So, John and the kids have finished planting everything in the garden for this season. It all started about 6 weeks ago. We have anxiously been waiting for the chance to try something and see if they are worth it. On Sunday, John snipped off some of the butter crunch lettuce, some romaine, some of the pretty purple stuff (like the technical terms I use?) and some of the spinach. I added some of our ripe cherry tomatoes and we had a yummy salad. Some of the romaine and spinach were a little bitter, but we ate them and enjoyed it anyway. Later, John found out you're supposed to pinch off the first of those and discard them because they always tend to be bitter. We just didn't want to waste any!
{This is the very salad, all ingredients grown in our very own backyard!}Then, just yesterday, the strawberry that has been growing and ripening up and we've just been waiting for it to turn all red...finally was ripe! The kids were so excited (and this is just one strawberry). We also clipped off some more spinach and chives to use with dinner last night...oh, they were yum! Anyway, we cut the one strawberry into 4 pieces and each ate them at the same time. Guess what? It tasted just like.....a STRAWBERRY!
{THE strawberry, ain't it a beauty?}
Well, we're having such fun. [Yes, I totally just admitted to enjoying the garden] And we're hoping that everything else just grows like it's supposed to.
Well, we're having such fun. [Yes, I totally just admitted to enjoying the garden] And we're hoping that everything else just grows like it's supposed to.
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Kevin and I were just talking about where we could put a garden in our back yard. What are you growing yours in?
Growing up, my parents always had a garden and the veggies always tasted sooooo much better than you can get in the store! Congrats on your harvest!
Those BLUE things are used food barrels cut in half. We bought them from a salsa co. that was selling them cheap and then John cut them and drilled holes for drainage. You have to do something different because the soil in AZ stinks.
I don't know about you, Deb, but I prefer WalMart's produce.
Seriously, I want a garden. When we redo our backyard I am making a space to do that. Then, I will be calling you. :)
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