Update on the garden

Here is my LOVELY garden!!!!  It's taken off quite a bit since I planted it back in June.  The plants have COMPLETELY taken off!  I took photos on July 11, but haven't had time to post them, and then I look at the broccoli photos and I'm amazed at how much it's grown in a 2 weeks!

broccoli today

broccoli on July 11 - HOLY COW!!

my sweet peas

strawberries - Izzy checks these every day...they're really tiny little berries, but tasty

We designed this garden to put these PVC hoops in it to hold up bird netting.  We aren't having issues with birds, but we ARE having issues with the plants growing a LOT bigger than I thought, so these hoops are helping to hold up the vining plants like the peas and cucumbers.

The herbs are have gone to seed (except the chives) but there's still plenty here to harvest.  I hope to freeze a lot of this over the weekend to use during the winter.

The cucumber plants are REALLY taking off

hello Mr. Spider

Mr. Stripey tomatoes..still green (but I'm hopeful)

these are pink brandywines, which (I think) is an heirloom variety...they're kinda gnarled and bumpy

lots of fruit here....I hope it ripens!!!

The lettuce has been done for awhile, but I'm leaving the plants here in the hopes that they re-seed the ground on their own for a fall crop

Another view of the broccoli...I had no idea these plants got so big!

kohlrabi...yummyyyyyyy

So far, so good!  But I'm already thinking about next year, and thinking about 2 more raised beds.  I'd love to grow some potatoes, but not in the raised bed...I'll need to find another location for these.  I was going to do it down by the pond, but since they're digging it up, I'm guessing there won't be any space left along the edge.  I'd also like to get some raspberry plants (red and black)....maybe plant a couple of pumpkins too!  My mind is all a whirr with the things I'd LIKE to do...I guess I better wait until the harvest is over before I get too far ahead of myself.

Finally got the garden planted!!!!

We've had ridiculous, crappy, rainy, cold weather this spring (especially when you compare it to last year!).  It wasn't until the 2nd week in June when we were actually able to finally plant the garden.  This usually results in pretty slim pickings at the plant store, but I lucked out a little this year and was able to score some decent looking plants.  Fingers crossed that I don't kill them :)

This year we're growing tomatoes, cucumbers, snap peas (although apparently those don't fare well in the heat, so fingers crossed on these), broccoli, cabbage, zucchini, kohlrabi, onions, strawberries, chives, dill, basil, spinach, swiss chard, leaf lettuce, and romain.

My mouth is drooling over the tomatoes already.....

Izzy and the garden

She's become a big fan of the garden. Not only does she actually eat the tomatoes out of the garden, but has become quite helpful in keeping it "aerated" :)

When we go outside, often times she heads right over to the garden. I took these last Sunday...it was such a beautiful day..

The ground was a little wet from some rain on Saturday, but she didn't seem to mind...

It's so fun to watch her do things like this. I could watch this all day...





Unfortunately, we had to end the gardening when she started eating the dirt. This is her response..