Some of you may be wondering why I haven’t posted an update to my little gardening experiment since May. Remember how fresh and new my garden looked right after the seeds were planted?

Sadly, the reason I haven’t updated you is, well… I’m embarrassed.  It seems my thumb isn’t quite as green as I thought it could be.  My back row of cucumbers all died, even after reseeding them twice, and the only thing that really seems to be growing in this area is basil.  I’m really good at growing basil.

I’m not giving up.  After reseeding the carrots and lettuce, I have some good sprouts and I harvested enough beets today to feed… me.  But really, you should have seen Bubba’s face when he pulled them up. Definitely worth it.

Ignoring my attempts at square foot gardening, I’m actually pretty darn good at growing squash and tomatoes.  Check out these before pictures:

Now they look like this:

Nice, huh?  Yep, bring it tomatoes and squash.  I’m keeping hope alive even though my first harvest looked like this…

I’ve learned some great lessons like watering your garden regularly means more than once a day when it’s 90 degrees out, lettuce really is a cold season veggie so don’t expect great results in July, and remember to tell your 4-year-old that those 2 cm carrots aren’t quite ready yet BEFORE he pulls half of them out.

So my first harvest was kind of puny, but I’m pretty sure I’ll be up to my ears, literally, in squash before this gardening venture is done.  And even if it isn’t I promise to provide updates more regularly, even if I’m embarrassed!

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1. Picking out seeds for your suburb garden
2. Starting small with a suburb garden
3. Planting a suburb garden
4. My suburb garden UPDATE
5. How to garden in the suburbs

2 Responses to “My weak sauce suburban garden”

1. Christy says:

   August 5, 2010 at 2:59 pm

   Don’t be embarrassed! I think it is so cool that you are even attempting a garden. . . I have that on my list of things I would like to do, but really don’t have the time, energy, knowledge, patience. . . .you get the idea. Keep sharing-no matter how little (or much) your garden grows.
2. Alyssa says:

   August 5, 2010 at 10:49 pm

   You’re too sweet, girl! I’m getting excited about all of the squash that’s coming in, but I’m sure I’ll be leaving some on my neighbor’s doorstep by the end of the season!