Yet another garden update!!

Several of my seedlings did not survive while I was away. Of the few that did survive, most have passed away since I've been back (eeks!) Looks like I'll be trying again on the herbs. I've had an offer of a cutting of a chive plant, and I'm probably going to buy a small rosemary plant. So far the parsley is still alive ...

Not all the news is bad, though. This is what my outdoor garden looked like when I got back.

(green onions ... garlic)

(spinach)

The only thing that didn't survive the weeks while I was away was the lettuce, but it was pretty much dead before I left. A few days after I got home we harvested a complete bunch of green onions. They are so yummy! Much tastier than the ones we get from the stores. The one we pulled out was a 'thinning' of a sort (two grew in one of the spots), so I still have 9 plants in the ground. I've just been snipping of a few green onions every day to use in our meals.

Last week I also started cutting off spinach leaves. Instead of letting the leaves grow to their full potential I much prefer cutting them when they are around 2" long - more like the baby spinach from the grocery store. One of my biggest hopes for this gardening adventure is that it will help Nathan eat more salad-type vegetables. He's pretty good with cooked veggies, but getting him to eat a salad is pretty much impossible. Well, Nathan ate his first piece of raw spinach from our garden last week ... we're on our way!

On Monday, May 31st, we planted more spinach, lettuce, cucumbers (2 squares), carrots (2 squares), yellow beans, green beans, dill, and squash. As of today everything except the squash is at least up through the ground. Yay!

Last Wednesday I got a call from a friend saying she knew someone who might have some tomato seedlings if I wanted a couple. I jumped at the chance, since all of mine have died. A couple of days later this lovely lady dropped off 3 tomato plants. They were already 6" to 8" high! I planted them that day, bought some tomato cage things and some tomato fertilizer, and they are still looking great. In fact, one of the plants has blossoms on it today! I'm so thankful for this friendly lady who shared her wealth of seedlings with me.

Last Friday we planted watermelon and pumpkin in the garden. So far nothing on them, but it's still early.

I'm still so enthused about the gardening ... it's so much fun! Can't wait to see how things progress over the next few months. I'll try and take some new pictures this week.