Our Vegetable Garden

The girls and I did plant a vegetable garden again this year. I just haven't had a chance to post it on the blog. We planted it early this year. In March, I believe. We have 10 tomato plants (5 cherry & 5 regular tomatoes), 2 yellow bell pepper, 2 red bell pepper (green if you pick them before they turn red), and celery. We also had lettuce, but it's done now.

Everything is doing well. Celery never really does well, but I thought I would try it again. The only thing that we don't have that we usually have is Japanese cucumber. The store didn't have any when we bought our plants and I never got a chance to go back. We do miss having them.

The tomatoes are doing wonderful. The girls go out and pick several for dinner, almost every night. They are SO good!

We also have a bean plant. It was a school project for CK. They started with a lima bean in a paper towel. Once it started sprouting roots they transferred it to a cup of dirt. They watched their plants grow and then took them home. We watched the bean plant grow in it's little cup of dirt in the kitchen for a few months. I finally transferred it to a pot outside. It's doing well and it now has a bean pod growing! CK is so excited.

This is a great way to get your kids to try new things, BTW. Anything we plant in the vegetable garden the girls will at least try. They have helped me plant, water and harvest. It's so much fun!

I really like this veggie collage I put together. I might have to print it and hang it in my kitchen. Just gotta find a spot. Not too many walls in my small kitchen.