The garden has started producing! I have officially harvested three tomatoes and lots of basil. Here are my spoils from last Sunday. The blackberries were planted last year by the last people to live in the house. Thank goodness we didn’t assume the plants were weeds!
The former residents also planted green grapes that are currently growing on the trellis that holds the bird feeders. I’m very excited about them! In about two weeks I should have more tomatoes than I can handle. The plants have exploded.
Can you see the sticks? Because I am always behind on these things, Lowes had already sold all of their metal contraptions for stabilizing the tomatoes. So Jon broke down some sticks and I used yarn to affix the tomatoes to the sticks. I like this better because it looks more like what a hippie would do. I’m going to become a total hippie in my spare time. You know, when I’m not writing software patents on new technology.
The squash are looking good too. They’re already flowering.
Jon keeps talking about us buying a house on 20 acres of land. Generally I’m opposed to this idea because we currently live 3.5 miles from work, less than a mile from awesome vegetarian food, and a few miles away from independent film theaters. But then I think about all the things I could grow! In this house, I’ll always be limited by a pretty small plot of land. Ah, compromises.
You’ll never sleep if you have 20 acres of land plus jobs lol! Your garden looks so nice and green.
I know, that is a problem too. If I’m already working on the weekends half the time, tending acres of garden would be quite a task. I was grumbling last night after pinching the heads off all my basil and that only took 15 minutes.