First harvest meal!

On our way out of the garden, I snagged some oregano to add to tonight's nacho mix, and mint for mojitos :-).

First Planting

With the cold weather and crazy storms, we have not found time to visit the garden until this afternoon. Armed with plants from Home Depot and the Hyde Park Garden Fair, we decided to swallow our trepidation and visit our plot. The news was very good -- a few volunteers and not many weeds! David spent some time last fall putting down a layer of newspaper, which had dissolved over the spring and left us mostly weed-free.

Volunteers: 

-Kale

-Onions

-Dill

-Broccolini (small and already ready to bolt)

-Tomatoes (very small)

Planted:

-Tomatoes

-Peppers

-Marigolds

-Scallion and cabbage cuttings

Pea pods!

Today I harvested one of my favorite treats -- pea pods! Who can stand to let them mature? Who can stand to let them even sit in the harvest basket? I should start going to the garden for lunch...

Trellised Peas And Mystery Plants With Watering Fairies

The fun thing about letting a pack of kids plant your garden with you is all the mystery plants among the rows...

Probably there are a lot of weeds in here, but who can tell!

The Girls' Soybeans and Tomatoes are Sprouting

I am not sure where these will go....

Spinach is up!

Some of our spinach leaves look ready to eat -- if you like baby spinach :). But the best part is watering, of course.

Lots going on....

I'm not sure I'll have the heart to thin these seedlings :( looks like the first planting may come up after all, so we are in abundance now!