we planted our first garden

I'm very excited to report that we planted our first garden! We found this patio garden at Sam's Club last year and bought it on clearance at the end of the summer. I have been patiently & excitedly awaiting nice weather to plant our first garden! (I've never even been able to keep a fake plant alive in my life - so we'll see how this goes!) We thought it would be a fun project for the girls to help with and a nice way to grow some healthy foods that maybe my kids will even eat!

Thanks so much to my parents for going to Lowes with us to pick out our vegetables & get soil! We got them just before unexpected storms came in, so we had to wait to plant them! Today we planted two tomato plants, red bell peppers, sweet yellow peppers (all of those hang through the bottom upside down), and hot banana peppers, jalepenos, cilantro, and basil (on top). I couldn't find zucchini or squash at Lowes or Home Depot, so if I find them somewhere soon, I'll add them too! (Please ignore our patch of missing grass - we have lots of spots to fill in our yard still!)

Natalie was my little helper! She liked helping planting the flowers in our patio pots!

Sammi came out to join us for the flowers too!


Last steps....Water!
...and clean up!

We'll let you know if we have any success with our garden this year! Happy Summer!