It's a garden!

I mentioned in a post earlier this month that I wasn't sure if we would be planting a garden this year. Well, last Saturday my sister and I finally buckled down and got to work.

We weeded, tilled and pulled out the rusty, falling-down, chicken-wire fence that we put up a few years ago. Yes, the rabbits now can get in the garden more easily, but it's worth it to not have to climb over the fence all the time.

We planted two tomatoes (in the red cages on the left), zucchini (in the back right, near the center of the photo), two cucumbers (at the red trellis on the right side) and a yellow squash (front left corner). My sister also planted sage and rosemary in the two pots, and I put a row of mammoth sunflower seeds at the back of the garden along the chain-link fence.

This is the front of the garden, which we didn't do much with other than to pull out some of the Creeping Charlie vines (not an easy feat when they're all mixed up with the strawberry vines). At the top middle are raspberry bushes, then below them are the strawberries -- we've had quite a few berries from both so far. Then there's the crazy rhubarb; my sister picked some the other day and made some delicious spiced rhubarb muffins.

So that's the quick garden update. We also planted some flowers in the window boxes and in a couple of large pots in the front yard. I'll try to post photos every few weeks or so once things start growing. Thanks for stopping by!