Garden Update

We had our first sprouts show up! We have Broccoli sprouts! YEAH!!!

I knew when I woke up this morning that today was going to be a busy day.... but I got a lot more than I bargained for!

After a short trip to the hardware store, to pick up some tomato cages and some new gardening gloves, Keira and I got started on finishing up our garden. After a short while, I realized that the vine we had growing along side of our yard down the entire fence needed to come out. It grows some "Audrey II" looking pods which open up and drop very fine white fur into our pool, which is clogging the pool sweep. We called Jason in for his support and set him right to work tearing out "Audrey II!" Little did we know this would open another can of worms!

After taking out the Audrey, there was a ton of clean up and anther plant that needed to be relocated. I transplanted one of our 6 year old plants to another side of our yard near the pool filter. (The thinking behind this was 2 fold..... 1: I love the plant and didn't want to just tear it out and throw it away. and 2: We thought that with it next to the pool filter it would help absorb some of the noise when the filter is running.)

Once we got all the plants moved and removed filled 2 yard waste containers and made huge piles in front of our house, it was time to clean up and get the rest of the seeds planted! Here's what we planted today:

Cherry Tomatoes, Standard Tomatoes, Sugar snap peas, Strawberries, Carrots, Green Onions and Spinach. This is in addition to the Broccoli and the Bell Peppers that we've already planted.

A little green...

Lately I've been inspired by several women in my life to makes some changes in how I live. One of the changes I'd like to make is to live a little greener.

This week, inspired by Lindsay, Mom, and Nikki, Keira and I started planting a garden. We don't have a lot of space in our backyard for a huge garden, but we’ll manage. So far, we’ve planted Bell Peppers and Broccoli. I still have a little more work to do to get the rest of the planting area ready. Once we move a couple plants and do a little more weeding… we’ll plant some Cherry Tomatoes, Green Onions, Spinach and eventually some Melons. I am excited to show Keira where real food comes from; not just from the grocery store.

I've also recently started kitchen composting. Right now, it's tough to get Jason to support the garden composting, but I'm hoping to prove that it's not something that will take a lot of effort from either of us and that it'll be great for our yard. Now I just need to find a small composting bin for our backyard that is not too expensive. I think I might be going with the one offered through our county composting program. Hopefully before long we'll start seeing some "black gold."