Veggie Tales

We dabbled a bit in gardens the last year or two and did the tomatoes-in-pots a few times but this year we are trying a square foot garden. If you're not familiar with it check this out: www.squarefootgardening.com - it really sounds too good to be true! We also bought a farm share from www.redoakfarmsny.com and pick up our first set of farm-fresh organic vegetables tonight!

Jake was more interested in the planting tools...



and the hose



and the water



...but that allowed me to get the plants in their squares without interruption (other than the papparazzi)



Our bed is 4 X 4; in our 16 squares we have green beans (3), cherry tomatoes (2), 'regular' tomatoes (2), jalapeno peppers, banana peppers, green peppers, red peppers, cucumbers (2), watermelon (2). Our neighbor stopped by with an eggplant plant so that's going in the empty square.



I'll post a more recent picture later because the plants were a little droopy but have settled in nicely now! Yay for fresh veggies!

UPDATED PICTURE!
Check out how well everything is doing!

Don't You Just LOVE a Bargain?

Today by chance I saw a sign on the door of a Benjamin Moore paint store (on Rte 9 kind of across from A.C. Moore). I usually buy Behr paint at Home and Depot (as Jake calls it) but the sign said to ask about their 'mistake' paint that is $5 a gallon. So I did. They had three shelves in the back with gallons and quarts and glosses and flats and surprisingly... decent colors too! I found several variations of white and quite a few nice mossy or sage-y greens. Yah there were a few weird colors of yellow or pinkish, but most were seemingly usable 'normal' colors. I decided to go back with my hubby to see what gallons he might think we should get but I couldn't leave empty handed so I snagged a nice "Brandy Cream" quart of semi-gloss that will surely perk up trim around here somewhere. The friendly fellow behind the counter (who I didn't catch once making a face or rolling his eyes at Jake chattering and running around) put the can in the shaker for me and gave me a few stir sticks. AND he gave me a little "no charge ma'am" wave. Sweet! Now I'm DEFINITELY gonna go back.