How Does My Garden Grow... cont'd

This is how my garden has been growing.

I can't wait to harvest from my veggie garden. I had to put up a fence because Little Doggie Zen thought it was a good idea to fertilize my tomato plants herself. I decided she was wrong.

My new rain garden is working beautifully. I installed a french drain along the back fence, built up a little berm, added some water loving plantings and let Mother Nature have at it. Big Doggie Zen likes to explore the rain garden because he knows the birds love it back there.

The pool is open, and I have a beautiful relaxing place to sit while Zen Sons splash.

Ahhh... I love summer.

How Does My Garden Grow

So, my little babies that I started in my homemade grow stand have found their way into my garden. This year, I expanded my veggie garden. Mr. Zen helped me rototill a section of our suburban paradise, and I created 6 raised beds, surrounded them with gravel, and added soil and compost. My little babies have a new home.

I happened to have some old vinyl fencing stacked in a corner of my yard, waiting for a new life.... or the landfill. I hate to add to the landfill, so I was procrastinating about stacking the white rods out on garbage day... so they sat.

I realized I needed tomato cages. I needed quite a few tomato cages, and I really didn't want to spend too much money, or no money, if I didn't have to. And I spyed the vinyl fencing...

I did end up purchasing a few nuts and bolts (and washers), but now I have tomato cages that will last my lifetime (at least that's what the vinyl fence salesman said).

My tomato cages are a little tall, but I have tall expectations for my tomato plants. Oh, and I made a bean teepee for my string beans too!

OK babies.... grow, grow, grow..... I'm hungry!!!