Gardeners...or so we think!!

Well, well, well....it has been 19 days since i have blogged and i am so far behind. But what i am going to pick up with is the garden that we have been working on. The pics that i am gonna show you are from about 3 weeks ago but maybe after this weekend, i can update what the progress is. We decided to do 2 raised beds and ended up doing approx 4ft x 8ft beds. After we bought the plants, we realized that we needed more space. But we decided just to go with it and modify as the plants grow if needed. We used the layout of a square foot garden and all of the plants were planted according to measurements...go figure. We are OCD!! But we may have to transplant a few tomato plants elsewhere because the plants may be too large to get to for picking. But, it is our first time and we will learn as we go. Thank goodness for neighbors and coworkers, like Brad and Elizabeth, to give us all the extra information that we need on this new journey (that...it will be)!! Here are the beginning pictures. They were taken on Easter when we finished planting a few plants. (We have since planted squash and cucumbers.)

 Bed #1... We have lettuce, broccoli, cayenne peppers, bell peppers, and banana peppers

 Another view of bed #1

 Bed #2... We have roma tomatoes, regular tomatoes, onions, squash and cucumbers.

Another view of bed #2... minus the squash and cucumbers.

We are so excited about trying this. Depending on what happens this go round depends on what we try next time. Our strawberry plants are growing like weeds and are looking great. However, something is eating every one of the strawberries!! We also have a cherry tomato plant that is planted in a pot, and they are doing FABULOUS!! We have tons of tomatoes; we are just waiting for them to turn red.