Garden update

Yesterday, we started eating out of the garden.  It wasn't much, but we ate!!!  These are my bean plants.  We harvested 2 beans yesterday :o)

As you can see, the cucumber plant is filled with flowers.  We have a couple cucumbers growing already.

Cherry tomatoes.  Bryan and I each ate a tomato.  They were warm, sweet, and oh so juicy.  I can't wait for more to rippen!

Jack was so excited to eat a carrot. 

Audrey lucked out with a pretty large carrot.  Aren't they beautiful?

Creole tomato is turning orange.  That is going to make a yummy blt (at least that is what Jack is looking forward to).  We should be able to use that lettuce in the lower garden.  The mound of dirt is the potatoes.  And that huge bush of marigolds grew from three tiny seeds.  God is amazing isn't He?

Audrey enjoying her carrot.

2012 Garden--Help Me Get Rid of Tomato Worms!!!

My garden is growing quite well so far!  a lot of this stuff was planted from seed, so I am super excited that it is doing so well.  The tomatoes are the only thing that I planted as plants. 

In the back/higher garden I have: cherry tomatoes, carrots, garlic, cucumber, onion, potatoes, and a creole tomato.

In the front/lower garden I have: green beans, strawberries, broccoli, lettuce, thyme, marjoram, bell pepper, and a TON of basil that reseeded itself from last year. 

I also have huge bushes of parsley and rosemary from last year.  The only thing that doesn't seem to be growing very well are my hot peppers, so I will probably go out and buy a plant.

My only problem is tomato worms.  I have always been able to deter tomato worms by planting marigolds in the vegetable bed, but it doesn't seem to be working this year.  I have been finding worms on my cherry tomato almost everyday.  Today, I found 5!!! I have been thinning the tomato plants down (removing stems with just leaves/no blossoms on them) so that I can find the tomato worms better.  Does anyone have any advice?

Oh so happy!!!  There is fruit and flowers on so many of the plants already!  A couple close ups of my maters.

Randomness

Ice Cream Social.

Ayden's first ice cream.  

We didn't have quite enough chairs so grandpa and dad had the bed.

We even had a centerpiece.  Jack painted the dolphin when we visited my parents in Fl.

I finally have a garden!  Flowers here, and a hot pepper plant, rosemary and parsley. Yes, it's small now, but I am expecting this area to fill up with flowers within a month or so.  They are already growing quite a bit.

And vegetables here!  Tomatoes, cucumbers, bell peppers, basil,  green beans and thyme. This area, too, will grow like crazy.  I'm quite sure it will look like a jungle by the end of the summer, as long as a hurricane doesn't take it out.

Jack's baseball skills have really improved.  Here he was playing catch with Bryan, and was catching most of them.  His aim when throwing is also improving.

But as you can tell, he is still a little scared of the ball.  He actually caught the ball like that!

After one of his soccer games.  He insisted that Bryan be in the picture.  And of course, the diva insisted that she herself be included.