Story of Our Garden

My then future husband (currently husband) and I had a lovely apartment in White Bear Lake. We, however longed for a dog and a garden. We decided to buy a house on a very limited budget to make those dreams a reality. We bought a house whose previous occupant grew heirloom tomatoes, marigolds and morning glories (which remind me of my late grandmother's cottage). The house had everything we wanted: 2 bathrooms, a ready-made garden and a fenced in backyard for our future pet. Who cares if the house had been scraped and left without paint for years, wood siding rotting? It needed a new furnace and countless other repairs that we are completely underfunded and not experienced enough to do. We were getting our dream; a house, a garden and a dog.

*note: In buying the house, we had to cut the dog out of our budget

**double note: In attempting to paint the house, John feel 35 feet off the house. After almost 7 weeks in the hospital he is lucky to be alive.

We are off to a great start!