A SUMMER GARDEN

a couple months ago austin built a couple of garden boxes so that we could have a vegetable garden this summer. we have tried to have a garden before & they never really worked out, but so far this one is really lasting & growing! we planted back in may & i have loved watching everything grow. it is so exciting to me! it's really fun seeing it grow every day & being able to grow your own food. i think it's so cool. i have begun daydreaming future gardens we will hopefully have when we have a home of our own. but for now, this one will do perfectly fine!

we have one 4x4 & one 4x2 garden boxes & they really fit quite a lot. i was worried we wouldn't have enough space, but we definitely do. this year we are growing: tomatoes, strawberries, kale, squash, bell peppers, jalapeños, basil, mint, lettuce, onions, rosemary & aloe. the last one was a late addition obviously for sunburns & randomly it is really good for diaper rash... so we figured it would be worth having, & it has been. 

we're finally getting some tomatoes growing, they're just teeny, tiny, babies right now, as well as our strawberries. we've gotten a pretty big bell pepper though, & our basil & mint plants have gotten HUGE. along with our plants, i spotted a garden snake hanging out in the planter box. it was jut a little guy, but kind of spooky to see when i was checking out the plants, that's for sure.