Sharpening My Backyard Skills

I must boast that I successfully cooked foil dinners outside on the charcoal grill without burning or under-cooking anything or catching the deck or any of the plants on fire. I was even able to start the charcoal without using lighter fluid. (Foil dinners at the Tinley house include Gardenburgers®, diced potatoes, carrots, onions, green peppers, and portabello mushrooms.)

Better yet, the onions I planted a couple months ago are still alive and are actually growing. (My past vegetable gardening efforts have yielded only three bell peppers, each about the size of a human thumb.) The tomatoes, on the other hand, are struggling. Still, I look forward to the harvest.