Ahhh

Here is todays harvest.  See the little carrot? 
I just wanted to peak at what I have to look forward to...

Gad Zooks!

The veggies keep rolling in! I didn't look at my zucchs for two days, and when I went back out there, look what I found!



And that little bunch of beans in the last post? Completely overshadowed by the two huge handfuls I've harvested in the last few days! My daughter even tasted on. She declared that it was disgusting. Things are getting exciting...

And then there were BEANS!

I have achieved beans! Actual, edible beans!

I thought I only had one little anorexic little bean, but I didn't look under the leaves at the bottom of the plants! Beans! Ha!

Also, one of my peppers is growing upside down, with the end facing up. Is this a sign of the apocalypse?

Yay!

The very first fruit of my labor! It was delicious!

I guess I didn't really tell you about the strawberry plant. Probably because I planted it behind the tomato and I can't really see it now that the tomato has gone ballistic. But then, here was a fat, red strawberry! Yay!

Day 40

I'm feeling good again. My corn is at a standstill, but...

I've counted at least two dozen tomatoes.

When will they start to turn red?

I have two peppers growing on this plant

I've got some zucs goin'

Some soon-to-be lemon cucumber

And will you look at these beans!? Jeez!

What started like this

Now looks like this!

Yeah: I've got some mad gardening skills.

I have some concerns

My euphoria has worn off a little bit. I'm still watering and saying good morning to all the little plants, but I've run into a few snags. For example, I don't feel good about my corn:

I learned that each of these little fladangly things,

Has to attach itself to every one of these hairs here

I was warned that I would have to plant a lot of corn for it to actually make a cob I can sink my teeth into, and I only planted two plants. I don't like my chances.

Also, there is the matter of my lettuce. I was told by the expert at the nursery that in my sunny yard, this was not the optimal time for planting this kind of lettuce, but this kind of lettuce, Little Gem, was almost the whole reason I wanted to start a garden in the first place, so I went for it. Here is the result:

Out of about 20 seeds, I have these two, pitiful little sprouts.

Then, there are the carrots. They are doing very well, but its time to thin them and I can't bear to do it! Its just so heartbreaking to me to pull out these little hopeful sproutlets!

I can't get too down though. So far I haven't outright killed anything, so that's good news, and all I have to do is look at my rockin' tomato plant to feel good about my efforts!

Now, with stakes!