Gardening

I've known for a long time I DO NOT have a green thumb. But that didn't stop Brad from trying his luck and he's done pretty well for himself and his first garden. I'm proud. And I especially enjoy reaping the benefits.

We started in January with a bunch of seeds and a lot of enthusiasm


After they started growing indoors we transplanted them outside in our very small patch of dirt that we can call our own. One area runs along the side of our home and the other area is right in front of our front door.




We planted a variety of lettuce, spinach, strawberries, green beans, broccoli, zucchini, yellow crookneck squash, basil, tomatoes, peppers, and probably a few other things that I'm forgetting. I loved the spinach, we picked it as it grew and sauteed it in olive oil and garlic, it was so delicious. It's amazing how much flavor home grown spinach has compared to store bought! The broccoli was also really scrumptious. Our basil never thrived, it's still living, but not really thriving. The green beans on the other hand, are going crazy. We thought they had died for a while since we transplanted them and they never shot up the poles, but it started to get a bit warmer here and they went gang busters. We have a lot of green beans! It makes me happy!





We've had a few strawberries, but we haven't been able to eat any of them. But maybe soon.




We've had our share of problems, the worst are the snails, caterpillars, and lack of sunshine. Because of the lack of sunshine/warmth our tomato plants seem to be stunted. We have exactly one bloom and one small tomato. Maybe once our Indian summer arrives we will have more luck...
However, the lack of sunshine has not stunted our zucchini. Check out this monster!



Now my favorite part of my garden was our flowers! Lilies are my favorite!