We finished planting the summer garden today! Lord willing and barring the thieving squirrels that we encountered last year, we are looking forward to harvesting our own eggplant (hands-down my fave veggie!), green bell peppers, asparagus, zucchini squash, blackberries, Fall Gold raspberries and tomatoes.

The best thing about planting a garden together (besides the produce savings on the grocery store bill and the valid excuse to play in the dirt) is that the boys are more apt to try “their” crops. We have a general rule that you have to at least try everything on your plate, and there is no “yuck” served for dinner.

We also have a mystery plant from last year that we assumed had died but now appears to have revived and is sprouting, but no one can remember what it is! LOL – I think it might be peppers, but we’ll just be surprised. I also planted watermelon seeds late in the season last year, so there’s a slim chance that they will still sprout, but we won’t hold our breath.

In addition to the edible goodies, the boys and I also spruced up our flowerpots on the front porch with begonias and impatiens in hanging baskets and groupings of marigolds and petunias together in narrow pots on the ledge. It’s so pretty, I may start drinking my morning coffee on the front porch!