Hi Toni.
to the PNW family.
I too am sorry to hear of the loss of one of your sons.
Is that red runner beans in second photo? So pretty. Love that delphinium.
You must live not to far from me. I'm in Dallas, OR.
Wonderful dogs you have.
Planting of food crops, and/or 'Pretties' as Tracy put it, are all worthwhile to me. I would fit into both categories, leaning more to the 'Pretties' now that all the children are gone from home.
We still have wild plum, figs, blueberries, nanking cherries, chilean gauva, pineapple gauva and apples. We still grow some tomatoes, collards, peppers and basil. We no longer grow the big vegetable gardens we used to do.
