Yes, this is my first real year of solo-gardening. Last year my goal was to do absolutely nothing to the backyard and see what grew. A lot grew. But nothing that I could eat and nothing that I particularly loved.
I began thinking about what I wanted to grow and where I'd grow it. Because the side of the house was crazy looking, and overgrown with a whole lot of daffodils and whatnot I decided that would be the best place for my sun-loving things. I bought 3 cherry tomato plants, a cilantro plant and a package of lettuce seeds and went for it. Before-->
Tomatoes!
Lettuce! (slightly wilted in 100+ heat)
Additionally, I hacked out a piece of sandy land in front of the gazebo to try and grow some really random things. These are pepper plants, fennel and spinach (from left to right). I'm still asking myself why I chose fennel? What will I do with all that!?
Here is my one crowning achievement- butternut squash! H even helped by dropping the seeds into the ground after I'd dug up all those flower bulbs and ugly ferns, mounded the dirt and pointed to where he should drop the 5 seeds. These lovely plants will hopefully give me enough produce to make a bunch of butternut squash soup so that we'll enjoy it in January :) Way better use for a raised bed than daffodils I must say.
Oh, I guess I lied about nothing being here before me that was edible. This is one full grapevine! And I mean to eat as many of these as possible.
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