Six weeks ago, My friend Vicki and I had a crazy notion to plant a 750 square foot garden...

Did I mention that I'm a reluctant gardener??

It's been a pretty good success so far despite the fact that we haven't had more than two drops of rain for the last month... lugging water by hand is a great workout though!

Here are the pics we have to show for our hard labour and sore muscles so far --

(For the whole story and photos from week 1-2 on the beginnings of the garden please see Part 1 here: www.sparkpeople.com/mypa
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Here are just a few pics from the last blog to show how far we've come...


- The untouched plot - Day 1



- My friend Vicki working the land after my arms gave out (and my Dad looking on in the background) - Week 1



- Prepping the soil - Week 2



- Tomatoes, Hot Peppers & Herbs planted - mid-way through week 2


And now LOOK!!:



- Our first tomato, a heritage "Black Grim" - beginning of week 4



- Vicki texting in the tomato rows - week 4



- Putting up the tomato stakes - week 5



- Hot Peppers starting! - week 5



- Beans starting to sprout - week 5



- Our first ripening cherry tomato! - week 5



- It's ripe!! (Orange Cherry Tomato) - mid-way through week 5



- Yellow Pear tomatoes starting - mid-way through week 5



- Borage sprouting - mid-way through week 5



- Bloom that will become a Hot Banana Pepper! - mid-way through week 5



- Hot Cherry Peppers starting with tomatoes in the background - mid-way through week 5



- The tomatoes are growing! - 4 days ago



- Blooms from the heritage "Old German" tomato plant - 4 days ago



- Chili Grandes! - 4 days ago



- The beans are going crazy! - 4 days ago



- Giant Marigold - they keep the bugs away from the tomatoes! - today



- the tomatoes have already hit the stake crossbars! - today



- a Zebra tomato starting to grow - today



- peeking through the tomatoes at the growing hot pepper plants - today


So excited about how fast everything is growing! Can't wait until harvest season!