2011 Veggie Garden

Every year we plant veggies in the backyard. Chris' mom helped build us a raised garden when we moved in as a housewarming present and it's been so wonderful planting goodies and getting to eat yummy veggies right off the vine.

The first year (2009) our plants were really successful. Last year with the weird "summer" weather we got here in the Bay Area, things didn't go super well, although our artichoke plant went fucking insane

This year we're hoping the weather works out a bit better and we get more than 3 tomatoes.

Last weekend I went to the store and picked up some tomatoes, grabbed some seeds from our shed and got to planting

Our artichoke plant is already doing well and has even sprouted an artichoke or two

Our tomatoes gotta catch up!

So I dug some holes and tossed them in

But when I was digging I came across these little white buggies

Upon talking to a neighbor and googling I discovered that they're beetle larvae, yuckola! After looking in the Western Garden book we found some natural remedies, so we'll have to try them out and pay extra attention to how our plants are growing.

After planting all 3 tomato plants...

(seriously, how did I pick that pathetic one on the left?)

...I planted some carrots and peas. Our beans and peas were pretty successful last year, but we'll have to wait a couple more months till it's bean planting time. But so far things are looking good

And after only a week things are looking even better

And that sickly tomato plant I picked? Not so sickly anymore!