Health Food.....kind of

This year's garden is something different. It consists of three above ground boxes about 3x6 ft. The pictures don't even begin to show how much time and effort was put into this project: breaking down the wood from palates, the truckloads of dirt, moving the dirt to the backyard....hours of work. By many people.

I planted tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, zucchini, cilantro, jalapenos, green peppers, and cucumbers. These were all from seeds, so I was just hopeful that SOMETHING would grow. The green peppers and cucumbers didn't grow at all. The tomatoes started out slowly, and honestly now I have no idea which is which. Hopefully I'll find out soon.

The cilantro and jalapenos are doing well in some pots on the back porch.

The zucchini, you ask? Ah, the zucchini. Well, this is what they looked like last week:

We had a bad storm on Wednesday night that I was afraid would uproot and/or pound the garden into oblivion. This is what they look like today:

See how the grass is growing in the back? Yeah! After last year's drought, that's a whole other story of hours of work, weeding, sowing seeds, fertilizer, daily watering.....I don't even want to think about it anymore.

You can see some of the plants look a little uprooted. But the zucchini? I gave away two to a friend. I made these two into 4 loaves of bread today.

These are still on the vine:

And so are 4 more. Do you see all the blossoms?

Do you realize how many more zucchini I'm going to have? These blossoms are from one plant. Sigh. I see many loaves of zucchini bread in my future.

Want some? Let me know. I've got a few. Dozen.