Garden pics...

The cucumbers are growing on a trellis (it was originally meant for my sugar snap peas, which didn't make it, I think something got to them, because some of the plants were ripped out of the ground)

I've got 2 varieties of cucumbers,  the "regular" kind, and the pickling kind.

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My basil is huge.  Pesto anyone?

2 varieties of loose leaf lettuce.  So yummy!  It's been great to have fresh organic lettuce available 24-7.  I'll definitely be planting lettuce every year from now on.

And of course, tomatoes!  These are plums.

And these are beefsteaks.

Jalapeno peppers (great with the plum tomatoes, onion, and cilantro for homemade salsa)

And then there are the green beans, which I posted pics of not too long ago.

I <3 my garden!

A new spin on the same old same old...

I've decided to make salad for dinner once a week.  We've had an abundance of cucumbers, tomatoes, and lettuce from the garden, and I needed a different way to put them together.  I hate when my salad is "boring", same ingredients, same style so to speak.  Salad is one of those things that's awesome when someone else puts it together for you with their own spin, and then it seems so fresh and new and yummy.

I'm going to try to make more FUN salads, and here's the first one... a classic Cobb!  I made a bed of loose leaf lettuce from the garden and added some organic baby spinach for a twist.  Then I place stripes of garden cucumbers, grilled chicken, fresh tomatoes, BACON, hard boiled eggs, avocado, and reduced fat blue cheese (which was pretty good for being "light").  This salad was awesome.  Even T liked it, probably because of all the toppings which made it more filling, and well... more FUN  =)

BEANS!!!!

YAY for fresh green beans in the garden!

Here's today's little harvest... enough for me and Mags to snack on while hanging out on the deck waiting for Daddy to get home...

Here's my girl chomping on some fresh beans!  

Look at the smile full of chewed up green beans lol...

Deelish!  I'm loving her excitement when we pick things right out of the garden in the yard.  I seriously doubt she'd eat raw beans if we had got them from the store.  Somehow, they are much more "fun" when we pick them ourselves ;)

Our Furry (uninvited) Friend...

Let me introduce you to our furry friend, dubbed "Easter Funny" by Magpies.  (Yes, we are still working on our B's lol so bunnies=funnies)... We've suddenly sprouted a handful of bunnies in our yard.  We see them every day, and I must say they are pretty darn cute.

Though cute to look at, if these Easter Funnies decide to make a snack out of my precious garden, I may have to kick some bunny butt lol...  Hopefully our chicken-wire garden fence will do its job!

Beauts

Can't believe these gorgeous peonies came from our backyard.  LOVE when they bloom each year.

:)

The Garden gets its Groove back

I know, I know, that's a might impressive looking garden I've got going on.

Well, don't you worry, I've got BIG plans.....

I decided to expand into a U shape this year.  I figured it would be easy to reach all the goodies with this shape.  ;)

I used some more scrap wood from a pile behind the shed to put along the edges, and my honey trimmed it all up to size.  We bought the trellis at Lowe's for my baby sugar snap peas.

Still not done planting. 

 But so far, I've put in the sugar snap peas, 2 varieties of lettuce, basil, parsley, jalapenos, and scallions.

I'm planning on getting some cherry and plum tomatoes, cucumbers, and maybe some peppers.  

It's been a rainy few days, so once everything clears up, I can finish planting and take some more "After" pics.

Growth

My babies are growing :)

Almost time to transplant them into the garden....

Thin Is In....

My sugar snap peas have taken off- so it's time to thin them out and put them in their own pots.

Every year, T turns over the garden for me around Mother's Day.  In a few weeks, I'll be able to plant my little guys (pot and all) in our backyard garden. 

Now each one has its own little home ;)

Spreading my seed....

It's almost time to start the garden!  Woohooo!

I want to try some new things this year, so I picked up sugar snap peas and 2 variety of lettuce seeds.

Since planting them last week, they've begun to sprout!  

Yay!