First Fruits

Tonight with our dinner we had a salad that included some of the first fruits from our garden-- radishes. Caleb and Madilyn did not like the taste of them. I thought they tasted fine, I am not sure what David thought.

In a week or so we should have lettuce ready to eat along with tomatoes maybe those will go over better with the kids.

We just about have the grass that took over under control, it has been a long hard process. For the most part the plants in the garden are looking healthy.

How to grow grass...

Plant a garden and grass will grow.

For three years David and I have tried to get grass to grow in our back yard. For three years all we have had grow is weeds. So when we planted a garden I knew we would have weeds growing and maybe some vegetables, I never expected my garden patch to be over run with grass. I have spent hours picking the grass out of the garden area. All of my vegetables are growing except for the peppers so there is hope if we can get the grass under control.

Any ideas???

Garden Phase 1

On Tuesday of this week we started Phase 1 of the first ever Lloyd vegetable garden. David and I have been married almost 19 years and have never planted a garden. I thought that I would give it a try this year. I will admit that I know NOTHING about gardening, and am just going to give it a try to see what if anything we can get to grow.

Phase 1: The first phase of our garden is now planted. I love to cook and love to use spices. I have read that spices are pretty easy to grow and that some people actually plant them in very decorative containers and grow them on their counter tops. Well, I decided I would start with 6 basic spices that I use all of the time and that I would plant them in outdoor containers on our back patio. So we currently have 6 containers on our back porch filled with soil and seeds, they look pretty ugly but hopefully soon we will have some sprouts. We planted:

1. Basil
2. Oregano
3. Parsley
4. Fennel
5. Chives
6. Cebolla- small green onions

I also planted 2 containers of tomatoes that will be transplanted and 1 container or Marigolds that will also be transplanted in a few weeks. Apparently Marigolds help keep bugs away. I know I could have bought Tomatoes and Marigolds that were already started but I wanted to start from scratch. That's not to say I won't go buy a few more tomatoes or marigolds that are already growing but for the time being we will just see what sprouts from the current planting.

I made Caleb do most of the work with this phase since it was pretty easy and I am suppose to be taking it easy for a few days.

It will be fun to cook using our fresh spices this summer.