A Surprise in My Garden

During the winter months when my garden was mostly dirt, I started a little compost section.  I thought it couldn't hurt to put some fresh fruit and veggie scraps out there to nourish the soil.

A few months ago, all these long vines started growing.

I thought I knew what they were but wasn't sure because Emma had tried planting some flower seeds in that same spot. 

Then one day, I found these...

cantaloupes!

I don't think any of them will grow very big.  But I've got aleast 5 of them out there right now.

Who knew gardening could be so surprising!

First Salad

I pulled some lettuce leaves from the garden Thursday night to make our first salad! The carrots and tomatoes are store-bought, but ours are coming soon!

Garden Update

Our garden is going strong. I'm ready to build a couple more beds to add to it.

We planted potted plants: tomatoes, broccoli, bell peppers, romaine lettuce, strawberries, onions and seeds: pole and bush green beans, lettuce, cucumbers.

Broccoli (left) and romaine lettuce (right) then... and now...

Tomatoe plants then...and now...

Green beans just breaking ground and now:

Our Garden

After the boys' flag football game Saturday morning, Roddy's parent's (Meme and Papa) and my Dad (Mom was watching my nephew) came over to help me build raised beds for a vegetable garden. We used the spot where the grass was dead from the swimming pool this summer. Iris helped Papaw build the frames.Everyone pitched in. Roddy and Papa put up a fence to keep the bunnies out. Roddy had kept the poles from the old trampoline and used them as the posts.
We didn't plant anything yet, but I have the seeds and several plants to go in later this week.

The finished product was more than I even expected! I'm so excited. Thanks Meme, Papa, Dad and Roddy, Emma, Iris, Gray, Jackson and Charlie for all your help!