Our little garden is working a bit better than last year (we added quite a bit more compost this year to try and improve our Oklahoma clay). We actually have tomatoes growing on each of our plants! They're still quite green but are growing nicely, it's good to see our work wasn't all for nothing! We've even harvested some onions early to make nice scallions already.
The girls love any chance to eat something right off the plant and have been sneaking single strawberries as they redden. Last weekend Phil noticed that the green beans and snow peas were actually producing, too. The girls were a bit nervous about beans off the vine, but ended up loving them raw and they devoured the entire first harvest the following day!
The herbs (cilantro, basil, and parsley) smell great while we root around and we can't wait for the peppers and tomatoes to ripen. We planted four watermelon plants for fun and are hoping the cantaloupe can recover from its early season freeze. We're trying to keep the watermelon from taking over the entire garden before we get some other veggies and plant our end of season pumpkins! The girls can't wait for our two softball sized watermelons to finish growing.
3 comments:
You are such the little gardner and what great fun for the girls. I should have tried that when mine were little-they won't go near peas and Corey says she thinks green beans are child abuse :)
Your garden looks beautiful! But I don't see the giant basil bush....
Wow! I'm impressed! That looks so good and healthy and fun. Way to go, you guys!
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