Our 1st Garden

So we have decided that our timing for most things lately has not been very good. We bought our first house during record low winter temperatures, causing pipes to burst; I will be pregnant through the entire summer of 100 degree heat, and we decided to plant a garden during the worst drought in Texas history! However, we do have plants growing as well as a growing water bill!!

We are new gardeners and do not have any experience so we bought seeds that said 'guaranteed to grow.' In February we started a small compost pile and by the end of March there were seeds in the ground. (Yeah we should have started the compost sooner). Then there was a lot of waiting and thinking we had failed.

Kenney asked me where we should put the garden, and I told him in the corner of our yard. Well, he said that is where our best grass is and wanted to put it right in the middle of the yard. Since Kenney does 99% of the outside stuff I let him decide, and yep, it's in the middle!

Well, the seeds were true to their packaging. We have at least one of every plant growing! We have peas, green beans, corn, cantaloupe, 3 different onions, okra, brussel sprouts, 2 different tomatoes, jalapenos, serrano peppers, bell peppers, pumpkins, carrots, yellow squash, zucchini and a few herbs. We didn't know what would grow so we tried a little of everything!

Not too bad for our first garden!

Kyler likes the garden too because it makes both Mom and Dad stay outside longer. He also gets to play in the dirt more. We are still trying to teach him what a weed is and not to pull out our vegetables. So far we have not been very successful. Although, the best part for Kyler is the water!

Things change every day. These pictures were taken last week, but everything is bigger now.