Garden

Our 2017 Garden So Far

Finally, our garden has been planted! I was looking forward to it since we wrapped up last summer’s garden, and now it’s here 🙂

We weeded the plot, tilled it, applied weed block, and started a fence.

Garden with fence

Then it was time to plant! We did our planting on Memorial Day. We used seedlings from Bedner’s Greenhouse again, since we’ve had great harvests from their plants.

Here’s what we planted:

  • Cherry tomatoes
  • San Marzano tomatoes
  • Purple tomatoes
  • Green beans
  • Japanese eggplant
  • Swiss chard
  • Green peppers
  • Cucumber
  • Zucchini

Vegetable garden with fence

As you can see, the weed block (black tarp-looking material) is a new addition from last year’s garden. We did a lot of weeding last year, so we’re hoping the weed block will cut back on that task. That would be a game changer! I will keep you posted on how it works for us.

Here’s a look at how our garden has developed since we moved in.

Vegetable Garden Progression

So, that’s our garden so far for 2017! We need to finish up the fence, and then tend to the plants as they grow!

Currently: June 2017

Current obsession Filming vlogs! It’s just so much fun to have video footage of special memories and daily life. I have another one up from yesterday. I visited the hospital and showed our garden.

Current book Women of the Bible by Ann Spangler and Jean E. Syswerda. I just finished up learning about Gomer, Hosea’s wife, and now I’m onto Elizabeth!

Current beauty product Coppertone SPF 50 Clearly Sheer Whipped Sunscreen. This stuff is amazing. I love the way it feels, and it goes on great. Sorry, I’m a tad bit obsessed with sunscreen. I used Sun Bum on our honeymoon, and was loving Supergoop last month. I think my favorite sunscreen is a tie between Sun Bum and Coppertone Whipped. Okay, I’ll stop going on. Maybe I’ll discuss sunscreen in depth in another post, if anyone is interested 😉

Coppertone Clearly Sheer Whipped Sunscreen SPF 50

Current craving Spending time with my friend, Kim. We are hanging out soon, and I’m so pumped!

Current drink Coffee from Cafe du Monde! My mother-in-law went to New Orleans and brought me back some since she knows NOLA is one of my dream travel destinations. I’m super tempted to buy beignet mix off of Amazon to have the complete Cafe du Monde experience.

Current indulgence Bringing Malcolm outside while Jimmy and I eat dinner on our back porch!

Current food Sushi! I had been craving it for a few weeks, but hadn’t had a chance to get some. I was at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh yesterday, and grabbed lunch in the cafe. I found some sushi and it hit. the. spot.

Brown rice sushi with avocado and tuna

Current need A haircut. It has been a few months since I last had it trimmed, and my hair is starting to feel downright straggly. I’m hoping to have it trimmed before my sister’s wedding on the 10th. I better get on that, now that I think about it!

Current blessing Memorial Day weekend. We had such a nice time celebrating Jimmy’s birthday, planting our garden, and spending time with family.

Current confession I fell asleep while working at my desk last week, and I slept so hard that my ear imprinted on my arm, LOL.

Ear imprint on arm

Current excitement We planted our garden! More on this in another post.

Current procrastination Mopping our floors. I just don’t feel like doing it, but totally need to since we’ve been out in the garden and then track dirt, grass, and mud into the house!

Current mood Content. God is good 🙂