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The Fruits (and vegetables) of my Labor
Something I have always wanted to do is plant a garden. As we are staying at my parents home still, I now have more than a slab of cement for a back yard! I decided to plant a garden this year and it is amazing how things really do grow! There were a few plants we got from the store that were already started and others that I planted as seeds. I was sure that the seeds wouldn’t sprout, but sure enough I have a zillion cilantro, radish, and basil plants. I probably should thin them out… We also planted 13 tomato plants…what were we thinking? Who eats that many tomatoes? Maybe dad will have to make his world famous (or at least ward famous…family famous…friend famous..etc) salsa. A lot of it.
I am sure you are all really interested in seeing all my vegetables and herbs so I guess I’ll show them off :)
My Cilantro
Basil…obviously.
Radishes…need to be thinned.
My biggest corn stalk…
Tomatoes…
And my favorite men watching me water the plants.
Preston comes out in the backpack every morning to help me water the plants…though all he really does is pull my hair, whack my head, and scratch my ears…we get in some real quality time :)
Anna-Kare
May 9, 2008
4:54 pm
Those plants are pretty impressive!!! You must have a natural green thumb. If your dad gets tired of making his famous salsa, you could always can the tomatoes. It’s pretty easy to do and I’m sure there is someone around who could show you how.
Great picture of the guys. The more Preston grows the more I think he looks like your dad.
alisha
May 12, 2008
12:04 pm
13 tomato plants!! Adorable little signs! We just got to plant ours this weekend – I love it! I’m jealous that you can grow cilantro, I’m told it’s too cold to grow it here.
Cooper
May 12, 2008
12:54 pm
We’re pumped about our garden. We’re trying out corn for the first time this year. We’ve got some golden raspberries too, though I’m not confident they’ll grow. They’re not in the best soil.
What made you want to do radishes? We’re doing them for the first time, mainly ’cause we had the space and didn’t really have any other ideas. We both had a radish a couple of weeks ago for the first time since we were kids and both thought: “Okay. So that’s like crunchy water.” But they weren’t bad. Just not good either. Just kind of… there.