Gardening is fun!

I started gardening a few years ago. My parents and my sister/brother-in-law have these decent size gardens at their homes. Me? I live in a townhouse with a small patio. The backyard is community shared so I couldn't  venture into that area to grow veggies. I started off with 3 window boxes and some bagged soil. I had 3 tomatoes, some green/red peppers, and jalapenos. I also had a pot that had basil and parsley in it. It wasn't too bad. Just remember to water it and watch it grow. I didn't get much fruit out of them. Just enough to make some homemade salsa. It was a fun experience all the same. 

My 4yr old loved checking out my parents garden when we would visit them. He loved to pick the green beans, check out the tomatoes, the lettuce, basically everything they grew. Over the long winter months, I decided to step it up a notch and have a box garden. I did a lot of planning, lots of measuring, and finally came up with a suitable size for the patio. I even went to the point of mapping out the box on paper and label what I was going to plant, how many, etc. I was so excited to have my own box garden. 

My parents, love them dearly, made the box for me and got the lovely rich soil (the good stuff, not the bagged soil). We got everything set up, got the veggies, planted them and away we go. This was in April. It is now almost the end of May and my tomatoes are growing like crazy, 14 green beans have sprouted above the soil, I have flower buds showing on the habanero (which I hear is great  to have near lettuce to keep the bunnies away). The banana peppers and green/red/orange pepper plants are growing. I have romaine growing strong and have already picked my baby spinach 3 times (yes 3 times and its not even June!). I planted more green beans today to keep up with the growth. My son gets so excited to check out the garden out back. He loves seeing everything grow. He is even eating the spinach plain like a snack. No salad dressing or "ew" noises coming from him. 

This is my first blog ever but I hope to keep posting from time to time showing how the garden is progressing. I am not saying I am an expert at gardening but maybe someone who is not so much a green thumb (like how I am) sees the blog and how easy it can be, will decide to take that leap and grow a garden themselves.  

I have added a few photos below. One is of the garden. The other was my first pick of the spinach on 

May 19.

Until next time everyone!