We have a friend who really inspired us to start our garden. When we bought our house we decided where we wanted the vegetable patch. We built a raised bed around that patch and filled it with soil bought from Geogrowers.
Usually we buy seeds and saplings from Natural Gardeners. In the past two years we have planted few fruit trees and veggie plants. For Texas heat plants like okra,eggplant,peppers, tomato, mint and cucumber usually thrive well. We have planted all these this summer.
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| Cucumber |
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| Tomato |
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| Eggplant |
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| Produce collected over a week |
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| Chillie |
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| Mint |
Gardening is a lot of work and it needs a lot of maintenance. My husband set up drip irrigation using soaker pipes and a using a timer we set up the time when the vegetable bed should be watered. We also use neem pesticide to protect plants from pesticide.
Gardening is a an art and it takes a lot of hard work. Finally when you cook something using veggies from your garden it is a great sense of accomplishment. My kids really like to see the veggies grow from flower. I know many of you maintain a wonderful garden. Do share some pics and also tips. Have a wonderful week and will meet you all soon with another post.
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