Starting An Organic Garden

Recently I was bitten by the gardening bug. It all started when my husband bought me a window box planter for herbs that I kept on my kitchen windowsill. After planting basil, rosemary, cilantro, and parsley in my planter box I wanted to try something more. A lot of people I know have had successful tomatoes with a Topsy Turvey so I decided to try it out.

There are many choices when it comes to tomato plants. Usually I prefer cherry or grape tomatoes but my husband prefers a bigger tomato so I chose Roma's, a well flavored medium size tomato that we can both enjoy. Hopefully by next year I will have attempted cherry tomatoes. Our Roma tomatoes are growing nicely, we have several golf ball size green tomatoes that are getting bigger everyday.

Topsey Turvey with Roma Tomatoes

With the success of the window planter and the tomatoes I decided to go all in and start an actual garden. Off to Lowes we went. My husband got the supplies he need for building the frame while I browsed the surprisingly big selection of organic seeds. I am a picky vegetable eater, I bought only what I knew I would eat. We ended up with green beans, white beans, snow peas, cucumber, multi colored carrots, broccoli, multi colored bell peppers, sweet basil, red basil, oregano, and peppermint. Yikes, maybe I am not so picky after all. Since I bought organic seeds I did some comparisons on regular garden soil vs. organic garden soil . Maybe if there was a huge difference in price I may have stuck with regular soil but it was only around a dollar more a bag and I like being able to say the I have a completely organic vegetable garden.

Multi Colored Bell Peppers

My son Logan was very interested in helping. He ended up helping build the frame, level the ground, and he did most of the planting. I made the holes in the ground and he put the seeds in and covered them up. He looks forward to going to the garden every morning and seeing what has come up. He even helps me water too. The first day that our beans sprouted we were so exited, then he turned and asked me "where are the vegetables?", I love my son. 

Snow Peas

When I had the garden idea I thought it would be enjoyable to grow our own vegetables but it ended up being so much more. Logan and I have something that only him and I do. It is mommy and Logan's garden, no daddy or brother allowed. I love the look on his face when something new sprouts and how excited he is that he did it. We have also started going on rock hunts together, we try to find smooth rocks to paint and put in our garden. Some rocks end up being animals or insect while others are markers for our plants. If you have the time and patience I highly recommend starting a garden, it has multiple benefits.

Cucumbers and a giraffe

Broccoli meets Ladybug