Posts Tagged ‘squash’

the gardens are looking amazing at the house this year! my mom and dad have put a ton of effort into the flower gardens this year, and this is the first time they’ve ever mulched. we are finally working our way down in the mulch pile. by this weekend it should be gone, and all the garden areas mulched. woohoo!

the veggie plants are growing so much – i probably way over planted for my area, but that’s ok. my cukes are teeny tiny, but starting to grow a smidge. my yellow tomatoes are coming in nicely! the other tomatoes are a little slower to pop, but they were planted a bit later too, from seed. i really need to get some tomato cages – i was holding off because i don’t like the look of them, but honestly the stakes i had are no longer good for the plants. they’re too small to do any good.

looking out the back door

veggie garden

tomatoes!

yesterday we planted our first official vegetable garden! we started the seeds a while back, and then this weekend we built a raised bed and brought some dirt over from the compost pile and transplanted them. i haven’t ever had a vegetable garden, but i have always wanted one. i got a LITTLE overzealous in my planting – i planted like 90 tomato seeds, and so now i have way too many plants than i have room. i have been giving them away left and right!

i may also try a topsy turvy tomato and strawberry grower – we’ll see!

so right now we have planted, zucchini, yellow squash, eggplant, nasturtium, cucumbers, lettuce, swiss chard, carrots, tomatoes (3 kinds of heirloom and 1 yellow cherry tomato plant), carrots, and sugar snap peas. i think that’s it.

i’m so excited about it that i want to just stand over the garden and make sure that the stuff grows. we’re expecting rain today, so i’m sure my plants will be happy!

upside down garden bed

ready to place the garden in its new home!

all the dirt came from our compost pile

tomatoes ready to be planted

plant me!

plant me!

plant me!

the compost pile

ready to plant!

all planted and ready to grow