Gardening
If you’re an avid Small Burst reader you know I love plants and gardening, especially vegetable gardening. However, with such a busy work and home life, I haven’t done much of any gardening the past few years. I’ve been yearning to get my hands dirty and to finally get that veggie garden going. I didn’t think I can pull it off this year since life seems to be busier than ever, but, thanks to my wonderful, garden guru parents we now have a beautiful garden. They’ve included my faves; black krim heirloom tomatoes, early girl tomatoes, ichiban eggplants, string beans-just to name a few. My little lovies helped plant their favorites too. Can’t wait to see what else “crops” up in my back yard while my parents are here. My 4 year old daughter expressed how It would be a terrible shame to wake up one morning to find that critters had feasted on her watermelon seedlings. Her solution was to make a sign to ward off squirrels. I told her the next morning the signs must’ve worked-all seedlings were safe and sound. Her response: ” I don’t think squirrels can read.”
Have you started on your vegetable garden? What did you plant? I’m sure you’re all way ahead of me.
Ichiban eggplant
Early Girl Tomatoes
My Daughter's clever sign
Squirrels are not welcome
Tags: gena roma photography vegetable garden, vegetable garden
Squirrels are certainly not welcome! How cute! I can’t wait to get gardening. We’re buying a house that has a big yard that’s pretty much a blank canvas right now. My mother-in-law is a big gardener and my husband and I have been studying up on growing veggies! I also love getting advice from bloggers!
Hi Meagan! Congrats on the house! You are going to love gardening especially in your own yard.
how exciting, and just in time for summer
and the sign, just too precious!
I’ve been vacationing in brazil and can’t wait to get home to start gardening myself.
We do a lot of gardening. Alas, we have so many critters in our yard it is near impossible to have a vegetable garden. We’d need a sign that read “no squirrels, snails and rabbits” as all three are in abundance, they’d think we put a buffet especially out for them!
hi there. i came to you via erin’s wordpress tutorial,,some time back. anyway, i am new to wordpress and is that google follow this site widget on your page accessible for all wordpressers? i see you have your own domain name..and now i do not. i am trying to understand my wordpress, and how to make the switch from my blogger site and allow my old blogger buddies to join me here. anyway, your veggie pics are so lovely. i’m subscribing to you now!
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The sign is the absolute cutest thing! I hope your garden grows wonderful things. I really can’t wait to have my own someday too.
Hi Brandi! So glad to hear from you. Thanks for stopping by.
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Hi Becky. I know what you mean. We have other veggie garden loving critters in our “hood” too besides the squirrels. My husband asked how we could possibly keep up the garden with the chipmunks, squirrels and the bird patrol coming through the yard. We’re keeping our fingers crossed and hope my next veggie photos will be of us harvesting our crop.
Love the sign by your little Lovie! Too cute! Hope you get a great harvest this planting season.
that sign is SO adorable! i’m jealous that you get to grow your own heirloom tomatoes – they’re one of my fav summer treats!
I am getting my first backyard this summer and can’t wait to plant!
i love the idea of gardening and wish i had one but i do NOT have a green thumb! my parents have a beautiful vegetable garden back in elk grove so I enjoy that when i’m home for the summers.
the garden sign just made me smile….:)
I love gardening!! I’m not sure when it happened, but I have become obsessed. All of your pictures make me want to go outside and plant something. Too bad its raining here again today
That sign is so sweet – I’m sure the squirrels will adhere to it
We started a veggie potted garden about six weeks ago with strawberries, tomatoes, carrots, peppers and lots of lovely herbs. Due to the unusually mild and sunny weather here everything has already grown like mad! Never thought I’d manage that – I normally kill all my plants 
Have a great week xo
My vegetable garden does not appear to be doing all that well. My pots of pretty flowers however are rocking out!
Hope your garden fairs better than mine, and those squirrels must be smart 