A Cutting Garden

I spend a lot of time in my kitchen.  I eat snacks there, cook meals, make morning cups of tea, wash dishes, make lists, leave notes, feed cats, use the phone.  It is the hub of our home.  There is a window over the kitchen sink which I often find myself looking out of.  This is the view.

Oops sorry, wrong photo.  Those cats are always getting in the way.  They know exactly where to find me to beg for treats.  Here's the photo I was looking for.

I look out directly across the front porch and toward the garage.  If you look closely you'll see my square foot boxes and the beginnings of the vegetable garden.  I like the idea that I can look out my kitchen window and see veggies growing.  Perhaps it will encourage us to use those vegetables in our meal planning. Obviously as my vegetable garden grows things will start to fill out a bit but it has occurred to me that wouldn't be nice if there was something bright out there to direct my eye to.  That garage looks awfully plain and most of the vegetables are green in colour and will blend with the lawn surrounding them.  I've read over the years about cutting gardens and have always thought it would be just great to have a garden strictly for cutting of bouquets.  One of my favourite pleasures when visiting my parents used to be walking through my mother's garden and collecting flowers for the table.  And so the idea came to me that I can install a cutting garden with my vegetables.  Perhaps a large bed running the length of the garage.  The colours of those flowers will draw my eye and create a view when looking out my kitchen window and the flowers will also help to draw bees and bugs to my vegetables for pollination.  And I will have flowers for my kitchen table.