Project Gardening - Part 2

I finally got around to planting the fruits, veggies, & herbs on Wednesday. First, I put up the fence thinking it would be able to keep the bunnies out, but once I got it up, the gaps were a lot bigger than they looked in the store. So we shall see when things really start growing (hopefully!), if we'll have issues with the bunnies eating our crops.

The completed garden...
A closer look...
We actually have some growth...green onion!
(it really didn't grow that fast...I planted the stalk)

All in all, I planted 15 things: tomato, green onion, spinach, zucchini, cabbage, cucumber, cauliflower, lettuce, carrot, broccoli, watermelon, parsley, basil, cilantro, & lavender. I hope I wasn't overly ambitious about fitting all these things into our tiny little plot. I might have been, so we'll see if they grow or not. Plus I put the seeds directly into the ground and didn't germinate them in a pot first, making their chances a little slimmer. I do have one advantage though, I did grow up on a farm, so we'll see if all those years of planting, weeding, watering, you name it, has made my thumb as green as I hope it is ;) If anything, it'll be a great learning experience for Kaila who loves to help out with the 'gah-den.' Anyway, wish my plants luck!

Project Gardening - Part 1

This has been a project of ours that has been a long time coming. We went back and forth on whether to go through with it or not for fear that we might not be able to keep the plants alive. But I guess that's what gardening is all about: you just never know what will happen & it doesn't hurt to give it a try.

Before...
After...
Thinking how to configure the flowers...
More thinking...
Adds just a splash of color...

We planted 6 different kinds of flowers: Gerbera, Marigold, Petunia, Salvia, Geranium, & Daylily. You may have noticed that we only did a border of the dirt area because the next step in this gardening project is to put up a little fence in the middle and plant some veggies, fruits, & herbs. Happy Gardening!