Our garden is coming along nicely. We have peas, tomatoes (cherry, roma and grape), basil, peppers (bell?), broccoli (from starter plants. I think all of our seed starts died), cucumbers, butternut squash, carrots, beets, potatoes (maybe? we planted late and may have lost them. There are sprouts coming up, but they may just be weeds.), TONS of lettuce (mostly spicy mesclun mix and 2 starter plants), lavender (both from seed and starter plants).
We moved rocks that were in the retaining wall on the side of the house (where the peas are planted to build up the garden area.) This is what my sister and her boyfriend, Phil, helped with. I'm so happy with the results, and it didn't cost anything! Except for the flowers, seeds and plants. The rock was already in our yard. What a score! This weekend we're planning on getting the sprinkler system started and start the retaining wall that will divide the upper (back yard) from the lower (side/front) yard. I can't wait!
The veggie beds. The back bed is lettuce (and Kamron's basil cravass). The front is (left to right) broccoli, cucumber and butternut squash, carrots (in pots, then a row of the ones we planted, but died), bell peppers, basil and a cherry and roma tomato plant. The bed to the right has potatoes, but they're not worth blogging yet.
Broccoli, cucumber, butternut squash, carrots.... Carrots were from seed, the rest we bought as started plants.
Rainbow bell peppers, basil, cherry tomato, roma tomato...
Our first cherry tomato!
The lettuce bed... with exception of the two plants on the upper left, everything was started from seed just 2 weeks ago...
The started lettuce plants. These were looking pretty wilty just after planting, but now they're looking mighty delicious.
I didn't think our seed lavender was going to make it, but I was wrong. They're growing. Slowly, but surely...
The seed lettuce we started in March? We've transplanted a couple times. I didn't think it was looking very good, but after we transferred it to this window box (outside) it took off! I can't wait to pick salad from my back deck and be eating it within 5 minutes. Maybe I could grow my own blue cheese dressing. hahahahaha
Lavender starter plants we got from Mike's work. They're starting to bloom and man-o-man do they smell amazing. I'm still looking for a place to plant them in the garden....
The peas are flowering! Peas are a favorit snacking veggie for us, so I can't wait to start harvesting some of these. We're going to have a ton. We probably have 20-20 pea plants out there. They're turning yellow for some reason, but otherwise looking good. I need to have Mike look into why they're yellow. Nutrient deficiency?
I've got a lot more to write about, but for now it is off to bed.Some things to look forward to:
- Hanging baskets. Both beautiful and a pain-in-the-butt
- Yard Sale! $$$
- Kamron's garden
- Kamron and Amaurey together again (at long last)
- The flower garden
- Re-planting the tree
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