Now here's the problem. So much of our new stuff just came in that we have not had a chance to get the photos online yet. If you want to see everything before next week or so, you're just going to have to come out to the store this weekend.  

  

 We've got a lovely set of French topiary forms that are nearly 6 feet tall, a big plaster putto with a cool crusty paint finish, lots of antique planters including a pair of very rare small tazza-form urns, a huge glazed terracotta finial from a turn of the century Chicago building, a nice set of hand-wrought andirons, a cool French tin bath tub with a very nice old green paint finish, a large round "tower" window with a smaller hinged window within, a beautiful Victorian wirework chair, many figural items (chicks, frogs, deer,birds, etc...) and lots, lots more.

  

Tilled and Ready to Plant 

  

I think I've discovered the secret to successful home vegetable gardening. The garden has to be located close enough to the back door that the husband (in this case, me) can walk out each morning in his t-shirt and boxers with a cup of coffee to pull weeds and water without the neighbors being able to see him. 

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  It's all about taking away the reasons our gardening endeavors often fail - lack of time, too much distance and our total disregard for embarrassing the family with inappropriate gardening attire.

  

We've expanded our kitchen garden and shrunk our patio to the point that we almost have to serve cocktails among the tomatoes.  To make it easy to manage the planting , weeding and harvesting, we've divided the space into many little plots where we plant a pretty big variety of heirloom tomatoes, peppers, lettuces and all of the tasty little things we just want to pick in a minute for dinner.

  

Now we can feed ourselves and still have enough to share with friends while barely breaking a sweat.  Maybe now I need some chickens and a pig?