Garden Update!

Hi.

Long time member of the house, first time blogger Noah Donnell-Kilmer here. You might no me from my cameo's on Beer of the Week, or from you're neighborhood wanted posters:

Anyways, I am here to tell you all about the new developments of our wonderful garden! Last weekend, we replanted most of the garden, pulling out the nasty old and putting in new exciting plants. Almost all of our lettuce bolted and became bitter, eww. So that went in the compost, along with our bolting broccoli, sad looking spinach, and aphid infested purple lettuce. It was quite an ordeal pulling all of it out, trying to salvage some, and amending the soil with compost from FEAST. After double-digging this in, we were ready to replant! On Friday, Dan and I traveled to our favorite nursery, Bellafontaine in Pasadena. The man there knows who we are an what's in our garden. You couldn't get that kind of personal love and service at a corporate store like Home Depot. Go local businesses!!!

We've been making slight changes to the garden all semester, but this was our first overhaul. Some of the previous changes were:

New raised bed (Augustus Ceasar):

New side bed where an ugly bush was:

Three New Tomato plants including the greatest producer in the world!

Strawberries and thyme!

For the overhaul, we consulted master gardeners who visited our Cooking and Gardening class on what was best to grow for the summer. After speaking with them, we were ready to get our hands dirty.
Here's what we got!

Asian and Armenian cucumbers:

Goodbug attracting flowers:

Eggplant:

Hot and bell peppers:

Zucchini:

Our garden is shaping up to produce a very plentiful harvest this summer! I am extremely excited to be staying in the area and eating all these great veggies. In addition to these new members of our garden family, we have some older plants coming to fruition, including radishes, carrots, and basil. Exciting times indeed folks!

We are in the process of proposing growth in the front yard of the house. This space will include such attractions as fruit trees, sunflowers, large garden bed, and an herb wheel! If only we can get the suits to agree with our wonderful new plans!

Stay posted for new developments and tasty veggies!