Happy 4th of July!

This is a guest post from The Wife, writing to y'all from over yonder in Alabama! We left Vegas Wednesday night and arrived at the in-laws at the crack of dawn (10am) yesterday. So far it has all been just lovely y'all, with sweet tea (yum!), fried okra (twice!!), and warm biscuits for breakfast - it is all so good! Speaking of southern food, here is a picture of my Husband at the airport in Dallas eating biscuits and gravy and grits! Hah, he was sooo close to home and he just couldn't help himself but start the comfort food feasting right there and then!

For the record, John wants me to put in a caption about him looking silly in this picture, but I refuse, a picture says a thousand words y'all! The picture below shows a close-up of the entirely white meal, isn't that something, it just tickles me to death to see a complete meal all in one color!

Anyways y'all, we are fixing to cook our special recipes for grilled okra and portobello mushrooms for the big family lunch - hopefully they love these dishes as much as we do! Enjoy your Independence Day!

Cloudy Day in Vegas

I walked outside this morning and found something unusual. The sky, rather than being its normal blue, was filled with grey clouds! It doesn't rain very often here in Vegas. On the way to compiling our 4 inches of annual precipitation, we'll go months without a single cloud. The last raindrop I remember seeing here fell sometime in February. Who knows, maybe today will be the day to see another.

rare clouds over our backyard

Welcome

Hi. I've started this blog to chronicle my attempts at growing vegetables here in the often inhospitable environment of Las Vegas, Nevada. We--my wife & I, and our rescued four-legged kids--live about twenty miles to the northwest of the Strip, in a suburban home with a very small backyard. As the yard is covered in concrete tiles, I garden in containers exclusively. Halfway through my second year as a practioner of this style of gardening, I've learned that it's possible to have some fun and put healthy food on the table, even with the limited space of modern suburban/urban living and the extremes of desert climate. Hope you enjoy following my garden's progress, and thanks for visiting and commenting.