We decided to try a garden this year. Neither of us are gardeners and so we decided to try square foot gardening. We decided to make a 2 ft by 4 ft box, small enough to care for and large enough for 3 types of plants. We chose peas, carrots and corn. I started the plants inside in mid March and they grew really well and more quickly than I anticipated. In April we needed transplanted them outside to our garden box. But, it was a cold spring this year and we had some snow shortly after we transplanted them and within a few days we lost nearly everything. Well, we didn't let that deter us and I bought some more seeds and planted again in May when the weather finally turned a bit warmer. This is what our garden box looked like in mid June.
A week or two later we had some plump fresh peas. Yum! And the kids loved to be able pick the peas and open them. They happily gobbled them all up and pronounced them the best they ever had.
The peas just gave me a second lot of peas and I just harvested the carrots. The carrots are tiny, but the kids love that they are so small and cute and gobble them up just as quickly. You can see the biggest one is about as long as my middle finger. The corn is still struggling to grow and may not produce, but we were excited to just see them grow. I think we may try it again next year. Happy gardening!
