Our garden

This year, we are growing a garden in our backyard. I did not take pictures of what the ground looked like before we started versus after. I wish that I had, but there is no sense in worrying about it now. What I do have, are pictures of what the plants looked like when I first put them in, and what they look like today.

Let’s start with the tomato plants. I got some from my wonderful neighbor, Amy, who started her tomatoes from seeds. I was a little late in the game, so she gave me some of the seedlings that she had left over.
Well, the first thing that you have got to learn in gardening, is that plants need water! She probably gave me at least 15 plants, and I skillfully (not really) whittled down to 4.

Here is what they looked like when they were first planted.

Below is the Beef Steak plant that I purchased from Lowes.

Below is the basil plant that I purchased at the Durham Farmer’s Market.

I also purchased cantelope and watermelon plants from Lowes as well. Here are pictures of them one day after planting. It is kind of hard to read, but the ones in the green lines are cantelopes and the ones in the red are watermelon. Please excuse my shadow

Here are the zucchini and cucumber plants. Also purchased at the Durham Farmer’s Market. You can see there is something strange going on with the Zucchini plants. Pretty much, it looks like a critter came and sat on them, right after I planted them!

I will attempt to do my best and chronical my experience with this garden. Yesterday, James and I put the dirt in the last bed, that is going to be used for the pole bean seeds that I have to plant. I am hoping to get that task completed by the end of the week.

In my next post, I will show you pictures of what the plants above, look like today.