June Garden Update
Last summer I experimented with a container garden outside of our townhouse for the first time. I learned a lot, and I grew some really good food in the process. This year, I expanded the garden and diversified a bit, growing peas, beans, cilantro and raspberries along side the tomatoes and strawberries of last summer.
I took a series of pictures of the garden a few weeks ago, and by the time I got around to writing this post, the plants had all grown several feet! So, I went back this week and snapped a few more shots. The cool thing is that now I can set up comparison shots, and show how fast the crops are growing!
So far, I’ve only harvested a few strawberries and a bit of cilantro. This weekend, I’ll be harvesting most of the cilantro and several of the peas. Gardening is an interesting pursuit, it’s far more engrossing and time consuming than I expected, but I love every minute of it.
More shots are in the gallery.
I’ve got an outdoor hydroponic garden that I’ve been using for a few years, love the thing: http://www.hydro-stacker.com/
Have tomatoes, lettuce, chard, beans, and herbs going. The plants start off a little slow but they pick up pretty well about now (I swear I can watch the tomato plants grow.)
Hmm, outdoor hydroponics, that’s pretty cool. I wonder how fast the water would evaporate out here in Colorado? And if this would help keep the birds out of my strawberries!
Thanks for the link!