My Garden

This year, I planted my first ever vegetable and spice garden and boy, has it blossomed. I have lots of parsley, basil, cilantro, mint and oregano. I also planted tomatoes, bell peppers and jalapenos. I am yet to see any bell peppers (although the plants look quite healthy), but I have nice big tomatoes and even a few jalapenos. Check out the pictures and then I'll tell you all about the lessons I have learned.


Now for the lessons I have learned.

1. Respect the space! The plants come with instructions on how far apart to plant them, and you should follow the instructions even if the plants look really small when you are putting them in the ground. I didn't do this, and now all of my plants have grown together.
2. Dig a hole. In other words, don't just dump a bunch of dirt on top of the existing grass, because the grass will grow through! In my garden, I have plants that have all grown intertwined and with grass in the middle.

Needless to say, my garden is not the most organized, but it is bearing nice big plants and vegetables. Next year I will do a better job planting it neatly :)