Been There, Done That: The garden is looking good

Dave and I have been together for more than 40 years now and have had a vegetable garden for almost all of those years. Now that we're in our 60s, (holy moly, is that a thing?), the big 30x40 garden at the way-back of the property was too much. Our son built us beautiful 4x8 garden boxes right behind the house.

Dave and I supplemented our little garden spot by putting in fake grass carpet over the pea gravel that was constantly riddled with weeds. That looked awful. Now it's pretty and green. Of course, we bought the carpet in small batches for peanuts at yard sales. We also added a little portable fire pit. Dave had been wanting one for a few years now. A local store had them for about a hundred dollars. A decent enough price but I wasn't ready to pull the trigger. Good thing, too, because we found one in good condition for five bucks at a yard sale. Cool, we both win.