garden

this year, i'm trying my black thumb out at gardening. luckily, the upstairs neighbor is a good gardener, and i think i'm getting the hang of some of it :) we're doing that square-foot gardening thing (i like this guy, tim's, web site--he explains it well). with 2 boxes, we were able to plant a lot! plus, we have tons of herbs and other things in little window boxes and pots. hopefully, we'll have a bumper crop--i've already reaped the rewards of the herbs so far!

what we've got in the square-foot gardening boxes:

• tomatoes
• 8 cucumber plants, including pickling cucumbers
  
• 3 broccoli plants
• a bunch of sweet peas
• both gold and red beets
• scallions and shallots
• 4 corn plants
• 3 round zucchini plants
• 1 green cabbage plant
• several types of lettuces
• carrots

in our window boxes and pots, we have even more:

• more tomatoes
• 3 more broccoli plants
• several basil varieties
• cilantro
• japanese parsley
• eucalyptus
• thyme
• rosemary
• chocolate mint
• peppermint
• a meyer lemon tree
• dill

and around the patio, the previous owners had planted oregano, sage and lemon verbena. so hopefully we'll have a lot to show for it this year!