Our First Garden!

We have talked about having a garden for a few years now. This year we finally went ahead and started one! Square foot gardening is what we decided to try since it's our first year-start small so we don't get overwhelmed! Anand built a box for our garden. He also built an irrigation system-very cool!

He mixed up some organic soil...


Suri helped:





As did Maya:


Good work, girls!









We have 16 sections! That is way more planting than I expected!


We also had two big pots that we used-one for herbs (cilantro & fenugreek), and one for tomatoes.


We wrote on the side of the box for fun.


Irrigation system:


Planting Time! We used all Plants this year (except carrots). Next year, we may try seeds.





Maya planting cucumbers:


Our heirloom tomato plants:



Maya with a basil plant:


Suri:


Watering time:


This was after we planted cucumbers, several varieties of peppers, and basil.


We also planted a few varieties of onions, leeks, rosemary, two types of basil, carrots, celery, eggplant, Bibb lettuce, lavender, red cabbage, and dill.



This was taken after a couple of days. We already have blossoms on the tomato plants and the cukes have new leaves!








Anand is now hooked. He has already built another box for next year!


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