Veggie Garden Pics

As promised! Here are some pictures of our verticle vegetable garden.  My husband has been trying so hard for the 14 years we have been in FL to have a garden atleast 1/2 as good as the one he had in PA.  It's so hard for us because the dirt here is just sand.  We had it tested and it's just barely good for growing weeds :).  We ended up buying dirt & got the idea of using pots & going verticle from an organic co-op garden we used to be part of.  It is working!!  We have been getting lettuce & broccoli already.  We picked our first cauliflower as well.  At this point we are trying all kinds of things & seeing what works for us.  It's so exciting & my kids are loving it too.  It's so hard to walk by the garden & not pick the red cherry tomatoes  - especially for my 6 yr old.  She is addicted!!

This is where we started at the beginning of March:

Today:

This is what came off it today:

Do you have a vegetable garden?  How does yours grow?  Do you keep it organic?  What are you growing?  Please share!

Be Blessed & Healthy!!

Gardening with the Kids

Oh my what a beautiful day!!  It hit about 90 here in Central Florida & after a morning of a yucky dr appt I called my 2 youngest kids & said be ready to get in the car when I get home.  I took them over to Lowe's & let them pick out plants to put in their gardens.  My 13 yr old son took over the plot that used to be the butterfly garden.  We still have some butterfly hosts plants in there but he is choosing to put some more color in there too. 

Miss E my 6 yr old princess has a spot outside her bedroom window.  When she was just a baby I would sit at her window with her & we would look out & enjoy all the pretty things outside.  She remembers alot of it & said she can't wait to enjoy that again with all these new plants.  She also picked Spearmint & Parsley to plan since they do ok with part sun.  Her plot doesn't get alot of sun. 

Of course when they were all done we just HAD to turn the sprinklers on!  There has to be some rinsing off & watering all the new plants.  I'm sure this wasn't fun AT ALL.  Can you tell how they weren't having fun?

Last but NOT least, my son M found this little friend in his garden.  He put it in our veggie garden to help us out there. 

So, I know you know I can't let you go without a little fitness/health talk right?  Well, now.  Gardening is a GREAT way to get out there & get some physical fitness.  Get down & dirty & pull those weeds, push that wheelbarrow, shovel that dirt.  Yes, that all counts as a workout.  Now, it doesn't and shouldn't take the place of a good cardio workout but it does count. 

Tell me about your garden.  Do you have a flower or veggie or both?  We also have a great vegetable garden.  It's my husbands creation for sure.  I don't have that kind of green thumb.  I'm so proud of him.  I'll posts pictures of that next!!  You want to see a REALLY cool garden?  Check out my friends blog over at The Not So Perfect Housewife.

If you stop by let me know.  Just leave me a comment & say hi.  Thanks!!

Be Blessed & Healthy!!