Garden Glory

As I've written previously, I started my very own garden for the first time in my life this spring. My mom had an amazing garden growing up in Illinois (that I've only just recently come to fully appreciate), and many of my friends are avid gardeners. So, with that wealth of experience alongside me, as well as the bottomless pools of information from the folks at Portland Nursery, I have been planting and weeding and watering and watching and getting more and more excited at the miraculous things that are happening outside my window every day. I just pushed the last of my seeds into the ground this morning. If all goes well, this is the crop I will have this year: potatoes (purple and gold), snap peas, pole beans, tomatoes (sun golds and brandywine), carrots, walla walla sweet onions, zucchini, baby watermelons, broccoli, mini bell peppers, tiny white pumpkins, cucumbers, and strawberries. And our Asian pear tree is looking awesome! Anyway, here are some photos from a proud veggie-mama :)