Home Sweet Home

This is what we came home to...

The garden is in full bloom!

{pictures from our Missouri trip coming soon}

New Sprouts!

Over the last few weeks, we have been getting what seems to be the last of a beautiful harvest of veggies from the garden! The most exciting were the red and yellow peppers... These start out looking like the green peppers and take FOREVER to turn red and yellow. We finally started to see some color and have been enjoying all of our different peppers! We said goodbye to our cucumber plant (tear...) and our tomatoes are also close to the end.

But, in their place, are some new stuff we've planted for the Fall! And by we, I mean, Brad. For all of you who are impressed by "me and my garden", let me set the record straight that Brad should get all the credit! He's the one with the green thumb and he loves being in the yard! For the fall, we'll have some different stuff that seems to do better in cooler weather... Broccoli, cauliflower, and some different lettuce--romaine, bibb, mesculin, and grand rapids, as well as spinach! We're starting to see some little sprouts and look forward to all of our greens for the Fall!

Never too young...

To start helping pick tomatoes! Tucker loves to put on my gloves and get the "baset" to collect tomatoes! We're trying to teach him only to pick the red ones but he hasn't quite gotten that down yet... He's quite the cute little helper!

Home Grown!

Over the last month, our garden has exploded! We've enjoyed our herbs, our romaine lettuce, and lots of cucumbers!

The last few days we have started getting red tomatoes (YUM!), green peppers, cayenne peppers, and some watermelon buds!

Here are some pictures from a few weeks ago...

Lettuce!

Peppers!

Tomatoes in process!

As you can see, our tomato plants are almost as tall as Brad!

At the front right of the garden, is our watermelon vine! It is completely taking over...we trimmed it back A LOT yesterday and with so many small buds, we think we'll be in store for lots of yummy watermelons! Here is a picture of our first one!

Yesterday, I made some yummy tomato and cucumber salad and last night we had delicious BLT's with our juicy tomatoes! We are loving our FREE and delicious produce!

And the garden is planted...

Last week, we had our dirt brought in for the garden!

The last few days, we have been getting our vegetables in the ground! We are growing:

cherry tomatoes

bigger tomatoes

zucchini

watermelon

cucumbers

romaine lettuce

bell peppers

cayenne peppers

And we're doing the herbs in the hanging baskets with coconut liners again...

cilantro

parsley

basil

rosemary

thyme

dill

chives

Tucker is very curious about the garden... He's been discovering the caterpillars and he loves to pick them up!

This is definitely an experiment since last year we only grew tomatoes and herbs, so we'll learn as we go and share tips along the way! We'll make sure to update with pictures!