Co-authored with Jenny Peterson, our book was one of the Top 20 Amazon Books of 2013 in its category.

I can hardly believe it's been nine years since I began writing Our Little Acre, sharing my gardening adventures. What began as a way to document what went on in my garden at the urging of my older daughter, Kara, has led to another career as a writer. I never dreamed I would get paid for stringing words together.

Much has happened in the last nine years and when I look back on it, I think mostly of the people whom I never would have met had I not started blogging. The garden events and opportunities that have come my way have been marvelous and I'm grateful for them. But they would not have been nearly as enjoyable without the numerous others who have shared my ride.



In 2007, my first year of blogging, I wrote 386 blog posts. That's more than one a day. Apparently, I had a lot to say.

Thank you to those who have come and gone and especially to those who have hung in there with me ever since I had my Julie and Julia moment nearly nine years ago. (Who are these people? They're reading my blog!)

Because of other obligations and opportunities involving family and work, my frequency of posting here has slowed considerably. Facebook makes it easy to make quick, informal posts, but one of my goals for 2016 is to get back at blogging more regularly.

I still have a lot to say.

Photo by Angela Treadwell-Palmer