Until this spring/summer, never really thought much about gardening. Having a baby girl changed that & since Felicia loves her veggies, decided to try my hand at gardening. Boy is starting a new addiction expensive. Even with finding great deals on most things, I'm sure I've pumped in at least $700-800 into Felicia's blueberry "farm", 2 raised garden boxes and now 2 greenhouses (including a "horizontal" greenhouse). The blueberry patch is by far the most expensive, costing a total of at least $400 since I like cedar planter boxes for them. There are over a dozen bushes, mostly 3+ years old and berrying up very, very well.
Growing all sorts of veg in the raised planters that we filled with sod and soil from the deck building project a couple of summers ago. All that sod composted over the last two years & is now supplying my seedlings with plenty of organic nutrients.
We now have bok choi, strawberries, green onions, zuccinni, chayote squash, bitter melon, 5 different varieties of tomatoes, 3 different varieties of sweet bell peppers, some hot chilis, including the really hot variety, brocolli, cauliflower, corn, onions, purple onions, celery, string beans, sweet peas, and two varieties of cherry tomatoes, rosemary, mint & other herbs.
So, Kole & I are now "garden buddies" (sorry Kole, I know it sounds unmanly), but just wondering how many others have gotten into or are into gardening nowadays?
BTW, I love having a big backyard.
Growing all sorts of veg in the raised planters that we filled with sod and soil from the deck building project a couple of summers ago. All that sod composted over the last two years & is now supplying my seedlings with plenty of organic nutrients.
We now have bok choi, strawberries, green onions, zuccinni, chayote squash, bitter melon, 5 different varieties of tomatoes, 3 different varieties of sweet bell peppers, some hot chilis, including the really hot variety, brocolli, cauliflower, corn, onions, purple onions, celery, string beans, sweet peas, and two varieties of cherry tomatoes, rosemary, mint & other herbs.
So, Kole & I are now "garden buddies" (sorry Kole, I know it sounds unmanly), but just wondering how many others have gotten into or are into gardening nowadays?
BTW, I love having a big backyard.