A Garden Update

Smockity Frocks is hosting a garden link-up today! 

If you're gardening, go link up, or just check out the garden links. Most of them look a lot better than mine. 

But I'm all for being humiliated humble, so here's how ours is doing:

These are our strawberries. I'm happy to report that all three are still alive, even the one we thought we'd lost. They don't seem to be doing much, though.

Green pepper. You can see it's being munched by something. Not much movement here, either.

Now this beauty is my pride and joy. Sweet peas that are growing so much they're hanging off their cage! Next year I'll plant them closer to the fence and use a trellis. And they're flowering so I have some hope of actual produce.

This is the other pea, that had been nearly decimated by bugs. It's starting to come back.

Oh, yes! And this is our Sugar Snack Tomato! Looking quite nice.

See? Little tomatoes! They're so cute!

Right, and these are cucumbers. In my defense they were nearly dead when we brought them home.

Now this is growing nicely. Too bad I didn't plant it. 

I did plant this one, though. It was doing great until I transplanted it into this nice big pot. Then it kind of fell over and went listless on me. Any suggestions?

Ah yes. The tomatoes. I planted 6 Roma tomatoes, and they all look like this. Maybe not enough water? 

 I don't know. 

So that's progress. Are you gardening? 

Going Green: The Last Post (Finally)

Do you remember the Going Green series? From back in March? And how I said I had one more 'Growing Green' project to post about? 

No? 

That's okay.

I hadn't really forgotten about it, I just, you know, have some other stuff going on right now. But I finally went down to the nursery last week and bought some seedlings to plant! 

A little backstory: I am a plant killer. House plants don't have a chance. A dear friend, knowing my affliction, once gave me a cactus. I over-watered it and it died. Despite this, I've always wanted a big, lush garden, full of veggies and herbs. I've never had the space or time to do it before.

Let's be honest. I don't have the space or time to do it now. 

But I'm giving it a shot anyway. 

So, my last 'green' project was to plant these seedlings with the kiddos:

The two in cages are bush beans. The one on the right is a 'Sugar Snack' tomato. The fourth is a green pepper.

Basil and cilantro in pots. And my kid's Christmas pjs. Yes, it's April, why do you ask?

Another shot of the raised bed. It was empty when we moved in, except for that big green leafy plant and the palm. Please pretend you don't notice my out of control lawn. 

The big green leafy plant (I have no idea what it is. I have little use for ornamentals unless they're flowers. I wanted to pull it out, but it isn't really mine since we're renting.) And our three little strawberry plants. They're not looking too well. Pray for them. 

These are cucumbers. They were half dead at the nursery, so the nice nursery man gave them to me "to nurse back to life." HA HA HA HA HA HA. He has no idea who he's talking to. 

These are six Roma tomatoes we planted at the foot of the berm. (A berm is an earthen embankment or wall. I'm so glad I'm here to expand your vocabulary.) 

One of the Romas. 

So, that's my little green project. Are you planting anything this spring? Have any gardening advice? Did I plant my strawberries too close together? Do you think those poor cucumbers have a chance? Why do you suppose I can grow children but not plants? Or fish? Fish always die around here. Is it me? 

Thanks for listening. I love you all.