My Garden

When people ask me what I doing this summer I tell them we are growing a garden. I really enjoy growing my garden. I wanted to show you some pictures of what I have growing this season.

It seems to be an ongoing process keeping up with watering, weeding and mulching, but it is really enjoyable. Our biggest challenge is keeping the boys out of it and their big trucks too.

My flowers

This spot is with the back patio. There is a little section of dirt amoung the patio. These are petunias. Parker picked out the colors.


This is in the front of my house. I have found that Geraniums seem to thrive in this spot. I like the pink ones. Although somehow we got some red ones too.

My Vegetables


I plant my vegetables in the front yard, because that is where I have sunshine. You can see my dirt plots. I made mulch pathways so that I knew where to walk.

My garden is just for munching. I don't have near the space for growing what I would need for canning. I found this out last year when I only had 3 tomatoes ripe at a time. We have planted tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, zuchini, brocoli, and watermelon.
I planted a bush variety of cucumbers, since I am limited on space. I planted marigolds in between for their asethic properties and also they are supposed to help with bugs.

The tomatoes have really taken off. We bought some plants, a friend gave me some and I even started some from seed.

Landscaping
The final thing I have been working on is adding perienals around the trees and mulching. I still need to do more mulching.

I am kind of picky about my plants. I wanted plants that were a little different than what all the neighbors had, because I have to express my own sense of style. I have only found a few that I really liked. Hopefully each year I can add a little more to fill out my beds.
Things have slowed down with the gardening for now. There seems to be more work in the beginning with pulling weeds. The weeds have slowed down now. I just need to remember to water so that things do well.
We got a rain barrel this year, so now we have access to some free water. We are on town water so any water that we don't have to pay for is nice. the only downside is the outflow of water is really slow. I have 2 watering cans that I fill up. While one is filling I am watering with the other, pulling weeds or staking tomatoes.