GROWING A FEW VEGES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS - A former tenant at my new place built these gopher-proof raised beds, filled them with the perfect combination of soil and amendments, tended them for a year, and then left. Given this gift, I would be remiss not to take advantage of all that organic gardening work already done for me, so I’ve planted a couple of tomatoes, bell peppers, cantaloupe, cucumber and some sweet basil. Meanwhile, eating lettuce and parsley, and just starting to pick strawberries. Lucky me!
