Salad and Rose Gardens

Mick and I, despite both being from farming (extended, not immediate) families, have never gardened. A few flowers here and there, but never a vegetable garden.

Last year Mick planted a cherry tomato plant in our cute little garden at the old townhouse on the flight line and then transplanted it to our current house and it was the cherry tomato plant that wouldn't die. We enjoyed it so much!

This year we expanded and made a "salad garden." Cherry tomatoes, Japanese cucumbers (smaller), and lettuce.

We found these two cucumbers underneath the plant this weekend.

HOLY COW!!!!!!!!!!! Did I say smaller? :)

We have picked the lettuce three times and you can see that it has grown back again! LOVE!!!!!

We have some green cherry tomatoes and there are sooooooo many blossoms still! We're going to have TONS!

I got so excited with the success of the "salad garden" that I have planted a few extra pots. Edamame, blueberries and strawberries. We'll see! One of our neighbors is an expert gardener, a good Kansas farm boy, and he told us to learn gardening, the best thing you can do is to start out slow. He said the mistake that most people make is to plant too much, fail miserably, and then never garden again. He likes our "salad" plan and has been giving us a few tips here and there.

We planted some rose bushes (tulips too, but those are gone) and they are blooming! Love them!!!!!

When you have an ISU cheerleader gnome and a Texas gnome, you get motivated to make them a nice home in which to live!

We also planted a mican (Japanese clementine) tree. It won't bear fruit while we are here, but I have the fantasy that years from now the people who move into our house will feel so lucky that they got the "Mican Tree Townhouse." :)

I don't think HGTV will be calling us anytime soon, but we are very proud of our little garden!