So the above triangular bed is pretty much dead at this point (compared to the above photo) and completely overgrown with weeds. I'm not sure what the heck happened this year. We did get a TON of rain in May after it was planted so maybe it got TOO much water???? I don't know. But it sure did look nice when I put it in.
We planted individual pots of Cilantro, Parsley and Dill this year. (It's all coming up beautifully and I have a garden update already in the queue).
Below is an iris in our front landscape bed that we planted two years ago. It didn't bloom last year. But did this year. It smells like grape soda pop!
And on to our backyard garden:
The girls always get very excited about the garden. This year we planted pumpkins, watermelons, cucumbers, pickling cucumbers, carrots, onion, and two kinds of green beans.
The signs the girls made for the garden. :-)
Really quick, I want to plug a new blog a friend of mine has started: Greening Sam and Avery! Abbie has started keeping track of all the great activities she does with her girls to explore nature and the environment they live in. And her monthly challenge for July is talking with your children about where their food comes from. I think gardening with your kids would definitely qualify for that. Ella and Lily helped pick which fruits and veggies we were going to plant in the ground. They helped put seeds in and every now and then help us water. They can't wait for everything to grow!
2 comments:
So happy to have you back to blogging, Holly. LOVE reading about you and your family.
I just started reading Greening Sam and Avery, and I followed her link to your blog.
I love this idea of the vegetable garden and the cute little signs. Such a great way to help kids learn about plants, and eat their veggies!
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