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This week started off on a bit of a sour note because of the latest letter from the HOA snoopervising committee. The good news is… there are only 564 days to go before we can sell this house. The bad news is… I have to find a way to deal with the incredibly restrictive neighborhood rules, which I totally agreed to when we bought the house {but didn’t realize they’d be driving by my house on a weekly basis with a clipboard in hand looking for infractions}.

I pulled up the ivy I transplanted in January as per requested.

And then stood in front of our house and tried to figure out some different gardening layouts, ones that wouldn’t cost too much money and ones that would still allow me to have a little {dare I say} freedom. And all of them included submitting plans for approval. Which honestly, does not appeal to me WHAT SO EVER {for about a hundred different reasons}.

And then it hit me. Container gardening.

There is nothing in the rules and regulations about container gardening here in Stepford.

Or edible landscapes.

If I start plants and vegetables from seed I should be fine. Right?

It would be a gradual thing…

By the time they figure out what I’m doing it would be time to harvest. 🙂 🙂 🙂 So this is my new plan. Because really, I’ve already been “approved” for the shrubs I want to plant {I’m just waiting for the Home Depot to get them in stock}. So other than vegetables, and flower bulbs, there really isn’t anything else let to worry about here in Stepford. Life is wonderful. It’s all good. It’s … perfect.

Unless of course I want to work outside in peace in quiet.

Okay, are you ready for this?

I was outside on Friday raking the moss out of the grass on my side yard with ear buds IN MY EAR and not one, but two people came up to me and wanted to know WHAT I WAS DOING!!! Did I mention I had earbuds in my ears and was listening to music?

Nosy Nelly #1  Stood about 2 feet behind me shaking her head back and forth in a disproving matter when I noticed she was there. I looked up {irritated} and then went back to what I was doing. About 5 seconds later she was RIGHT BEHIND ME waiting for me to take my earbuds out so she could ask me questions.

I said nothing. I took a deep breath and walked around to the back of my house and waited for her to pass by.

Then, not even two minutes later, Nosy Nelly #2  walked by and started talking {while I had ear buds in}. He wanted to know what I was doing, where my husband worked, and what my plans were. 

Thankfully a few minutes later Mrs. Hillbilly called to tell me she and the kids had just bought chicks. When I mentioned I had an extra stock tank in the garage if she wanted to use it until the chicks were ready to go outside, she decided to swing by to grab it.

While she was here I told her what had just happened with the Nosy Nelly{s}. She laughed, said “I told you so” and then made me an offer I couldn’t refuse.

She said I could babysit sit her chicks …

And dig up her yard… and plant whatever I want so I don’t shrivel up and die in Stepford waiting to serve out my sentence. 

The Hillbilly’s added a small garden plot to the side of their kids play-set last year that just did so-so. But now that they’ve got me on board to do all the vegetable gardening… I am going to triple their garden space and turn it into a 3 season backyard garden. Wahoooo! And as an added bonus, Lucy will have a weekly play date with her pal from the old neighborhood.

Yesterday we added 2 yards of soil and planted a few cold weather crops {radish, onions, Swiss chard and beets}.

If you can’t dig up your own yard… Find somewhere you can. Right?

Only 564 days to go! 🙂

~Mavis

This years garden is being sponsored by the awesome folks at Botanical Interests Seed Company. You can check out their website HERE, order their new 2015 Garden Seed Catalog, or see the seeds I’ll be growing in my garden this year HERE. 

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