On my way out to Oakland from Iowa, I made a stop in Grand Junction, Colorado, at my cousin’s house. She and her son Chase had planted their first vegetable garden in a beautiful raised bed off one side of the house. Tomatoes, squash, basil, oregano – the garden was still filled with seedlings when I got there, but had the promise of an amazing summer of production.
Chase gave me a tour of the garden before I headed out toward Salt Lake City, where I had a dinner planned with Kalyn of Kalyn’s Kitchen, and I started shooting pictures almost as soon as I got out there. Chase put up with my paparazzi-esque behavior while he weeded the garden, but only did so for so long.
“Genie,” he said, looking up at me with a pointed look. “You really could stop taking those pictures and start helping me with the weeding.”
Well, I did help. A bit. And just recently, I asked my cousin if Chase might be interested in giving my readers an update on how the garden is doing, now that the summer season is in high gear and veggies are popping out all over. As it turned out, he was interested, so stay tuned – on Wednesday, I’ll be turning the floor over to Chase, who is more than just an excellent gardener – he’s a fantastic kid!
The Inadvertent Gardener 
Genie you know I love things like weeding and cutting the grass like on Zelda speaking of which….when are you coming back to play some more?
Okay Chase doesn’t have e-mail that was his message!
Chase, I’d love to come back soon — I miss you guys!
Kären, roger that!
What a beautiful (and extremely tidy) little garden! Does Chase take weeding work by commission? lol
How completely fun. I can’t wait to see Chase’s garden.
I must say he is truly amazing.There are few talented people with green thumbs and i absolutely salute them in growing plants.I love my garden and i’m having fun seeing the flowers bloom.
Hi Chase!Glad to see your garden here.What are your new plants this season?
Hi Chase! Thanks, very interesting note