Tuesday, July 13, 2010

This first-time gardener is too easily impressed.

Our family planted our first garden this spring and although it started out cold and wet and nothing seemed to want to grow, after just a few days of summer sunshine everything burst into life!

Faith's sugar pie pumpkin plant.  Yep, that's just one plant!

Almost knee-high by the 13th of July?  Hmmm...

Yellow summer squash.
Eggplant!
Faith's carrots!

Kids eat more vegetables when they grow them and Faith says her favorite chore is weeding!

The jury is still out on the Topsy Turvy tomato planter.  My poor plant spends all his energy trying to be upright!
 I planted this tomato plant at the same time as the Topsy Turvy.  He seems a lot happier, don't you think?

Baby fennel is so cute!  I have no idea what I will do with it when it grows up!

Did you know chives deter aphids?  Plus they are really good on baked potatoes and come back year after year!

2 comments:

Melanie said...

Looks awesome! I think you SHOULD be impressed. :) You have a very cooperative garden model, too.

Marika said...

My sister got two of those topsy-turvy tomato planters and they are not doing well either. However, the tomato plant she grew upright is thriving!