Currently growing in the garden....

Right now we are enjoying peppers, okra and tomatoes from the garden.  We had a couple of weeks of extra hot weather recently that seemed to stress the tomato plants and made our tomatoes have some blemishes, but trust me when I tell you they taste great!  

We are learning a lot this inaugural year with the raised beds.  I can see how the green house is really going to help us with doing even better next year.  Starting seeds early so you can plant small plants rather than seeds when the season is right makes for a longer period of harvesting.  

Color

It has been exciting seeing our raised beds turn from brown to green and now to add yellow and red.  May looks like peas, tomatoes and squash for us.  The lettuce began to turn bitter as it got warmer and the spinach began developing brown edges on the leaves so we've pulled them up and will be planting new things in their place.

Peas, Lettuce and Tomatoes.....

Over achiever squash plant

We have a squash plant taking off and growing faster than the others.  Wish I knew what is making this happen! The others are all doing well ~ you can see them right next the big one ~, but this one is like a plant on steroids.  Crazy!  It is so big, it is shading the lettuce so we may have to find it a new home.

The squash blossoms are really pretty!  Yesterday I saw them being sold at the farmer's market.  Who knew you don't have to wait for the squash?  Apparently there are tons of ways to fix and enjoy squash blossoms!

Hoping to harvest some squash soon!

Progress

Raised beds are finished and planting has begun.  So exciting!  I go out every morning to see if I can find anything new sprouting up.  It is such a miracle!

Each bed has its own watering system and we also have a spicket in the pathway to allow for hand watering if needed. Cool, eh?  Makes it so easy!  

We've got everything labeled with little white posts.  More important than you would think.  First of all, being a first go at this, not everything that sprouts out of the ground is recognizable - at least to me.  Second, it can help keep you from planting seeds on top of seeds ~ that is, if you place the posts when you plant.  Currently we have bell peppers planted on top of the potatoes.  Guess we will see which sprout first and then move them.   And hopefully potato sprouts look very different from bell pepper sprouts!