This year we started our own vegetable garden at home. My oldest has been motivated to eat home-grown veggies thanks in part to the vegetables growing at his school.
Our first step was getting our garden ready for planting. Our old square foot garden had rotten wood and lots of overgrown grass and weeds. We found a great starter kit at Home Depot. My husband said it was so easy to put together our three year old did one side!
Next we mixed up our soil and then we got to planting. This year we planted romaine lettuce, Roma tomatoes, green peppers and cucumbers. We were able to buy most of our vegetables from Willow Tree. They sell four packs of vegetables for $1.49. The veggies look small but they've grown really fast! The employees there are very helpful as well.
While we waited for our veggies to grow, we decided to shop for some u-pick veggies. We checked out a "new-to-us" place. It's so close to home! Less than 10 minutes away! First fruit hydroponics has lots to choose from. We bought kale, squash, and some romaine.
After our trip to u-pick, we expanded our garden. Now we've got kale, squash, broccoli, two kinds of peppers and eggplant growing! Yum, yum!
This is the original garden...look how much it's grown!
This is garden #2...still growing...
Best of all, my kids have slowly started eating vegetables
and
a certain seven-year old tends the garden every day!
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