So, in the beginning I was had this gradiose idea of blogging regularly and getting my garden/food feelings out there and then bam...life happened.
So what have I done in all of this time? We really did get a raised bed garden installed using the Mel Bartholomew Square Foot Gardening techniques. Well I'm not sold on them. We laid the beds out and followed the instructions with 1/3 compost, moss and vermiculite (which was expensive) but there just weren't enough nutrients in the combined soil. I ended up adding Miracle Grow soil and manure. This helped, but it was probably too late for some of my plants.
I planted two heirloom tomatoes - yellow and black, a roma tomato and a beefsteak. The heirlooms did better than the other two. Two Zucchini - which did okay. An Eggplant and watermelon - which did nothing! Mesclun lettuces - which did really well in the spring. And a variety of herbs - which have also done well.
We also planted one bed of thornless blackberries - which aren't getting enough water. Four giant pumpkins in July - two seeds came from my friend Tom and 2 came from a package. All four now have 1 pumpkin each now. But I didn't label them and I don't know which plant is which! Also planted some sunflowers in July - and one bloomed this morning! Big smile!
I also have been doing a bit of canning and cooking and tried to save a few pictures of what I did for posting. I really was thinking about this, but just didn't get around to the blogging.
Oh yeah, we put a yard in in May too! 
