I love the craziness of my garden, the way it takes on a life of its own from something I created and others I didn’t. This raised bed was made from discarded 2 x4s my neighbor and I found. The small green wood box was discarded in the street as well. I painted it green. The bottom has fallen out, so I stuffed it with a plastic planter and one ceramic pot. I love it.
Urban Gardening
The nasturtiums are actually growing from the bottom of the large wood bed. I never planted them there, but their seeds have blown across the yard over time and they sprout up everywhere. The white puffy flowers (I never remember names) grow from cracks in the cement all over the yard. I let them blossom where they like, weed around them and the yard looks styled that way in white lavendar clouds.
Nasturtiums
Just today I found a hint of rosemary growing from the cement as well. Last year a sunflower came up. If I left it completely alone the vegetation would take over. Soon enough the old asphalt and cement would crumble, disappear. I love that. In the end Mother Nature wins.
