One of the things I look forward to in July is the start of our garden harvest. It’s the month that we start harvesting our early tomatoes, lettuce, cucumbers, spring onions, and zucchinis. We still have a few strawberries coming in too!
This year we added a 3-tier platform gardening bed which we featured on the blog a few months ago. You can check out THIS POST to learn more about it. We absolutely love it and want to get 2-3 more for next year. We have never had to weed it and the critters stay out of our garden…all but the birds. However, we solved that by purchasing a large bird net from the garden center and now we don’t have to worry about them at all.
Here’s what we planted this season:
Cherry Tomatoes, Roma Tomatoes, Big Boy Tomatoes, Beefsteak Tomatoes, Green and Orange Bell Peppers, Onions, Sweat Peas, Zucchini, Cucumbers, Romaine Lettuce, Red Beets, Sweet Potatoes and Strawberries. We also have 4 grapevines (2 mature ones and 2 newly planted ones), 1 blueberry bush and 3 raspberry bushes.
Every season we enlarge the gardening areas a little bit and always plant something new. We’re thinking about adding a dwarf pear or cherry tree. We’re going to do some research on that before we decide. We’re hoping next season (2022) the two newly planted grapevines will start putting out grapes too. I would like to get enough for making home jam instead of always buying my concorde grapes from the farmer’s market.
Last week I walked out into the backyard and picked a couple of strawberries to slice up & put into my breakfast cereal along with our first yellow tomato of the season. There’s nothing like growing your own food!!!
I have tons of rhubarb that I am using and giving away. My tomato plants are doing well but no tomatoes yet but my basil, cilantro and parsley and raspberries are going strong. I had some nice pea plants but the bunnies ate most of them. Your garden beds are so nice.
One thing I miss about having my home was my flowers and a garden. Nothing like going out picking a tomato, or cutting some chives or dill.
Your gardening bed looks so nice. It is something I might be able to do at my place since I have so little room. Picking your own fruit is the best.
I like your new garden beds. Makes it much easier.
Your gardening bed looks so nice and neat and your plants look great. I agree there is nothing better than eating your own food. I so love garden tomatoes they are the best.