Today the garden is looking bigger!
By Renee Martinez
I need to add some more stones to create a better walkway for everyone, but besides that…it’s coming along nicely!
We planted loads of goodies:
Tomatoes, broccoli, cucumbers, cauliflower, corn, peas, beans, swiss chard, eggplant, several varieties of lettuce, and a couple different kinds of squash. In pots, we planted basil, arugula, chives, rosemary, lavender, cilantro, parsley, thyme and marjoram…pumpkins and strawberries too. I may be forgetting a few, but you get the general idea…we’re suburban farmers!
The other day I received a local gardening center flyer and son#2 was looking at it and told me we needed to plant a few more things. He said blueberry and raspberry bushes will be very healthy for us. He told me it’s important that we have fresh fruit and that we should also plant a few trees. He suggested a peach, apple and pear to round out our garden. He’s also interested in raising some chickens so we can have eggs and some tadpoles…because they’re cute.
I don’t know who’s more into the garden, the children or the mommy?
We’ve already enjoyed the lettuce. I pick it as often as I can to help the plant grow better. It’s fun for the boys to help me pick it and they learn more about gardening too. They can’t wait to bite into a juicy tomato. Me too!
About the Author: Renee Martinez consults and speaks professionally on social media marketing, integrated marketing communications, public relations and branding. She is the president of Ruby Marketing Communications (www.rubymarcom.com), a boutique marketing communications company that specializes in providing branding, social media strategy and integration, and creative services. Her blog (www.lisac95.sg-host.com), provides resources on everything marketing and social media for her active audience.
Renee has contributed as a featured monthly columnist in the monthly jewelry industry publication, JCK, on matters related to internet marketing as well as in InStore Magazine as a featured blogger where she writes about developing effective marketing strategies for the jewelry industry using social media. She is the founder of: Social Media Biz Summit (www.socialmediabizsummit.com), the first large-scale SM conference to come to Buffalo, NY; #jewelrychat, a weekly twitter chat for the jewelry industry and www.RaisingBoysWorld.com. Renee teaches social marketing courses at Canisius College in Buffalo, NY for the business school as well as offers small group social media marketing training and educational seminars for businesses in Western New York and beyond.
Renee has dabbled in the internet marketing arena since the early 90′s and is not ashamed to call herself a “marketing geek”. From chatting in AOL, “sharing” music on Napster, and teaching HTML classes before it was considered “cool” to developing comprehensive social media strategies, effective public relations campaigns and managing online communities (most recently Chevy Girls Buffalo).
She enjoys being able to help people find their voice online and to create buzz about their product or service that will give them the results they desire.
Renee can be found on Twitter (@reneemmartinez) and Facebook (http:/www.facebook.com/RubyMarCom).
