​We finally had a garden!  I loved my garden in Texas so much.  I worked for years getting it into shape, making it beautiful and lush, and loving every minute of doing so. 
    One year our neighbors cut down all their cedar trees and fed them into a chipper machine.  They had a HUGE pile of cedar chips and said I could have as much as I wanted.  I drove our old Chevy truck up to that pile, loaded the truck bed, and shoveled those chips onto plastic sheeting, making walkways all through the garden.  I'm not talking one truck load; I'm talking about 30!  I did most of it myself, I'm proud to say.  It was worth it for my garden.
I also built an "Aggie" compost bin, named after the bins that Texas A&M University developed from cement blocks.  Of course, I painted grape bunches and flowers on mine!
I cried big, old fat tears when I had to leave that Texas garden and I've been missing gardening ever since.  But now we've made one here.  It's out by the barn, so a bit of a hike to get there, but it has a great view and good soil.  What more can you ask?