It’s my first year growing a garden on my own. You can call me a dork, but it’s the little things that excite me. :)
Little things like…
Green beans sprouting:
Zucchini sprouting:
And the first red tomato of the season:
I just created a new category “gardening” as I suspect I’ll have more to say on this topic in the future. I’m enjoying the experience so far. :)
Stumble it!
Marsha says:
It is my first year gardening too. I get excited over little things too. I am only doing flowers this year, next year I am hoping to do a veggie garden. Congratulations yours looks fantastic.
June 12th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
Summer says:
Yay for little plants! Mine kept being eaten by animals, so no garden for me this year. I’ll jsut stare at your photos and pretend. ;)
June 12th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
J says:
Am feeling like a total failure, as I don’t even have tomato BUDS yet. And you have an ACTUAL, REAL LIVE TOMATO.
June 12th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
Nicole says:
How exciting!!
June 12th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
chelle says:
Not dorky at all I can hardly wait to have a garden!
June 12th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
Cat says:
Very cool, we just picked up a shredder over the weekend.
June 12th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
Cat says:
Very cool, we just picked up a shredder over the weekend.
June 12th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
Sherie says:
Ooooo, what fun! Wait until the first set of true leaves form … especially on the zucchini. Beautiful! Congrats on the sprouting of your green food thumb!!
June 12th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
Trev says:
Kiwi are growing in my garden for the first time ever! Hope you enjoy it as much as I do!
Trev
http://elliotts.eachday.com
June 12th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
NatureMom says:
I have been doing it for a few years now and it is still darn exciting. I never get over it. ;)
June 12th, 2008 at 3:38 pm
Penny says:
It’s always fun to see things emerging no matter how long you’ve been gardening.
June 12th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
Nina says:
You go girrrlll! Fantastic….!!
My hubby is into gardening BIG TIME….but this year we had to make due with container gardening….nevertheless…we have had around 20 tomatoes so far…the other critters that share our backyard with us have had their share too!
June 12th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
Eileen says:
Congrats on the garden! I have my first garden too and can’t wait for more produce. My first harvest was brocolli!
June 12th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
Stella Blue says:
Congratulations! Just getting sprouts is a great accomplishment! Nothing tastes as good as something you’ve grown yourself.
June 12th, 2008 at 5:33 pm
smtwngrl at Writing: My Life says:
This is exactly how I felt last year when I had my first container garden in my very own back yard. I planted herbs and two tomato plants. Unfortunately, the tomatoes didn’t survive the birds, but the herbs did really well and I enjoyed them most of the summer.
Can’t wait to hear more about your gardening adventures!
June 12th, 2008 at 7:24 pm
Trisha says:
Its not dorky at all! I’ve been butterfly gardening for a few years now and still get all excited about it. And this year I decided to grow butternut squash and pumpkins too, so now I’m excited about that. If we had a bigger yard I don’t think I’d have any problem filling the whole thing up with a big garden!
June 12th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
MamaBird/SurelyYouNest says:
I even love the *smell* of tomato plants! Enjoy!
June 12th, 2008 at 8:45 pm
Stretch Mark Mama says:
I’m still waiting for the sprouts to appear. At which time, the slugs and bugs will also appear. I’m a real optimist.
June 12th, 2008 at 10:55 pm
Shay says:
I’m so happy that your garden is working out. I can’t wait until I can start my own garden it was fun with my family as a kid.
June 13th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
Kim @ Forever Daisies says:
I can’t wait until we are able to get a house so we can garden! I miss it so much!
June 14th, 2008 at 1:17 am
chris says:
My parents have been gardening for a long time. Great job on being green…
June 14th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
Beth says:
You are not dorky at all! This is my first year of organic gardening and I did a post similar to yours the other day!! Good luck!!
Gifts
June 14th, 2008 at 6:24 pm
Liesl says:
Glad you’re having fun growing things – gardening is great therapy :)
June 14th, 2008 at 9:37 pm
phyllis says:
i have little yellow flowers on my tomato plants but not red fruity things yet….i’m so jealous! those look great:-)
June 15th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
Urban Panther says:
Well, if you are dorky, then I am a full-fledged Gardening Geek. I just moved into my boyfriend’s house and was blessed with a complete blank slate to go gardening wild on. He was expecting some annuals at the front of the house. What he got was almost the entire perimeter of his 1/3 acre property transformed into gardens. Mind you, the planting is fairly sparse, but that just leaves room to grow (pun intended *smile*).
Every single night, both of us transition from work to home mode by going ‘walk about’ with a glass of wine in hand, checking out the day’s new growth.
Enjoy!
Elizabeth
http://www.urbanpanther.typepad.com/
June 15th, 2008 at 3:08 pm
Emily @ Brighterplanet says:
Thanks for joining the 350 Challenge, that’s our badge!
Also…I’m planting for the first time too, my coworker constructed a small rooftop-garden at our office! We’re big proponents of local pesticide-free produce.
I know its a little obsessive, but I make no less than 3 visits a day to my tomatoes, just to see if their stakes are still upright and if there are any new flowers…
June 16th, 2008 at 1:11 pm