Months ago, a friend — who tends to see the glass as half-empty — asked what would happen to this blog when Chicago’s gardening season ended.

It was a question I hadn’t even stopped to ask myself. As it was, I was struggling with finding photos to illustrate posts for my fledgling blog, since nothing was yet in bloom — and, stretching the random photos I’d saved from previous seasons on my cell phone camera was beginning to be, well, a stretch.

Over the course of developing CityDiggity and cultivating my small-space urban oasis I learned many new things about blogging and gardening (oh, the power of social networking!). And, along the way I also got a decent camera (smile).

That camera still holds an abundance of photos that I never got to share, and they provoked many thoughts that I never got to express. Essentially, things I’ve saved for a snowy day — which might not be that far off considering we’ve had our first frost.

So, to answer my friend’s question, I will continue blogging through Chicago’s cold, cruel winter — sharing recollections of things unsaid, adventures in indoor gardening, recipes using veggies to try in future gardens, the beauty of area garden exhibits, thoughts on sustainability, lessons learned from the past season, and finally, advanced planning for next year’s garden.

[Hope you enjoy the photos above, which are a brief flashback on the season’s balcony container garden. And don’t forget to subscribe to my feed so that you know when new posts are available. Cheers!]