A tour of the grounds

This year, I embarked on a new gardening venture. We've had a few plants in the ground each season pretty much every year we've lived here. And before that, I had a patio garden which was pretty successful. . but I was single. :-) Somehow with the intervening years of pregnancy, nursing, napping baby, it always seemed that I couldn't persevere from planting to harvest with equal intensity. After reading a bit about square foot gardening, a few factors made me very excited about this method. One, I could fit a very large variety of plants in a smaller space than I had previously been tending (or not tending). Also, I could rectify my hugely sloped yard with terraced boxes. So, after a bit of a late start, my handy husband built my boxes & I started a few plants from seeds, and some from the greenhouse

First fruits

Next door neighbor to the garden -- our blueberry patch.

The yard has seen some nice additions of color this year.

I have one more surprise in the garden that I can't wait to discover -- I have a volunteer vegetable vine growing under my porch. Can't wait to see what it is!