Yes, we can check it off our list! A couple of months ago, we planted seeds and sprouts to start our backyard vegetable garden. We used a raised garden system that you assemble yourself (we found it at Costco) and planted cherry tomatoes, "big boy" tomatoes, zucchini, okra, strawberries, and two blueberry bushes with some lavender thrown in just for fun. I am happy to announce that our garden is thriving!
Here's a pictorial timeline of the process:
April 10th - Rob and Clay assembling the garden beds.
The fully assembled garden beds.
Our tomato plants and marigolds are on the far left, blueberry bushes are in the middle, and the strawberry plant is on the right. The zucchini and okra are just seeds and therefore invisible.
(We removed the "green house" type shield from the center portion. We have enough heat without it!)
May 10 - the tomato plants are climbing their stakes and look how the zucchini plants are starting to grow! (You may also notice our lovely rabbit fence. Bunnies love our backyard.)
June 11 - the tomato plants are really tall and...
they are growing real, live tomatoes!
plus, the zucchini have taken over their space.
and the okra plants are chugging right along.
At this point, we have had quite a few cherry tomatoes (they are super delicious!), we have one "big boy" tomato growing, the zucchini plants have beautiful orange blossoms and it looks like actual zucchinis are starting to grow. Our blueberry bushes are doing well, but we still have no fruit. The strawberry plant is thriving, but the birds get the strawberries before they can fully ripen. (boo!) I can't wait until the okra start blooming and the zucchini get here!
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