Without the permission of our landlords (because we're sneaky like that), we planted a garden during January (which is awesome, that we could plant a garden in January). We bought all the materials for a box garden and planted buttercrunch lettuce, Romaine lettuce, spinach, baby tomatoes, sugar-snap peas, carrots, and onions. Oh, and an artichoke...we call him, "Arty." He almost died, but we revived him and now he is a giant.
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| In the beginning |
It has been a blast watching everything grow, mostly because I haven't killed anything, which is a strange and rare thing.
And it is so gratifying to see your work pay off: |
| Our tiny garden has definitely gone a little wild and crazy...next time, we'll build a bigger box! |
Picked a bowl-full of sweet peas which are to die for. I have distinct memories of the Arizona garden at my parent's house, where we used to just pick them off for a mid-play snack. And that's exactly what we do with ours!
The carrots are still growing and so are the onions.
And we picked our first tomato a couple days ago. I'm a little afraid for our tomatoes...we have over 60 that are still green, but that are soooo close to ripening. I'm sure that in just a few days, we'll wake up and we'll have over 60 ripe tomatoes...looks like I'll be searching for recipes that can use fresh tomatoes.
This is Jon and I's first garden and we are so excited and proud over such a small thing, it is really silly. But we are proud, nonetheless.
2 comments:
so fun!! you little gardeners, you! isn't that the best feeling eating fresh produce that you grew!!? now you just need some chickens and you're set. ;) can't wait to see you guys this summer!!!!!!
You have every reason to be proud- our first attempt at a garden was a bust, we're hoping this time around we'll have as much success as you! Good work. :D
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