Here are pictures that I took to show you how far my garden has come. I have expanded my garden and have moved all of my potted plants into the ground. I have been composting that has saved me money on organic soil.
Starting a compost pile is easy dig a a whole in the yard and starting leaving all of your fruit and vegetable scraps in the whole until almost full then cover with dirt in a month or so you can start planting in that area. I can eat tomatoes from my garden but it’s mainly the sun gold tomatoes but they taste amazing.

I am still going strong in my garden. It has become harder to work in my garden because it is now very hot and I am working an insane amount of hours. With the heat I have switched to watering late at night and it has helped my plants they seem to be growing better. A few more weeks and I will be able to eat the fruits of my labor.

Here are the pictures of my garden for week 6. I did not dig any new holes this week because I had neither the time or the energy. I did move my plants that had grown quite a bit into larger pots so they would continue to have room to grow. My squash plants seem to be taking a beating from the sun. All of my other plants are doing well. I want to plant some rainbow chard, different types of carrots but I have to order the seeds online.

This is the end of week 5 in my garden. I thought I would post the before and after pics so everyone could see my progress. I still have a lot of  plants in planters. I was able to bring back two of the basil plants I almost killed but my Thai basil plant is done i don’t think it will make it back. If you are growing basil i would suggest growing it in the ground. The basil plants  I have in the ground are doing well . This is a trial and error learn as i go process I have been reading books on gardening in a few months I think i will have it down. The garden is fully organic no pesticides just good old fashion hard work.  I love getting up in the morning and going into my garden over the past five weeks I have become very comfortable with the wild life in my garden the lady bugs, and butterfly’s and even the bee’s its  a peaceful and beautiful experience.

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I have 16 tomato plants 12 different types. Can’t wait till they start being ripe. I can have all the homemade pasta sauce, barbecue sauce, Pizza Sauce.  Salsa so excited. Hanging down are my bell pepper plants.  My garden is coming together every week it looks better.

Planted some of my tomatoes today not finished but here are the pictures. I will finish tomorrow so much work.

Finishing up week 3. My bean plants have grown quite a bit in the past two weeks. I have done well with most of my plants except the basil plant. The Thai basil plants may recover and the sweet basil is surviving. After doing some more reading I learned I was watering the plants too often. Instead of everyday I should have been watering every other day or every two days. I Started growing purple basil from seeds they have sprouted I will try to do better and not kill them.  I moved all of my onions out of the pots and into the ground. I also moved my Chinese eggplants into the ground and started transplanting my beets into the ground. I find It amazing how fast the plants grow I just can’t wait till I can start cooking food from my garden.

I started growning a few plants from seeds i also planted beans that grew rather quickly and with ease.

I may have went a little crazy and bought a bunch of plants but there is a peace that i feel getting up every morning and going into what is becoming my garden. I also started growing plants from seed. I planted Spinach, beets and Golden beets. I started growing in planters for convenience and I also started digging holes in the yard for composting. I currently have two compost piles in the works so far. This project is a large task but I am ready for it