Tuesday, April 19, 2011

2 at a time

This will be a blog about our garden.
I know gardens are so-hot-right-now, so consider Mike and I "on-fire." :)
Mike's parents came in March for 2 weeks (see next post) and during their visit they graciously turned our mostly black thumbs closer to a forest green. We're hoping for kelly green thumbs one day, but after this year realize that will probably take years.

This is the first time I have ever planted anything other than a lima bean. Seriously.


We planted cucumbers, green beans (pole), spinach and bibb lettuce as seeds and then 2 tomato plants and 9 strawberry plants in a hanging thingy (I'm sure that's really what is it called).



Things great really quickly at first.


But now they seem like they've been the same for a while - and we need a pesticide because something is eating our spinach (which we would obviously like to enjoy) and our green bean leaves.


We have strawberries coming right around the corner!


Also - we got two hanging flower plants, we planted an azalea, impatience flowers, and a begonia in a small pot on our front porch. Things are so flowery around here. It's so much better than boring green (unless you're referring to my thumb!)


2 comments:

lindsay said...

hey V... aphids ate some of our veggies the first year. you can buy ladybugs online that might help if that's what is eating your spinach. Yummy!

Jamie said...

also- if you use soapy water (like in a spray bottle) on the leaves it helps get rid of bugs without having to use a "pesticide" on them!