Garden 2013 - the project starts

So I need to fill the hanging basket...

And I just watched the movie "The Best Exciting Marigold Hotel" so I am going with marigolds.  I may not get to India anytime soon, but I will someday. And I love the idea of having flowers that attract butterflies on my porch!!

For the rest of the garden, I'm keeping it  simple this time around. No vegetables.  Just strawberries and herbs: mint, parsley, basil and oregano.

Very fragrant and perfect for cooking some great tasting food.

First berries of the summer

Oh yes!  My tiny strawberry plant survived the winter all on its own.  Definitely with no help from me...

But here it is already giving me the first berries of the season.  I will probably have to pick them early again this year.  They will be rather tart but otherwise the birds and squirrels enjoy them instead of me.  

Tart berries are still great on ice cream or with yogurt and honey!

Garden Update - peppers and cucumbers!

 

Baby Banana Peppers

The peppers are growing!   And I have tiny cucumbers as well.   No sign of actual vegetables yet on the squash and zucchini but there are a lot of blossoms so I am anticipating lots of good things to come soon....

Home Gardening is Good

So excited to see that my small garden is growing!   I have been moving the plants around in front of my porch in order to help them get enough sunlight to not only grow - but produce blooms and fruit.   Actually these are veggies...  the long awaited appearance of zucchini blossoms and evidence that I may have some cucumbers.