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Garden update 5/31/07
May 31, 2007 | 9:27 AM PST
Tags: Update , tomatoes , strawberries , peppers , carrots , radish , peas , herbs , salad , spinach , growing , gardens , mesclun mix , broccoli raab

Hey all, I just wanted to pop on over and let everyone know that I have been very busy with the boys battling illness after illness and now I have an ear ache that is killing me and I am going to the doctor for today.

Everything in my garden is growing wonderfully.  I have tons of tomatoes and strawberries that are not quite ready for picking.  So far I have lots of herbs and 1 green pepper that is getting bigger everyday.  My carrots, peas, radish, broccoli raab and more herbs are growing but are not ready to be harvested.

I lost all my spinach, it died on me so I am going to plant more.  We ate the mesclun mix salad with dinner one night and the boys devoured it.  They call salad "dinosaur food" and they couldn't wait to eat it, so I cut it down and we enjoyed it.  Some of what was left over in the pot died and the rest of it is growing tall and now has flowers on it!  I will also be planting more salad soon.

I really didn't think my garden would turn out to be as successful as it is.  I am very proud of myself and I can't wait to get my hands on the first tomato, strawberry, radish, carrot and pea and taste the fruits of my labor!  I absolutely have fallen in love with gardening.  It is amazing to me when I go out everyday and see how big my tomatoes and pepper  have gotten since the night before.  I love seeing the strawberries popping up all over like crazy.  It is like a dream come true for me.  I have always wanted the ability to grow my own foods and be rewarded with success and now it has come true for me!!

I can't wait til the first tomato gets ripe enough to pick, I am hauling my butt to the store and getting some fresh mozzarella cheese and I am going to make my very first tomato, basil and mozzarella salad with fresh home grown tomatoes and basil from MY GARDEN!!!  Oooohhhhhhhh, I am getting very excited!

Well gotta run now, take care all!

Jeanne