introducing...our (real) garden!

I've been plotting a vegetable garden since before I graduated from college. But last fall we decided that we'd have a garden plan done by the end of this spring with an outline of where the garden would be, how/if it would be built, etc., and that we would build it this fall and plant it next spring (2012). At the beginning of this weekend, that was still the plan...until Friday night, when Jose had some beverages and conversation with our friend Scott. There, the idea of the new planters was conceived.

By sunset on Saturday, they were built and set. By midday Sunday, they were lined, filled, and full of plants!

(notice Berger frolicking in the distance)

In the new, wooden planters, we have:

6 tomatoes
2 crimson melons
1 cubanelle pepper
3 sweet red peppers
3 green bell peppers
1 culantro
2 straight neck squash
6 zucchini squash
2 strawberries
and basil, basil, BASIL

And in the stainless planters, we have even more basil.

...and we may plant some green beans in the Topsy Turvies. (Because they failed at growing tomatoes and we have green beans with no place to go). Yes, I know I could give them away, and we are giving some away, but I do love green beans and it sure would be neat to be able to grow and put up my own.

The morals of the story: hard work is rewarding, plans need to be flexible when your very handy friend has a free day, and lemon rosemary mojitos are the birthplace of great ideas! Three cheers for Scott, three cheers for Jose and THREE CHEERS FOR VEGETABLES!!