the garden around the corner

while we have been

tending our wee plants

, we have really been getting inspired by the garden around the corner. we took a walk over there a few weeks ago and visited with karen who is the go-getter behind it.

this garden was carved out of a kudzu-covered vacant lot behind some houses and a church by the bare hands of many volunteers from the neighborhood and beyond. it is in its second year of growing. the garden was recently

awarded for its efforts


they have a 'museum' of all the artifacts they have unearthed: