Our garden is really taking off! I am constantly amazed at how fast things grow. Check out these Costa Rican Red Sweet Peppers: July 12th July 20th August 2nd Now we just have to wait for them to turn red so we can eat them! Our cucumber plant has been busy growing as well. On July 12th, you can see it starting to crawl out of the garden, and the…
Friday, we planted a row of sunflower seeds. By Sunday, they were already poking their little heads out of the ground. We water the seeds and watch them grow. By Tuesday, most of the plants had shed their shells and completely opened up. Some are still waiting to be completely released so they can stretch towards the sun.
A little over a month has gone by since I planted my garden. Some plants have taken off and are growing like crazy and a few have withered in the heat. I wanted to share some before and after photos with you. You can see that everything looks bigger except for the strawberries. Between our dog digging them up a few weeks ago and not getting enough water, there is…
This week we had our first taste from our garden! Two beautiful yellow pear tomatoes were perfectly ripe and ready to be picked. I took Joe out to the garden with me. He was very excited to taste something that we had grown ourselves. I let him pick the first one. He takes a bite. Success! He likes it! Wait Mom, there are seeds in here! Are these ok…
Last week I shared with you the beginning of my gardening adventure. I am happy to report that so far everything is still alive! Feeling successful, I decided to plant a few more things: -3 strawberry plants (Joe was adamant about growing strawberries. He can’t wait to pick and eat them.)-Bush Star Melon (good for small gardens, produces 2 lb. cantaloupe-type melons)-Royal Burgundy Bean (beautiful purple bean, apparently turns green…
I have never considered myself to have a green thumb. Living in Arizona, I have enjoyed the benefits of having plants and flowers on a drip system so that I don’t have to remember to water them. I have been wanting to try planting a garden however, and since I was given one for Mother’s Day I decided to give it a go. Yellow Pear Tomato Plant First I planted…
I hope everyone had a wonderful Mother’s Day! Mine was a whole weekend filled with surprises. On Friday, my dad was planning to teach Jeff how to do ribs on the smoker. Since that is a pretty long process, my mom and I decided to take the kids to the Southern Arizona Transportation Museum. I thought Joe would enjoy looking at the trains. We got there a little early, so…