Friday, September 21, 2007

Whats New In Your Garden?

Gardening this year has been a very pleasant surprise. I found a pot of concord grapes and it was so productive and very flavorable too. I always thought you had to have a vineyard to grow grapes, not so. Not so, a good size pot will do just fine. What a pleasant, and tasty surprise.

I had some other pleasant surprises in my gardent this year, I had several very productive plants, that I didnt even plant, such as corn, sunflower, borage and yellow tomatoes.

I have also discovered the enjoyment of carnations.

And I took a quick class on the medicinal value of South Lake Tahoe native plants, very interesting information. Some clain that Sheep Sorrell has had some success with breast cancer incidences. The information is based on an old Canadian recipe, of course the a bove statement is no claim to a cure, just a notation that some have claimed it has cured some people, but please do not take this info for granted.

How does your Garden Grow?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi, Emily, I am in Jr. college and would like to buy a house some day. How old do you have to be to buy a home?

Emily Sawyer said...

Hi, great question. You have to be 18 to legally hold title to a property in California.

I have had the pleasure of working with several young people on the purchase of their home. What a great feeling, especially when several years later, many had doubled or tripled the value of their homes, when they were ready to sell and upgrade into bigger homes.

Its important to have good credit and some income stability. You genearlly want to have a credit history of about 3 or 4 credit lines, with payments made on time. And you dont want your credit to be maxed out either. Its really a good thing when you have credit available, but use it wisely, your credit history is a record that stays with you for a long time, so keep it clean and you'll be on your way to becoming a homebuyer real soon. Please call me to discuss this further.

Emily