McKenzie Mary, Quite Contrary...

"Mary, Mary, quite contrary,
How does your garden grow?
With silver bells, and cockle shells,
And pretty maids all in a row."

Our McKenzie Mary being quite contrary after I asked her to smile!

In an effort to be a little greener, live a little healthier, and give the kids a hands on learning experience we have planted our first ever vegetable and flower garden this year.  In the past I have grown tomatoes but they were located in an area that didn't get enough sun so we never really got to fully enjoy more than a few each season.  This year Matt build a raised garden that will get full sun for most of the day and will give us just enough space for a nice little garden.  We have planted the following items:

• Seven tomato plants - mostly cherry variety
• Broccoli
• Carrots
• Radishes
• Peas
• Beans
• Lettuce
• Cucumber
• Pumpkins
• Chives
• Oregano
• Basil
• Thyme
• Dwarf sunflowers
• Sweet Peas
• Mixed flowers

Probably more than our little garden can really sustain but we're learning and so far we've had a lot of fun working on our garden.  Due to the late Spring (so late I'm not really sure it's actually arrived yet)  we used starts from the local nursery instead of seeds for most of the items we planted.

McKenzie knows all about what it takes to make plants grow - dirt, sunshine and rain.  We're definitely getting enough rain to make the garden grow - hopefully they can live on the little sunshine we have been getting.  I'll update on the garden as it grows!

Ben is not so much into gardening as he is into jumping. I spent my time planting the garden split between actually planting and making sure he didn't break his bones while jumping off our patio wall into the yard.  Boys will be boys!