Update on my Garden Ventures

Earlier this year I wrote about my past attempts at gardening and shared that I was going to give gardening another try.  This entry will be brief in words, but embellished with images.

A friend and I went in on the garden together (Alex built us each a 4'x4' "Square Foot Garden" planter box).  We split costs 50/50 and for about $100 each we had our planter boxes and honestly too many "started" plants.  We started too late in the season to try from just seed.  Next year I plan to save money and start from seeds.  

The truck bed was their pre-garden bed :)

First days in the garden bed.  It looked so nice and tidy and I went against some of the advice in my Square Foot Gardening book and put more plants in the bed than suggested.  I was warned by the book of the growth rate of my zucchini and squash plants and gardening friends told me that they would quickly grow and take over the garden. 

Almost 30 days later, the zucchini and squash began to really GROW!!! The tomatoes were growing at a very rapid rate, as well.

Day 1, taken April 19, 2014

Nothing like a frozen treat while mom plants a garden :)

Taken May 13, 2014

Yellow Crook-Neck Squash plant w/flower

potato plants I grew from cuttings -but as of this post, I cannot see evidence of them anymore -I think the jungle of tomatoes caused them to fail or the heat -or I just cannot see them???

Our second cucumber :-)

Taken May 25, 2014

Zucchini Plant close ups

This was my 3rd cucumber and it grew overnight! Notice it still has it's yellow flower still attached?

HUGE zucchini and some of the first tomatoes, one yellow neck squash,  two banana peppers, one tomitillo, and one cucumber -Harvested June 7, 2014

Lots of tomatoes -harvested July 1, 2014

Spotted a baby watermelon!!!!! July 1, 2014

Yesterday, as I harvested tomatoes I thought to myself, "I need to update my blog on my garden!" The rest of these images were yesterday!

I think I have a few tomatoes ;-) I had one in a spinach salad -so juicy and TASTY -no dressing needed!

Unfortunately, my once tidy garden bed be came a jungle.  We had bad winds and most my tomatoes blew into the garden and wow!!! They. Took. Off. EVERYWHERE

The best looking baby melon I have -one I already cut off vine -it was looking like nothing more than a water waste.

This was not even the biggest heirloom tomato!

I will do another update when there is more to report!