Showing posts with label garden. Show all posts
Showing posts with label garden. Show all posts

5.19.2011

how does your garden grow?

honestly folks, i am pretty surprised ours has grown. this is my first attempt at planting a garden. i did little research (hardly any at all), bought seeds and planted what i like to eat or what i wanted to try. i've learned since then that you don't really have to plant so many seeds. for example, my friend who has a full on awesome garden in her front yard (yes, her front yard. they ripped out all of their grass and put in garden beds) told me that i could've gotten away with planting one cucumber plant because one plant will give enough for the entire neighborhood. i planted like 6. so, apparently i have enough for the whole entire city. same with the cantaloupes. i planted like 8 of those. but, that's okay. that's how we learn right? hopefully my neighbors and friends will want some homegrown veggies. do you? because we will have enough. it's been a good experience. if you are thinking of planting a garden, do it. plant what you like and what you'll eat and you really can't go wrong. so far, we have harvested a crop of radishes, lots of spinach, some lettuce, a few strawberries, cilantro and things are still growing. take a look...

our carrots and onions are coming up. our tomato, cucumber, and cantaloupe plants have yellow flowers that will hopefully sprout some fruit

our corn is getting taller

and our chickens are growing up

i don't know if i could ever live on a real farm, but i do have to say i am liking this mini one we have created. speaking of farms and crops and what not, i just ordered this for our entire families viewing pleasure. but, i didn't pay as much as it's listed for. it went up in price in just 3 days. crazy! anyway, i can't wait until it gets here!

3.23.2011

tippy toe through our garden

about a week and a half ago, when it was sunny and not rainy, we spent our sunday afternoon together as a family. it was such a lovely day. we were all feeling well. the sun was shining beautiful. it felt like spring was on it's way. so, we took advantage of it and planted our garden. when we first looked at this home, both the mister and i instantly thought of using the koi pond as our garden plot so, after ten large bags of potting soil all we had to do was wait for the perfect day to plant. here's how it went...

plotting out what should go where


these little white rocks were left at the bottom of the pond.
we thought they would make good dividers.

the kiddo's making garden markers
we planted...
lettuce
spinach
radishes
onions
carrots
brocolli
basil
cherry + roma tomatoes
parsley
peppers
cucumbers
(Qcumbers is how the little miss spelled it)
rosemary
cilantro
chives
corn
squash
and cantaloupe


we also bought 2 preying mantis' egg cases to eat all the icky bugs around here

and lady bugs to help out the preying mantis'

the kiddo's made sure each lady bug was safely put in all of our garden beds

we ended our day with this book we found a few weeks back at the used book sale at our local library. "who goes there in my garden?" by ethel collier. it was a great book to show the kiddo's what will be happening in our garden.

and guess what?

we have sprouts!

just a week and a half later. we are super excited for the rest of our goods to sprout and have a full garden we can use on a daily basis.