Right now, after having moved into a townhouse in LA area (more specifically San Fernando Valley region) from the heart of San Francisco, I can at least enjoy a container garden on the patio. I've a variety of flowers (begonia, impatiens, colius, verbena, allysium) and of course a couple each of bell peppers and tomatoes (gotta have fried green tomatoes in the summer!) Then I am going to keep replanting the lettuce container...

My dream is to eventually live in a home with a yard so I can have a better vegetable garden, and a small pond (like we had at my folks) work on a few container bonsai trees, have lots more flowers including roses, chinese for-get-me-nots, gladiolus, and my utmost favorite Irises! (Esp. the purple bearded ones)

Mary Kate