. Now my life is here.  My house, my kids, my amazing neighbors, my favorite stores and products, my lake, my breezy spring evenings, my barbeque...  I have...