Garden update!

So, here is my conclusion:

I CAN, in fact, keep a plant alive!

The garden is completely flourishing, and I'm loving every second of it. I cannot wait until I have fresh veggies to use! My zucchini plant is continuing to take over, to the point where I think next year I'll give zucchini's their own bed.

Check out the progress:

Zucchini Plant taking over..

First Big Boy Tomato of the season is doing well :)

Plum Tomatoes are doing great too!

First Zucchini!! About 3" in length now!!

And the garden begins..

This past weekend was CRAZY. We filled the sandbox around the swing set with six yards of sand, had my parents over to help, and about four of our friends over to help as well. So we put the all guys on sand patrol, and my mom and I started the garden. We decided on planting; Plum Tomatoes, Big Boy Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Zucchini, and Yellow Squash. ALL of my favorites!

A frog decided to make its way in to the planter box as soon as it was set up to welcome the garden, so our little man was fascinated, he loves frogs!

Within the next few days, we added some small fences for the vines to grow up.

Since then I've also planted marigolds around the border (another compliment to my mom for the idea, and the flowers) to deter bugs away. I'll get a photo of that soon, because it looks crazy pretty. 

The cucumber plant has grown the most, and is already starting to sprout flowers! I can't believe how fast those showed up..

I think one of the biggest reasons I'm excited about this, is the time that little man and I will have this summer taking care of the garden. He's the best little helper. I remember, growing up in New York, my grandfather ALWAYS had a vegetable garden (much bigger than mine of course, I'm just a rookie). That would be one of my favorite parts of summer, helping him in the garden, and of course, the first tomato sandwich of the season. I've already promised him the first tomato that I grow on my own. I can't wait to sit with him and make a sandwich with it. Now I get to enjoy the time in the garden with my son, like grandpa and I got to enjoy it when I was younger.

Here's my big boy helper watering the plants.

..and look.. there's even a rainbow.

Grow your own Scallions *update*

Yesterday I posted about growing your own scallions from store bought, and forever having scallions in the house. Here is a picture of the progress on mine. I believe they've been growing for just about two weeks. I have already used them in about 3-4 dishes, so some are cut. I made sure to keep one growing so you all could see how tall it has gotten. These things grow like crazy!!

Easily re-grow scallions..

I read on Pinterest that you can re-grow store bought scallions, simply by putting them into a glass of water on a sunny window sil. I had to try it. We use scallions a lot, and if I could just constantly have a plant to cut them off of, it would be awesome. 

This picture was taken after a couple of days, and it had already grown about an inch on each stalk.

Ill get a more updated picture tonight, I've already cut it down 3x to use in meals. This thing is growing like a beast! It's amazing!