Thanks to Tom's efforts, we probably have about three times as much space to grow this year, so we've expanded our produce to include:
Green beans
Sugar peas
Carrots (two breeds)
Cucumber (two breeds)
Beets (beets are disgusting)
Lettuce
Cabbage
Onions
Zucchini
Strawberries
Cherry tomatoes
We also had included swiss chard and spinach, but those seeds don't seem to have successfully germinated.
Carrots and sweet peas (flowers).
Cucumber and sunflowers.
A different breed of carrot and sugar peas.
Zucchini plants.
Tomatoes!
Strawberry!
Unfortunately, either a bird or a squirrel has already gotten to our strawberry... I'm not sure if we're going to get any this summer, the animals in our neighbourhood are very aggressive! We might have to develop some sort of netting system in order to keep them away!
I'm looking forward to the growing season, and looking forward to perfecting my pickling recipe in the fall.
I also anticipate there will be zucchinis to share. We have ten plant growing this year, as opposed to the six we had last year. And this year, I promise not to accidentally murder them with houseplant fertilizer!
Lacey has been helping us water the garden in the evenings, and she takes great pride in checking on the seedling progress each day. I think she's going to love it even more when she can start eating some of the vegetables! She has already eaten several of the green onions.
Happy growing season, to all you gardeners out there!
