I love my garden!

This isn't a recipe post really! It's just a yay! Fresh veggies! Post ;) I planted a rather large vegetable garden this past spring. It was my first serious attempt at a vegetable garden and its gone swimmingly! I seem to have a bit of a green thumb, if I do say so myself, which is funny because I've never had any interest in gardening. Flowers are pretty and many of then smell delicious but I've never felt a need to spend time cultivating them. Vegetables however are different because their useful! And I want them to survive and thrive so that I can eat them! 

I planted:

5 types of lettuce

Bush beans(sheesh these babies never quit!)

Carrots(so sweet!)

Dino kale(so many smoothies)

Tomatoes(heirloom and cherry) 

Cucumbers(sooooo many cucumbers!)

Orange bell peppers(still not ready)

Artichoke(so pretty!)

Dill

Cilantro

Chives

Thyme

Basil 

All of these things have been very successful for me with the exception of the cilantro, but I think that's because it's been far to hot and humid here! All of these veggies and herbs have been awesome to have around all summer for my cooking needs! The only thing I really regret not planting is zucchini because I love zucchini and it would have been really nice to have on hand whenever I wanted!

Right now I'm replanting fall/cool weather crops so I'm doing:

Kale

Lettuce

Cilantro

Carrots

And maybe some other goodies, haven't decided yet! 

My basic gardening wisdom is that steer manure is awesome for planting in, I mixed mine with a rich garden fertilizer and made sure to till it up really well before planting, and then I just made sure to weed and water daily while the little seeds grew and became giants!