Maddie's Garden - Update

Maddie's Garden is in full bloom!

While we were in California, Great Grandma Milloy gave Maddie a special rock to put in her garden. Grandma knows how much Maddie loves rocks, so this was a wonderful addition to the garden. This rock was given to Maddie's Great Grandma Milloy by her father, so we are excited to have it! Thanks Grandma!

Here are our strawberries.

These are doing surprisingly well for the amount of heat and sun they have to endure. We have a ton of new green strawberries sprouting up every day. However, as soon as they start to turn red, someone else decides to eat it right off the vine.

Nope, not this little bug....

This little bug...

Our strawberries are covered with these little guys every morning! I don't want to spray pesticides on our fruit, but I'm also not sure I want to supply a strawberry buffet to the roley poleys. Does anyone know of any "green" ways to deter these little guys?

Our tomatoes are growing bigger every day!

I can't wait for them to turn red.

And our cherry tomato plants are really starting to perk up. We weren't sure if they were going to make it. They seemed kind of droopy and unhappy, but last week, they decided to pull through and we have our first cherry tomato growing.

The next morning, Brandon and I checked on our garden and the cherry tomato was bright red! Our first fruit of the season. Yay!

We are having so much fun with our little planter garden. I am already excited for next year to come so I can plant bell peppers, peas, green beans, and other fun things!