Progress in the Garden

 I'm always excited to walk through my garden and check on our progress.  So far, I'm still hopeful to have a good harvest. 

There are plenty of cucumbers.  We grew these last year and really enjoyed being able to just walk outside and pick one whenever we wanted a salad.  Looking forward to that again.  :)  

I am pleasantly surprised with the tomatoes.  Last year they didn't do well at all, but this year, it looks like we'll have plenty!  I decided that this year we would plant a nice variety, as opposed to last year when we planted mainly roma, and they all got blossom end rot.  :(  Soo, this year we have bush, cherry, grape, and brandywine. 

 

I can't wait for the bell peppers to be ready.  I cook with bell peppers at least a couple of times every week.  We planted red, yellow and green.  We also planted a few banana peppers because those are a favorite of hubby.   

 

 Oooh and eggplants.  These will be a nice change for dinner!  I don't cook them often, but we do love them.

And watermelon!  I hope that little flower makes it all the way to a watermelon. Mmmm a fresh, tasty snack for the kids. This is what they are most excited about. 

                             
We also have giant pumpkins, sunflowers, strawberries, and corn.  It's not much, but it is exciting to watch our food grow.  This is the most we've tried to grow so far.  If it does well, we'll expand a little more again this fall.  I'll keep praying that they all make it to harvest.  :)