Gardening 102

Just wanted to show progress on how the seeds are coming.  At this point I have planted two variety of cucumbers, yellow squash, and pumpkins along with two types of beans and chives. Of all the tomato seeds that we started I would say half have been killed my my lovely BatCat...aka Batgirl.  I know she can't help her curiousity ~ but she single handedly cut what little crop we may have been able to muster in half.

Being a beginning gardener is hard ... being a beginning gardener with a cat who loves dirt and green plants is darn near impossible!

         Next year I will need to work on finding a    greenhouse or some type of place to keep the seedlings out of harms way! But for now what I have growing is making me feel like a proud mama.

Watering them twice a day...is making me feel impatient!  This better be worth it :)

Gardening 101

We are making our second-ever attempt at gardening this year. So far only the tomato seeds have been planted and this morning I noticed our very first sprout. It seemed a bit flimsy and doesn't hold much promise as far as I'm concerned...but I couldn't resist sharing the photo op here:

While enjoying the beautiful spring weather this afternoon I went ahead planted all of my sunflower seeds. I am hoping to have the best sunflower garden around the pool this year.  I have had great luck with planting sunflowers in years past...however last year I was unsuccessful in growing even a couple decent blooms.  I'm hoping to make up for it this year... and it provides an autumn treat for the birds and squirrels!

I'm soooo excited!  I have four variety of sunflowers planted... colors ranging from white to autumn orange.  I absolutely can't wait to see what they look like when they are in full bloom!  I'm hoping that having started them from seed this early will give them a head start and they might bloom slightly earlier then normal.