Having a garden is amazing! Everyone should do it or at least try. And you can really do quite a bit with just a little bit of space. There are so many resources out there to help guide you.
About two months ago I transplanted everything into the garden bed that Nick built. It was both good and bad. We learned that you cannot buy tomato plants and not transplant them three weeks later, you need to do it within a week--oops. Quite a few of the pods where we started seeds did not transplant well...at all...they died. I don't know if I did something wrong or it was the weather, who knows. For some things like green beans and zucchini only a few if the transplants lasted, so i had to plant more. Carrots, zucchini and green pepper did not work at all, so I ended up planting seeds directly in to the ground for those. For some reason the green peppers never grew and I bought a starter plant last weekend. We also bought sweet potato slips and planted those last weekend. The lettuce and spinach were growing great and I got a few cuts off them, but the squash plant has kind of over taken their area, so they are not growing well anymore.
So far we have had 1 good size zucchini, a bunch of green beans, lettuce and spinach. Soon we will have lots more zucchini and tomatoes! The green beans continue to grow and I check them periodically to see which ones are large enough to harvest.
It's exciting to see the results from our hard work!
Nick has been putting mulch on the plants that are bigger and this seems to be helping and keeps the plants moist between watering. Unfortunately we have pesky little bugs trying to eat our plants so we
are using a pesticide, but I want to look into some natural pesticides that will work. There is also a little birdie that likes our lettuce.
The garden has truly been rewarding. It is amazing to grow your own food, I feel so productive!
We have learned a lot from our gardening experience this year and next year will we plan things out differently and plant a lot more.
Since we are doing to have tons of tomatoes, I am hoping to learn how to can my salsa and can tomatoes. I hope it goes well.
Lastly, look how cute Nick and Shiloh are! Just walking towards the garden. Cute cute cute.
-Court
