Garden

Sage and Italian Parsley

Yellow Squash

Things are growing and getting much more colorful in the garden. This is still a bit of a work in progress, but things are really starting to look good and I can't be any happier. I have come up with some better ideas on how to do things next year, but I really like the way everything turned out. If all goes well, I should be eating some really fresh veggies in less than a month...

Tea Time for Birds

Thanks to www.readymade.com for this idea!

Garden and Flower Bed

So, after many days of work, the garden project is going strong. The veggie garden is currently planted with three varieties of tomatoes, five varieties of bell peppers (including lilac and chocolate), jalapenos (red and green), red chili peppers, eggplant, cucumber, buttercup squash, butternut squash, lemon basil and lavender. One small section of the flower garden adjacent to the house contains Italian parsley and sage.

I finally built the flower bed along the fence and planted this with zinnia, marigold, ageratum, celosia and poppy. Hopefully they all grow and look amazing! I plan on cleaning up the rest of the flower beds along the side of the house and plant some more flowers and/or more veggies. Once things really start growing, I will post some more pictures. For now, this is what it looks like:
I can’t express how relaxing I find gardening. It is a lot of hard work, but I feel more alive than I have in a long, long time. I missed this more than I ever knew.

"Gardening is the purest of human pleasures." -- Francis Bacon

My Garden Project

These pictures chronicle the beginning of my garden. It isn't the biggest and it won't be the prettiest, but I think it is a great start. The side of my house was the only place a garden could go, due to all the big and beautiful trees I have in my yard. This led to a couple of other challenges, but they all seem to be coming together well.

The garden is still in progress and I hope to have it finished and planted during the upcoming weekend. More pictures will follow of the finished garden and I will post some more once we start harvesting (hopefully) the veggies. Enjoy!


“Gardening is about enjoying the smell of things growing in the soil, getting dirty without feeling guilty, and generally taking the time to soak up a little peace and serenity.”

-Lindley Karstens