In an effort to save some money, help out the environment, and just for the sake of good tasting veggies, I decided to try my hand at an actual vegetable garden this year. I spent the May long weekend building a box in my back yard and planting seeds, and I'm finally starting to see some actual plants!

From left to right I've got peas, beets, and lettuce. They need to be thinned a bit, but I haven't quite gotten around to doing that yet. The other half of the box is a bit more shaded, so things are a bit slower to come up. I do have a few beans coming up, and my broccoli and zucchini are slowly but surely getting a bit bigger.

There's Riley in front of the same part of the box.

I'm also attempting to grow tomatoes and peppers in pots again. I planted a few from seeds, but also bought some plants at the farmers market. I've decided the farmers market is the way to go for veggie plants. The plants are clearly way ahead of my seedlings, and the tomato plant already has flowers on it!


Unfortunately I'm not sure how to get my camera to focus on the flowers and not the carpet! I'll have to work on that...