Outside today...

We are trying something new this year with our gardening....a little experiment. Something less permanent than planting in the ground. We actually bought plants instead of seed also...just to experiment. Yup, its kinda early here for gardening (although the temperature has been in the 70's and NICE), but we are, and like I said....its all experimental:)

                                                                  

                                                

 We'll see if it works in a few weeks....

More Garden Pics..

We have a few tiki torches that surround our garden areas and the green beans decided to use the torches as their trellis...lol.



Here's our corn...We have quite a few ears growing, we are just waiting for them to get bigger and then they'll be ready to be picked!



One of our zucchini plants.



This is carrots....the tops are getting huge...



But as you can see looks can be deceiving! LOL




We also have cucumbers that are flourishing , pumpkin plants that are just growing, lettuce that is starting to sprout out of the ground and bell peppers germinating.

I never knew gardening could be so rewarding. The only reason we have an abundance is my hubby's faithful praying (over his garden).

Update on our Garden!

We have been eating fresh zucchini for a while now, but what I really couldn't wait for was the tomatoes...We are just now starting to harvest them..oh joy!



I LOVE MY NEW CAMERA! Thank you brother! I am soo blessed!
Blogger is acting up tonight and it's taking a long time to add pics...so I will try to add more tomorrow....have a wonderfully blessed Sunday!

Our first fruits.

We are finally picking our first veggies from our garden this year! It's so exciting to see something go from seed to being something edible...a true example of the creation of the One and Only Living God..
The first plant to produce is our zucchini.....this is a pic of 2 that we picked just this evening (we had one the other day but I didn't take a pic of it....hubby had it for dinner with his Tilapia)..



We also happened to have some zucchini that I bought from the store..lol..didn't realize we would have some so quickly....so I bought a couple :) As you can see the store bought ones are MUCH smaller....lol......ours are HUGE and heavy in comparison.
Also...everything we are growing is totally organic....we aren't using anything in the soil....no fertilizer, no vegetable food, no nothing. If there are bugs, we shake them off or we pick them off.



Such sad, little zucchini.....I think we will eat them and put them out of their misery..lol...I wanted to chuck them but hubby doesn't like to waste good food...or money.....so we'll eat them tomorrow.




We tried to grow a garden last year and weren't as successful...all we had that grew wonderfully was collard greens but nothing else to be excited about.
This year is different. My hubby prays over our garden...and the Lord has provided.

Now I just need some recipes, storage ideas...any suggestions?
Have a great day!

My green-thumbed Hubby

I have never grown anything...everything that I plant dies soon after. If I plant seeds, they never sprout. My hubby on the other hand is a master gardener! He can plant things and "clone" them (he takes on thing out of the ground and makes a whole other plant)Even though we live in a desert area, he is still able to get some pretty good vegetables out of our soil (or dirt as I call it ;-p)
Here's a pic of his famous greens...
This picture doesn't do this plant justice..they are about 5 feet tall and 5 feet wide...


This spring we hope to plant spinach, different lettuces, tomatoes, and whatever else will grow around here :-) I'd eventually love to never have to buy produce from the store. I can just smell spring around the corner...its one of my favorite seasons:-)

While my dh is sowing seeds in the garden this spring, I plan to cultivate my relationships with my hubby and my children. They are worth my time, sacrifices, and countless hours a day spent nursing, disciplining, discipling, loving, hugging and just being their mom. I have spent alot of time praying for others...but often forget to pray for my own. My children need to reap the harvest that hubby and I are sowing..both in the physical and supernatural.

"Celebrate the Feast of Harvest with the firstfruits of the crops you sow in your field....." Exodus 23:16

Have an awesome day!