Garden Update

Getting closer to harvest time. :) SO many green tomatoes right now. My peas and carrots were picked over by, I believe, the bunny that lives in our yard. The girls have almost caught him, but it will be too late. Also have two very oddly shaped green peppers and a few jalapenos going. The marigolds barely bloomed before they were picked by some little blonde girls for their mama. (not complaining too much though)
I already have a few adjustments to be made next year. Have to change the placement of the tomatoes. They have blocked Sun from the peppers and the sunflowers never had a chance. I really underestimated how big those tomatoes would get. Might also pre-grow the marigolds or buy the plant instead of seed. Although they don't seem to work all that well anyway. Could make room for more peas/beans that way....and some chicken wire to keep them safe. We will see how the beans do. I had aphid farming ants on then briefly, but a spray of water seemed to get rid of them.
This has definitely been so fun so far. I would love to even have more beds but the sun is limited in our shady backyard. We will see.....

Week 3 and look at them grow! I think I might have got the wrong kind of pea...they look like they need a trellis :/ but, I'm not sure. The birds have eaten at least half of every strawberry that has turned the tiniest bit red...so, those will probably have to go soon. Maybe good to make some room anyway.
Audrey wants to go out daily to check the beans. She is loving it. And today she spotted our first tiny green cherry tomato. :)

Our little fairy princess at the Arts and Crafts Festival this weekend. So fun that she's getting to be this age...all of this starts getting more and more fun.

Happy Mothers Day!

Cuddling with my babies reading books on my new kindle. :-)

This is My Garden

Here it is!! I got it done...on Saturday! And in my opinion, it looks awesome. :) It may get quite overgrown if it does well, but it is a learning process. We've got (from top l-r) Sunflower, 2 Early Girl Tomatoes, Cherry Tomato, Basil, 2 Green Peppers, Cherry Tomato, Carrots, Beans, Peas, Jalapeno Pepper, Marigold, 2 Strawberries and one more Marigold. I don't expect much from the beans, peas and carrots, but thought it was worth a try. We get a lot of rabbits in our yard, and although it is raised, I do believe they may figure it out anyway. I figure next year, maybe save the squares and make more room for tomatoes. But, we'll see. Maybe we'll get lucky.....like I said, it's a learning process.

Here we are 5 days later. Perked up nicely and the marigolds are already popping out...and we have the start of strawberries!!! So fun! The petunias look pretty but have since gone into pots on our deck and probably will end up at the front stoop where we get the most sun. The girls picked them out. :)