Wednesday, June 9, 2010

In the Garden

A few months back I decided to plop a few seeds in the ground and see what came of things. We decided to try raised beds and square foot gardening. I checked out a few books from the library (My favorite was All New Square Foot Gardening by Mel Barthlomew).

I was beyond delighted when I saw my first little sprouts.














And now I am already harvesting lettuce and spinach for salads!  In fact, I can't keep up!














I added a few more seeds at the beginning of May and am already rewarded with some nice tall plants. 








I love that we have food coming in from our own backyard.  It is a very gratifying experience.  I know I could probably have a better yield or stronger plants if I put in some more work, but even with minimal care I still feel successful!

3 comments:

  1. Oh how I would love to eat some of that home grown food!

    I grow flowers here in our tiny back yard (we have a condo) and I love seeing my beautiful flowers, would love to grow food, but alas the raccoon would get it!!!!!

    Take care and keep up the good garden work :)

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  2. yay for backyard gardening! my carrots and basil are super slow to pop up this year, but the tomatoes and snap peas are doing well. are you growing sweet corn?

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  3. I'm always in awe of people who have their own gardens. I'd love to have one, but have never gotten around to it. We're also planning on moving soon so starting a garden now wouldn't be a very good idea. Looks like your garden will provide you with tons of yummy stuff soon.
    Thanks so much for stopping by my place the other day. Hope you're having a fantastic weekend.

    Kristi, Live and Love...Out Loud
    @TweetingMama

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