See How the Garden Grows..&.. Grows!

In the last post (yes, I know- quite a long time ago) I showed a picture of our very bare raised garden beds. It certainly did not look like much at the time-- but now take a look!

It truly amazes me that from a tiny seed, you can grow such huge wonderful plants, that you can eat. It is such a miracle of nature. Well, needless to say, we have loads of lettuce & spinach - it just keeps growing and growing... We are definitely getting our fill of salads. We also have alot of tomatoes that are getting bigger and riper by the day & I think that we are going to have a stockpile of zuccini and cucumbers as well. It is exciting to see how everything progresses day by day. We are also getting lots of beans and carrots and will soon see cantaloupe, watermelon and eventually pumpkins (hopefully just in time for Halloween).

Siena loves to go out and help me water the garden - which to her means - "play in the hose & get as wet as possible before mom stops me." She likes to go around and tell you what each plant is, and pull off the beans and peas- it is pretty funny.

I also took some photos of the many beautiful flowers in our yard. I love to see all the different varieties and colors - they are all so unique. We have lots of beautiful roses here in the Northwest - after all Portland is known as the Rose City Capital of the USA (if not the world). They just seem to thrive here and no matter how much you prune them, they just grow back even bigger and stronger. It makes it alot easier on those of us who like to do a little gardening now & then.