Itching for green

 2010 garden pic's

 Early 2010, where we used to live. The out door space was about the only great thing about that place.

 Spring ranunculus from the garden 2010

 My X-mas moss/bulb creations

We have had more then a few beautiful spring days here in Vancouver over the past couple of weeks which has not only been wonderfully amazing but it has gotten my gardening itch back in full force. It's an itch I can't really scratch right now as we live in an apartment with a balcony that has limited space. I get so inspired when I go to all the nurseries around town, Vancouver is a great place to live for someone who is into gardening. There are so much to choose from, such varieties of flowers, vegetables, trees, bushes and vines. Obviously I love gardening, I can spend hours gardening and feel like only minutes went by.  My annual battle with tomatoes continues this year, I have 3 plants. I know, nothing, right!? It's all I have space for and it will be the only vegetable (technically a  fruit) I will grow this year.. Last year I grew heirloom tomatoes- had about 15 plants and got maybe 10 tomatoes all season.  We did not get enough sun where we lived before. I am conviced I will master tomatoes this year as my south/west exposure turns my balcony into a perfect green house, well, it should anyways. I am not growing Heirloom's this year though but roma and what they call patio tomatoes (I read this as tomatoes for dummies). My dream would be to have a back yard where I could dedicate a good amount of space to a garden. I would have a small greenhouse filled with vegetables, a plot for root vegetables, lettuce, etc. I would have a couple of berry bushes, black currant maybe. Flowering bushes and climbing vines of clematis. In the spring time my little magnolia tree in the front garden would bloom and the daffodills would stand proud to mark the turn towards warmer days. I the winter my winter roses would brighten up the cold rainy days and decorative cabbage and moss potted on the front steps of the house would be an inviting way to welcome guests for the holidays. Oh, I can go on and on. Until the day when my dream comes true I will continue to dream. //Nina