A Self-Explanatory Guest Post

I think these photos speak for themselves. Can I just say...this was the best tomato I've ever eaten? P and I picked it together (very ceremoniously), and I made a still-sun-warmed tomato sandwich for dinner, while P nibbled on a plain slice. 

As for the lettuce, it's still baking in the heat, preparing itself for a delicious salad later on down the road.

Veggie tales: Yet another guest post

The veggies are growing! Sort of. The tomato plant has stretched up beyond the deck railing, and has begun to bud in several places...

(Poor image quality due to A's DIY photography.)

And the sugar peas have grown in swarms, latching on to everything around them, including P's daisy leaves, one of which is now strangled by a pea vine...

The lettuce is a bit behind its neighbor veggies' pace, but it seems the seeds didn't mind my haphazard planting methods too much, because it, too, has grown.

(Ok, except for that front middle pot.)

But the tomatoes and peas aren't going to be happy much longer if I don't make a contraption that will help them grow upward rather than sideways, and P is trying to make me take responsibility for my own project this time, so it looks like I will be heading off to Lowes or a Ma & Pop Garden Shop sometime this week. That's bound to be an adventure...

Thanks for tuning in. Back to you, P! 

My thumb's looking a little green today: another guest post

P's wife here again. This post title might not be entirely accurate. After all, I was supposed to plant my lettuce seeds an inch or two apart, and here they are sprouting up all over the place like I just dumped a whole bunch in the pot and covered them with soil. Which is pretty much exactly what I did. But I was still pretty excited to see lots of little green things poking up toward the sun today. My guess is that eventually the lettuce will smother itself to death because it needs space and I didn't respect its natural boundaries. The peas might make it. I was much more intentional about following the directions on the pea package. I'll keep you posted.

Potted vegetables: a guest post!

P invited me to share my recent plantings with you, but first I have to warn you: compared to me, P is like the dog whisperer to plants. I am just about the worst plant caretaker (I don't even deserve the title "gardener") alive. Don't get me wrong, I love plants. I want to be surrounded by plants, always. I work in a room with no windows, but I brought in several plants that could thrive under florescent lights so I could have some green nearby (I won't lie: not all of those plants are first-generation...some regrettably passed away). And yet I don't seem to be able to keep plants alive for the life of me. In high school, I even killed a cactus (or two). I tell you this because this might be my only guest post here; my sweet potted veggies might not live. They might not even poke up through the soil, knowing their inevitable fate. But here they are, sugar peas (top) and mixed salad lettuce (bottom): 

I've already made mistakes. I probably planted the seeds way too close together, and I should have planted both veggies in early spring, which was technically several weeks ago. Oh well. Back to you, P!