Saturday, April 30, 2011

My other babies

These are my snap peas that have just started popping up the last few days. It is so hard to keep the kids from eating them every day so we can let it produce enough to gather for dinner.

This is my little vegetable garden this year: snap peas along the back wall, regular peas on the left, cucumbers on the far right, and the middle is jam packed with tomato plants (possibly too many for them to thrive - we'll see how that goes..) We finally got a hose hooked up to the rain barrel so I can water the garden for free. There's just something about growing plants from seeds that gives you a sort of proud and protective feeling...

3 comments:

Whitney Herndon said...

Have you ever tried growing cilantro? We use so much of it I was thinking about trying to grow some...just haven't ventured into vegetable gardens yet!

The Carpenters said...

I do have some, for the some you need something called slow bolting cilantro. Cilantro really grows best in mild weather (spring and fall) because the heat makes it bolt (produce seeds and stop tasting good). You can tell it has bolted when it gets thin and lacy on top. The slow bolting kind last much longer in the heat. Good luck!
Liz

Becca said...

Today Patrick got Mom to guess what two little animals were eating the vegetables in your garden.