Pictures

Here are my pictures...

This first one is a shot from far away of my potted plants. I LOVE the 2 green ones I found at Ross! I also found a small cute purple one but it does not have anything planted in it yet.

 A close up of some of the potted plants. (Well technically not plants yet!)

 This just looks like a bunch of dirt, but has my tomatoes and green beans under there!
Not pictured: to the left is the onion and to the right is the white beans.

 It is hard to see from the shadows in this picture but these are my cucumber hills. The only vegetable I planted that had to be put into hills. There are 3 hills going vertically here. To the right of my cucumbers I have zucchini planted in horizontal rows (but they did not need to be in hills.)

Now we wait and see...

Well, I officially did it...I planted all of the vegetables yesterday. I am hoping that it will actually work and we will get some veggies from this (I still have my doubts)! I took some pictures to share with you but I am having some technical difficulties, hopefully I can get them up soon. I found some very cute pots at Ross and I planted some cilantro and jalapenos in those. In the garden bed on the side of the house I planted cucumber, zucchini, tomato, onion, green beans, and white beans. I am thinking that the hardest part about this garden will be keeping the dog out of it!

On Saturday morning I was asking Brandon about what type of fertilizer to get for the soil. He suggested I look for some kind of chicken poop fertilizer. Honestly, I thought that was kind of funny and hardly expected to find it at OSH...but I was wrong! There on the shelf I found a bag of "Chickity Poo Poo!" I thought it was so funny! But it also reminded me how incredibly smart my husband is. I am amazed at all of the information he knows about random things...like gardening. I am still amazed every time he decides to do some work on one of our cars and he walks right into the auto part store gets what he needs, goes home and does the work like it is no big deal. It seriously amazes me, and I am very grateful to have him and all of his knowledge around!

After I finished my gardening yesterday I decided to go to a "Womens Golf Clinic" that Brandon had mentioned to me. I knew that he REALLY wanted me to go but I was very unsure about it. I tend to be very self conscious when other people watch me do something (like trying to swing a golf club). I am really glad I went though. It was very informational and I also had fun. Hopefully I will be brave enough to actually get out and play with Brandon one of these days.

Tomatoes

Well, so far I have just planted tomatoes. I bought some seedlings from the store and they needed to be planted very soon after purchasing them so I put them into 2 pots that the previous tenants had left out back. I am hoping that these little plants really start to grow and give us some big beautiful tomatoes!!

I am hoping to start planting all of my seeds this weekend!! Brandon and I actually decided to move the vegetable garden to a different part of the backyard. There is a spot in the backyard that gets a little less sun, BUT already has soil on top of the adobe and has wood around it (to help protect it from the dog). We are going to plant some other plants in the spot that I tilled a couple of weekends ago. Or we also talked about the option of using that area for some planter boxes.  We will just have to see how everything turns out.

I am still feeling pretty overwhelmed with this whole gardening project but I know that I just need to jump in and do it. I am really excited to see what comes out of it, if anything!

Here is a picture of one of my little tomato pots! 

Here Goes Nothing...

So, I have finally decided to jump on the blogging bandwagon. We recently cancelled our cable and of course I have found myself with a lot more free time in the evenings and on the weekends. I am loving it!! I feel so much more productive! With all of this free time I have been coming up with new things I want to do such as painting, gardening, and trying new recipes. The first thing I am starting with is a vegetable garden. This task is very foreign to me and I am actually shocked that I am going to give it a try...in the past I have been known to have a "black thumb" when it comes to plants. My dear friend, Stacey, has been walking me through the whole gardening process. Honestly, I did not even know where to start. I asked her every question including, "Is there a difference between potting soil and composting soil?" Duh!!! So, this weekend I started my gardening off by weeding our front and back yard. It was actually very relaxing and rewarding. Then I picked my spot to do my vegetbale garden because it is the spot that gets the most sun. I got ready to prepare my dirt and realized it was the dreaded adobe! I immediately felt so discouraged and had no idea what to do next. My sweet husband was right there to encourage me and help me figure out how to solve the problem. I am thankful that he is so supportive and wanted to help me with it. He also has been a good source of knowledge about how to plant things. So anyway, I ran to OSH to pick up a hand tiller and a lot more composting soil. I spent the rest of the afternoon tilling the adobe and then mixing it with the soil. It was quite the workout tilling all of that adobe. I am going to spend the next couple of days tilling and mixing the adobe and the soil together so that it will (hopefully) make a good home for my desired vegetables. I am fully aware that this gardening journey may end in complete failure this first try since I know I have a lot to learn about the whole process (and a black thumb). However, I am super excited to see how it turns out! I am just happy to be doing something better with my time then sitting on the couch and watching Grey's Anatomy. :)