Pink and Greens

A few months ago our family decided it was time to try our hand at vegetable gardening.  First we built two planter boxes on the west side of our house.

Then we filled them with 50% dirt from our yard, 50% mulch from the store, planted a tomato plant, basil plant, two pepper plants, and sowed seeds for green onions, carrots and lettuce.

Then we waited.

And watered.

And waited.

And fertilized.

And waited.

And then.....there was an early frost and we lost the peppers, the basil, and nearly all the tomatos.  Sad.  We planted broccoli and cauliflower in place of the peppers.

And we kept on watering.

And waiting.

And then.....

Our garden actually grew!  We've harvested the broccoli, green onions, lots of carrots, and we've been eating salads twice a week since the beginning of January with all the lettuce we grew.

And we've got a whole new crop of flowers on the tomato plant so we have high hopes that they'll ripen before the weather gets too hot.  It's been a great family project and we're proud of the Pinks for helping every step of the way.