How Are Things Growing?

Hey all! Just thought I'd give you a little update on the jungle growing in our back yard (wheee!) So far, so good. We have a ton of gorgeous cherry tomatoes on the vine, a big summer squash and lots of flowering. I'm super excited to see what the rest of the summer brings. 

Are you gardening? Update us- how are your things growing?? 

Garden Fresh

I love gardening so much. This morning, I went around to my beds to check out how things are growing. We are having our first few days of h-o-t weather mixed in with tons of rain, so I made sure things were handing the crazy weather. 

Imagine my surprise when I saw these growing up from a random pile of dirt from last year. How fun is nature? I'm leaving them there for now- it will be exciting to see what kind of gourd it turns out to be!!!

Here is what I'm pinning for garden inspiration this week: 

1. Such pretty lines, although I'd never be organized enough to actually pull this off. (via)

2. I could DIY something like this, no? (via)

3. So vibrant and cheerful. (via) 

4. Our window boxes are primarily full of herbs, but this is so gorgeous! (via)

How Are Things Growing?

Gardening! I love being outside in the garden. Weeding, planting, digging, hauling, mowing. I'll happily do it all! Here's how our little slice of paradise is looking after a little sunshine. 

 Basil, habenero peppers, rosemary

 Thyme, habenero peppers, globe basil

Our giant rose bush is in bloom!!

 Cucumbers (I think)

 All of our heirloom tomato plants went in today!

 Random flowers

 Our lettuce is going crazy

 I grew super tall!

Yay! All green and happy. 

How Are Things Growing?

We have sprouts! We have sprouts! Woohoo. All that rain was a great drink for our little garden, because all of our seeds have sprouted. I had kind of given up on planting from seed, because I didn't see anything growing for over two weeks, but my patience was rewarded. Check it out: 

Pea shoots

I have no idea what the spindly things are- the green shoot in the front are beans!

Romaine lettuce! 

Parsley that somehow came back from last year.

These flowering plants came back from last year! Woohoo. 

Today, we're planting some tomato seedlings from our sweet neighbors, some basil and some cucumber and pumpkin seedlings. 

Let The Sun Shine!

Oh my word, what a glorious Sunday we had. Mike and I decided to spend as much time outside in the sun and I'm so glad we did. Oh, and we totally did it Tiny Wallet Style!

We woke up super early and decided to skip the gym in favor of some outside booty-shaping. There is this amazing park/walking trail in our neighboring city (about a 10 minute drive) called Deer Island.

(Doesn't it look like that plane is coming from my ear?)

It's actually the site of the municipal waste water treatment plant, but don't let that scare ya! The trails are very well-maintained and the view from the top is amazing.

You can scope out the city skyline, peep some planes flying into Logan and even see out to the harbor courtesy of some sweet binoculars!!

After the walk, we headed back to 02128 for some serious garden time. Lucky for us, our neighbors had the same idea so we were able to hang with them while we were raking and digging.

I wish I took a before- our yard was in tough shape. Leaves and leaves and dead plants from last year and more leaves and sticks and more leaves. We filled 5 (five!!!) lawn and leaf bags. Holy cow! Our muscles are sore and our backs a little achy, but we can say that our gardens are ready for planting. Woohoo!

We are SO looking forward to gardening. The sunshine, the smell of dirt, the satisfaction of growing something from a tiny seed into a plant. It's good for the soul.

Planning a Vegetable Garden

It's a super sunny, gorgeously blue-sky kind of day here in Boston. Although the thermometer still says "winter", we're feeling pretty springy. We have the seed catalogues out, and are in the middle of reading two awesome books: 

Find it here

Find it here

We're getting excited about expanding our vegetable garden. As we mentioned, we're planning to nix the flowers this year (sniffle, sniffle), opting instead to just spend our pennies growing things we can actually eat! We're doing lots of reading to figure out how to grow a thriving garden on a tiny budget!

Here's a preview of what we've got up our sleeve! Next week, we'll show you our garden plan and talk specifics.

Photos via Territorial Seed (they are awesome- check 'em out!)