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Showing posts with label garden. Show all posts

Thursday, July 3, 2014

Greg's Veggie Garden

Yeesh, it’s really hard to settle into a completely new schedule!  I think about blogging all of the time and just can’t seem to find the time to sit down and write!

Our home office progress is moving along slowly but surely.  We got all of the bookshelf units up and I got all of the adjustable shelves cut and painted, but then found out that the middle ones are too short for the opening L.  Note to self: measure shelf width AFTER installing the base units.  So now I’ll just have to cut/paint new shelves.  I also have all of the crown molding painted and ready to go!  Hopefully we can get that up this weekend.

Greg has been busy in the veggie garden lately!  I am so glad he is consistent with taking care of it because everything would be dead in a week if it were left up to me.  Greg must have gotten his mother’s green thumb because he is a growing machine!  Some of our squash are coming in already, as well as the spinach and lettuce!  We had grilled chicken lettuce wraps the other night and they were delicious!  We are trying a couple of new things from last year… here’s everything we are growing this year and some pictures of the garden so far:

  • Cherry tomatoes
  • Roma tomatoes
  • Pink tomatoes (so fun!)
  • Potatoes
  • Zucchini
  • Cucumbers (new)
  • Yellow squash
  • Spaghetti squash
  • Peas (new)
  • Carrots
  • Eggplant (new)
  • Bell peppers
  • Strawberries (new)
  • Blueberries (new)
  • Corn (new)
  • Spinach (new)
  • Romaine lettuce (new)
  • Basil
  • Oregano
  • Mint
  • Cilantro
  • Dill



Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Deck Update #6 - The Homestretch (plus sneak peek of the garden)

The deck is sooooo close to being finished!  We got the remainder of the railings up this past weekend and my "fancy steps" are about 3/4 of the way done.  I am lucky my dad loves a challenge because the wraparound/cascading steps are proving to be quite the design challenge.  There are a lot of geometry calculations and 3-dimensional thinking involved.  They are coming along great though!

Fancy steps being laid out for concrete landing pad.
Some custom stringers and Dad admiring his handy work.
First step is complete!
All of the railings are done!
Some temporary furniture.
Back view.
We also scored this sweet outdoor dining set from craigslist for half the price that it's going for at Target!  I'm so happy with it!  Now I just need to find a reasonable "conversation set" for the lower level.  We might just want until the end of the season to get something on clearance if I don't see anything on craigslist that I really like.

 

And finally some pictures of the veggie garden!  Greg assembled the boxes and built the fence about a month ago and we just planted our first crops: broccoli, potatoes and carrots (for Peter, of course).  This weekend we are going to plant peppers, tomatoes, squash, cucumbers, eggplant, basil and citronella.  Greg is the champion of our garden... I can't even keep our houseplant alive.  I'm very excited to reap the benefits of his hard work though... There's nothing better than a fresh Jersey tomato straight off the vine!

Just need to finish painting and put the fancy tops of the last few posts.
French door gate!
Lots of room for veggies!
My lone contribution to the garden... painted rock identifiers.  :)
And... Greg and Dad finally got the riding mower working.  No more push mowing for Greg!!