Is a Raised Garden Bed Worth the Effort?

Is it? Yes, a resounding yes is the only answer.  Here is my picture proof!  The garden was started on Memorial Day weekend.  We used Miracle Gro for fruits and vegetables and I got all the plants from Home Depot.  I did splurge and got the Bonnie Plants tomatoes and peppers because they were on sale 3 for $5.  A decent deal but still on the high side for starter plants.

This is how it began. By the second half of June, the bibb lettuce was ready to be harvested and it was used for some quick and easy lunches.  Then I had to replant one of the two pepper plants in lettuce space because the zucchini leaves were shading my pepper plant to death.

 Here we are just about 6 weeks later... See what I mean about the zucchini leaves?  They are huge!

 The largest of my tomatoes so far, about the size of golf balls.

This zucchini is twice a big today as it was on Sunday when I took this picture. I'm hoping to harvest my first zucchini by Sunday!

I also have thyme, rosemary, lemon balm and flat parsley growing in the garden, next year we will add a second bed so we can have an herb garden and a vegetable garden and I'll probably have a couple fewer plants, I'm worried I have too many plants in the space.

So there you have it, raised garden beds are fantastic.  Miracle-Gro Soil and Bonnie Plants rock.  Knock on wood we continue to enjoy a garden with few weeds  and other pests!

Thanks for reading!

xoxo

I just finished a good summer audiobook here are the details:
Hounded by Kevin Hearne
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

On audible they recommended this book and it was on sale, so I listened rather than read this book. The audiobook has a very good reader who does a great Irish Wolfhound voice. The story is enjoyable and I look forward to the second book in the series. Note: if you read paranormal for the romance, you won't find a romance in this particular book.


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Let's have a refresher on the Rules of the Road Shall We? And also a recipe for pie.

Summertime means that I run on the mean streets of the Chicagoland area almost everyday.  In the course of that running, I am annoyed and occasionally in fear for my life.  Why? Disrespectful Drivers!  In the words of Dustin Hoffman in Midnight Cowboy "I'm walking (or in my case running) here!"


All because some drivers insist on turning in front or behind me when I'm in the crosswalk with the right of way!  You, driver, are not supposed to be turning right or left while I'm in the roadway.

Me trying to live. You, driver, not paying attention or looking both ways before making a right turn.  Look both ways ! Lucky for me, I didn't get hit by a car recently; because I assume if I don't make eye contact with the driver turning right, then it's not safe for me to cross.

Also while I am ranting into the wind here, if you have a dog, put it on a leash.  Dogs like to chase me. I run slow and that makes me very catchable.

And now a recipe for pie...

Pie actually seems fairly complicated to make in my opinion, so I googled easiest pie to make and this post was at the top of the list. If you are game, here are some super easy pies you can make!

Easy Pie Recipes

you can also find easy pie recipes at foodnetwork.com

On the writing front: Not much to report, still working on Chapter 14 and I'm not sure yet how this date should end.  A promise of a future date or nah.  I need to write more and see what happens. Next week I'm participating in an online challenge to write 1000 words a day for the remainder of June, so that *hopefully* gets me writing more!