
















Life. Beautifully crafted.
Some people dream about owning a dog or a designer handbag.
Me?
“Garden” has been at the top of my list for the longest time along with a sewing machine and chicken coop.
I’ve been living my “garden dreams” for over 2 months now and being a total amateur hasn’t slowed me down. A great amount of time and effort goes into it(more on that later) but having the pleasure of seeing my greenies grow from seedlings to full grown edible vegetables is and has been one of the most rewarding experiences.
My goal is simple: Garden-to-Table. The idea of eating a prepared meal that includes freshly picked greens from our personal garden is something I’m proud to do and hope to continue when we start growing our family. For now, Khang, my brother-in-law Nam and cousin-in-law Phuong get to be my guinea pigs. Hah!
Here are weekly growth photos from the Southside. Accidentally forgot Week 4. I blame Ngoc and Greg’s wedding.
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Views from the Northside. If you look closely front and center, you’ll see my swiss chards. At one point they started to wilt (I thought they were deaddeaddead) but I kept faith, continued to nurse them, and with some garden magic they came back to life!
Week 6
Week 9
Look how fresh and green they were the other night for spring rolls! Khang can testify that I was bouncing off the walls with excitement!
And with that I’d like to thank our good friend Francis for offering his truck to transport our truckload of soil and to Nam for being super cool with me basically taking over his backyard for my ambitious “garden dreams”. I hope to make your tummies full and happy when we harvest.
Are you growing any fall veggies? Please share!
Thanks for reading along
with me,
Jules