Today I thought I would share with you all my garden after 1 month of planting. Many feel it is hard to grow your own food, but it is not. Lets take a look at a few things I am growing in my garden.
Note, I have yet to plant my warm weather crops, it is just now warming up here in Wisconsin.
Look at this picture below. I call this my seed garden. Everything in this bed was planted from seed and grew this big in only 4 weeks! Impressive isn’t it?
I also call this my salad bed. It consist of all salad greens with the exception of the sugar snap peas growing in the back…but hey, that goes on a salad right?
This is my red sail lettuce. I love this lettuce because it is very slow to bolt to seed and last all the way through July. It gets HUGE!
You will be shocked when I show you this lettuce next month, it will be triple the size it is now.
LOVE my kale, and can not get enough of it. I have several kale plants growing right now and I’m wondering if I planted enough! Almost ready for harvest!
Broccoli has been hit or miss for me. Here in Wisconsin, we have cold springs so you would think that broccoli would do well because it is a cool weather crop, but we heat up quickly.
Last week it was 30F and I was covering my plants and today as I type this post, it is hitting 80F! Quite a change, and broccoli shoots to seed very quickly in my area.
I love spinach. Guess whats for dinner tonight? As I was shooting these photos, I noticed that yes….my spinach is beginning to seed…Popeye will be proud of me this week as I eat up all my spinach! 🙂
My all time favorite herb to cook with is thyme! This plant will get very big so I will have plenty all summer long.
What is your favorite herb to cook with?
I really don’t know what kind of greens I have growing here. I had a few packets of mixed blend seeds and I see some arugula in here but other than that these greens are a bit of a mystery.
I will let you know how they taste. Do you recognize any? If so please let me know what they are in the comment section below.
These salad greens are so delicate in flavor and brighten any salad up.
Who says that salad has to be just one shade of green…nope not mine, I have purple, dark green, brown, light green and look at all these amazing textures.
Ever seen anyone this excited about salad greens? Yep, that’s me!
Here is my romaine lettuce. I lost a few heads of this to a frost, but have 2 remaining. Not a problem, don’t think I have to much of a shortage on greens.
This is my first year growing edible flowers. No buds yet, but I suspect that this plant will thrive in late July.
And yes, my strawberry plant! This year I am growing 5 different varieties. If you haven’t seen my post on how get more strawberries off of your strawberry plants, be sure to check it out.
I have two favorite herbs to add to my salad. Dill and cilantro. I forgot to take a picture of my cilantro but it is thriving!
The Mystery Plant
Ok, so need a bit of help. Have a mystery plant that I am stumped on. I did not plant it, it just showed up. Could it be leftover from last year, or maybe a bird dropped it or it might have been in the compost that I purchased this year. Anyone know what this is?
And there is my garden after 1 month of planting! I think it is absolutely amazing that so much food can be grown in such little space, very little effort and in such a short period of time!
Happy gardening everyone!
Share Your Thoughts
What do you have planted in your garden?
Yep you sure can Patty! Here is my post on harvesting a different way that makes much more sense!
https://wholelifestylenutrition.com/gardening/a-smarter-way-to-harvest-your-organic-produce/
Halle, first–your garden looks fantastic! Second, what do you do with Thyme? I have grown it in the past, but never know quite what to do with it. Also, is there a simple way to get it off the stem?
Eryn LynumThanks Eryn! I love thyme and thyme will last all the way to winter months so I use it a ton in the fall for soups. I also use it in marinades and sauces.
To peel the leaves off easily at the base of the stem hold 2 fingers firmly and slide it down to the other end and all the leaves should easily fall off.
Your garden looks so good! That mystery plant definitely looks like dill to me.
Mystery plant looks like a sunflower! What did it turn out to be?
MichelleJenningsLeary I agree with the sunflower. It is still growing so we will see. 🙂
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Your seed garden and salad garden are really amazing.Salad is fond of me and I am glad to have the knowledge about salad plant gardening in seed.